Sentence examples for engaged aircraft from inspiring English sources

During the war, the Swiss Air Force engaged aircraft of both sides, shooting down 11 intruding Luftwaffe planes in May and June 1940, then forcing down other intruders after a change of policy following threats from Germany.

If so, they are able to engage aircraft several hundred miles from the target.

The following year, during the 1982 Lebanon War Israeli F-16s engaged Syrian aircraft in one of the largest air battles involving jet aircraft, which began on 9 June and continued for two more days.

"It changed the way pilots engaged enemy aircraft".

The depot also engaged in aircraft research and development.

Johnson flew 700 operational sorties and engaged enemy aircraft on 57 occasions.

Failing to find the convoy the Spitfires engaged German aircraft at 15000 feet near Portland, England.

Engaged our aircraft with their fighter jets that we had sold them?

Another column of Iraqi tanks, approaching observation post 2, were engaged by aircraft and also repulsed that night.

The pilot of the Germanwings jet was a German with years of experience, who almost certainly would have engaged the aircraft's autopilot shortly after takeoff.

In the opinion of the board, "had IFF been in use there is little doubt that Cardiff would not have engaged the aircraft that night".