The Iraqi aircraft , one piloted Motion by Captain Jameel Sayhood , promptly turned Change and engaged the two American fighters , and one of the most dramatic dogfights of the Arab Gulf War ensued .

the royal yugoslav army air force ( unk ) had only 77 modern fighter aircraft available to defend Defending belgrade against the hundreds of german fighters and bombers that struck Attack in the first wave early on 6 april .

The base was attacked Attack by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft ( including fighters , level and dive bombers , and torpedo bombers ) in two waves , launched Process_start from six aircraft carriers .

Jet fighters confronted Confronting_problem each other in air-to-air combat Hostile_encounter for the first time in history , and Soviet pilots covertly flew Self_motion in defense Defending of their communist allies .

On 12 July 2006 , Hezbollah fighters fired Use_firearm rockets at Israeli border towns as a diversion for an anti-tank missile attack Use_firearm on two armored Humvees patrolling Patrolling the Israeli side of the border fence .

In 1940–41 , German night fighters , lacking airborne radar sets and a means to locate Scouring them over Germany , had flown Self_motion to British bomber bases and attempted to destroy Destroying RAF bombers as they returned Arriving from their missions .

The fighting Hostile_encounter began Process_start when rebel fighters disguised Wearing as passengers on a public bus infiltrated Arriving the town .

An estimated 1,200 Islamist fighters advanced Getting to within 20 kilometers of Mopti , a Mali military garrison town .

Combat Skyspot 's command Control guidance of B-52s and tactical fighters and bombers— '' chiefly flown by F-100 's '' —at night and poor weather was used Using for aerial bombing Attack of strategic , close Openness air Expressing_publicly support Supporting , interdiction , and other targets .

Twenty Taliban fighters defending Defending the drugs were killed Killing .

By its climax on 25 December 2008 , 100 Taliban fighters , one reportedly a senior commander , were killed Killing .

at least 25 militants were killed Killing on 10 june , including foreign fighters .

Several hundred Chechen rebel Attack fighters and civilians and more than 50 Russian servicemen were killed Killing in the course of more than two weeks of siege Besieging warfare Hostile_encounter .

On 9 August 1999 , Islamist fighters from Chechnya infiltrated Russia 's Dagestan region , declaring it an independent state and calling for a jihad until `` all unbelievers had been driven out '' .

The student said Statement that insurgent fighters just outside Aleppo who apparently were armed Connect with a heat-seeking missile fired Use_firearm it at a MIG fighter , and that the pilot dropped Self_motion a heat balloon as an evasive tactic , and that the missile followed Self_motion the balloon and then exploded Use_firearm adjacent to the university dormitories .

Five judges scored Getting the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end Process_end was the winner .

The purpose of the show is to highlight up and coming Motion MMA fighters .

On October 20 , 2008 , ProElite , the parent company of EliteXC , informed Telling its employees and fighters that they were shutting down Being_in_operation .

These men , who claimed Statement to be pro-Russian fighters under the banner of the Donetsk People 's Republic , subsequently gained Getting control Control of the rest of Sloviansk and began Process_start to fortify Cause_change_of_strength it .

Taliban fighters surrounded Surrounding the aircraft to prevent Preventing_or_letting any Indian military intervention , which was found Know by current National Security Advisor Ajit Doval when he landed Motion there and they also found Know two ISI men were on the tarmac and others soon joined Becoming_a_member them in which one was a lieutenant colonel and the other a major .

The Deir Yassin massacre Killing took place Process_start on April 9 , 1948 , when around 120 fighters from the Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi killed Killing hundreds of Palestinian Arabs in Deir Yassin , a village of roughly 600 people near Jerusalem .

He reinforced Cause_change_of_strength his flanks , luring the Persians ' best fighters into his centre .

As guerrillas without uniforms , the Boer fighters easily blended Cause_to_amalgamate into the farmlands , which provided Supply hiding places , supplies , and horses .

The Beaufighters and their escort of Mustang Mk III fighters from 65 Squadron RAF , were intercepted Preventing_or_letting by twelve Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of `` Jagdgeschwader 5 '' ( Fighter Wing 5 ) of the `` Luftwaffe '' .

Another squadron of P-51 Mustangs was assigned Choosing to protect Preventing_or_letting Allied aircraft operating Being_in_operation near Norway from German fighters .

The bomber formations were left exposed Reveal_secret to unrelenting attacks Attack by German fighters and the improper preparations for the creation of reserves in the summer of 1943 meant that such costly operations could not be sustained .

the force comprised Cause_to_be_included 151 wing royal air force ( raf ) , with two squadrons of hawker hurricane fighters .

