Sentence examples for fighter unit from inspiring English sources

He became one of Britain's youngest wing commanders in 1944, overseeing a fighter unit based in southern Italy.

He completed the cadet program, graduated from basic training in March 1941 as a second lieutenant, and joined a fighter unit at Wheeler Field in Hawaii.

Mr. Albert was among four pilots of the Free French's Normandie-Niémen fighter unit to be decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union, receiving the citation in 1944.

And Mr. Warren pays tribute, in "On the Wings of Angels," to the Tuskegee Airmen, the black fliers who, despite prejudice, became a noted fighter unit in World War II.

Ukrainian security forces have released an audio of what is alleged to be a series of intercepted phone call between the Oleksandr Serhiyovych, the leader of rebel fighter unit Vostok Battalion, and another rebel, identified only as Andriy.

But because he spoke Polish and "I felt strongly about what the Nazis had done to Poland," he asked to be assigned to a Polish fighter unit attached to the Royal Air Force.

The first all-new Soviet jet aircraft, using pirated copies of the Nene that had been upgraded by the Klimov plant, was the MiG-15, which began deliveries to front-line fighter units in 1949.

Lieutenant Tyler was not disciplined for failing to follow up on the report and went on to command fighter units in the Pacific during the war, receiving the Legion of Merit.

Two all-Belgian fighter units, Nos.

These fighter units would function as an autonomous fighter command, or Jagdfliegerführer (Fighter Flyer Leaders).

Despite the apparent success of the German fighter units, the air battle was not one-sided.