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extreme danger from concentrated anti-aircraft barrage and powerful fighter opposition, Lieutenant Commander Best, with bold determination and courageous...

to day fighters, since due to ever increasing air-to-air weapon ranges, pilots could no longer see far enough ahead to prepare for the opposition. Subsequently...

face of overwhelming air opposition, the dive-bomber required heavy protection from German fighters to counter Soviet fighters. Some units like SG 2 Immelmann...

303 Squadron RAF, also known as the 303rd "Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw" Fighter Squadron, was one of two Polish squadrons that fought during the Battle...

during the early stages of the war. It fared well until it met serious fighter opposition during the Battle of Britain, when its defensive armament was found...

Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army: A coalition of mainly Arab and Turkmen opposition fighters in Northern Syria, armed and backed by Turkey since May 2017, partially...

long-range escort fighters left the bombers unable to carry out their missions effectively against determined and well-organised fighter opposition. The greatest...

found the Japanese ships and attacked. They were met by overwhelming fighter opposition about eight nautical miles (9 mi; 15 km) out, and with no escorts...

his judgment Luftwaffe fighter opposition by day, consisting of a handful of jets, was less a threat than the German night-fighter force. Also, conditions...

fighting the F4Fs covering the TBDs, leaving the SBDs unhindered by fighter opposition in their approach and attack (although most of the TBDs were shot...

territory during the war at over 200 miles from the coast). Against weak fighter opposition the G4M attacked targets ranging as far as the Aleutians to Australia...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African communist and black nationalist political party. It was founded by expelled former African National...

guns, as he insisted that these guns were more effective against fighter opposition. His tactics required a close-in approach in which he felt the lower...

carriers in complete disregard of heavy anti-aircraft fire and strong fighter opposition. Such severe damage was inflicted on the flight decks of the Japanese...

defense analysts who, in the 1960s and 1970s, advocated for fighter design criteria in opposition to those of the design boards of the time, and the use of...

Luftwaffe fighter opposition heading towards the target. This strategy fatally disabled the twin-engined Zerstörergeschwader heavy fighter wings and their...

flak was encountered by the gaggle of Lancasters but there was no fighter opposition. The bombs were dropped in about a minute and despite 1-hour delay...

through the remainder of the war except on days when significant fighter opposition was anticipated. In October 1943 the first radar-guided Pathfinder...

dispatched to St. Nazaire, where they encountered intense flak but no fighter opposition, though they enjoyed the support of RAF Spitfires and USAAF Thunderbolts...

The skies over Sedan also showed the Stuka's weakness when met with fighter opposition; six French Curtiss H-75s attacked a formation of unescorted Ju 87s...