However , in 1942 the air war had begun Process_start to heat up over the Bay of Biscay , north of Spain and off the west coast of France ; the Douglas DC-3 lost Damaging in this attack Attack had survived attacks Attack by Luftwaffe fighters in November 1942 and April 1943 .

The Safra massacre , or the Day of the Long Knives , occurred Coming_to_be in the coastal town of Safra ( north of Beirut ) on 7 July 1980 , during the Lebanese civil war , as part of Bashir Gemayel 's effort to consolidate all the Christian fighters under his leadership in the Lebanese Forces .

Fighter Command could not protect Defending adequately the convoys ; the Germans sank several British and neutral ships and shot down Use_firearm a considerable number of British fighters .

By this time , many Boer fighters had surrendered Surrendering and some were now working Employment for the British as scouts .

NATO officials reported Reporting that , contrary to previous operations , Taliban fighters were avoiding Preventing_or_letting direct confrontation in favor of guerilla tactics .

The main objective was to provide Supply proof of foreign fighters , mainly Syrian , passing Motion_directional through the borders between Iraq and Syria .

Coalition leaders said Statement that foreign fighters were using Using the area to infiltrate into Iraq .

Encouraged Influence by Chetnik propaganda against Croats and Bosnian Muslims and repelled Defending by the sectarian left-wing policies and actions of the communists , many Serb peasant fighters were swayed Convincing to the Chetnik cause .

Most of the surviving communist fighters from these detachments rejoined Becoming_a_member the Partisan forces Military_operation , and many withdrew with Tito to western Bosnia during the Partisan Long March .

Within a few weeks of the end of Operation Trio only 600 Partisan fighters were left Departing in eastern Bosnia , comprising the Group of Shock Battalions and the Birač Partisan Detachment .

In the ambush , a long , single-file column of alleged Statement al-Nusrah Front fighters were obliterated Destroying by multiple , simultaneous IED blasts .

Various reports Reporting suggest Statement that over 100 al-Nusra fighters were killed Killing , which makes the ambush a major victory for Hezbollah .

The suicide bombing Terrorism followed intense fighting Hostile_encounter in the Jaffna Peninsula that left Causation 133 soldiers and up to 200 LTTE fighters dead Death ( although this number is unofficial , as the LTTE have reported Reporting losing Death only 22 fighters ) .

The suicide bombing Terrorism followed intense fighting Hostile_encounter in the Jaffna Peninsula that left Causation 133 soldiers and up to 200 LTTE fighters dead Death ( although this number is unofficial , as the LTTE have reported Reporting losing Death only 22 fighters ) .

After Pakistan Army drove Motion the Bengali resistance across the Indian border at the conclusion of Operation Searchlight , Indian Army implemented Action a supply and training operation for the Mukti Bahini from May 15 , 1971 , with the goal of sending Sending ever increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale number of trained fighters to attack Pakistani forces and sabotage military and economic assets to demoralize the Pakistani soldiers and disrupt their supply network .

84 was a strike Attack by 376 bombers of sixteen bomb groups against German heavy industry well beyond the range of escorting fighters .

Between March 2 and March 16 , 2002 1,700 airlifted Bringing U.S. troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia battled Hostile_encounter between 300 and 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters to obtain Getting control of the valley .

U.S. forces had estimated the strength of the rebels in the Shahi-Kot Valley at 150 to 200 , but later information suggested Convincing the actual strength was of 500 to 1,000 fighters .

The U.S. forces estimated they had killed Killing at least 500 fighters over the duration of the battle , however journalists later noted Know that only 23 bodies were found Know – and critics suggested Convincing that after a couple days , the operation `` was more driven Self_motion by media obsession , than military necessity '' .

The US-Australian objective was to drive Motion out Viet Cong ( VC ) fighters who had taken up Temporary_stay positions on several key hills .

on 2 january 1967 , the united states air force launched Process_start operation Military_operation bolo with the aim of luring north vietnamese mig fighters into an air battle , where they could be destroyed Destroying in an ambush Attack .

The operation Military_operation , led Conquering by Colonel Robin Olds , turned out to be a major success after five North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighters of the VPAF 921st Fighter Regiment were shot down Use_firearm .

The air battle Hostile_encounter concluded Process_end with the USAF losing Earnings_and_losses three F-4D fighters .