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  • They were in none of my history books and of course in none of my favorite old black and white Saturday morning fighter-pilot films like The Flying Leathernecks or Fighter Squadron.

    Trey Ellis: The Tuskegee Airmen Are for Everyone Trey Ellis 2012

  • It is an absence of interest in affiliation with others that allows Yossarian, the fighter-pilot protagonist of "Catch-22," to be a shameless coward who will do or say anything to get out of the line of fire.

    Major Minor Alec Solomita 2011

  • A volunteer in a Star Wars imperial fighter-pilot get-up helped usher men around the room.

    Romance Unmasked Ferdinando Di Fino 2011

  • "Red Tails" about the Tuskegee Airmen, an African-American fighter-pilot squadron during World War II, took the No. 2 spot at the box office, earning $19.1 million, followed by "Contraband," the Mark Wahlberg thriller set in Panama, which grossed $12.2 million in its second weekend.

    'Underworld' Nabs Top Spot at the Box Office Erica Orden 2012

  • To the blaring soundtrack of Top Gun, Gary Williams strode onto the Comcast Center floor in fighter-pilot gear and thrust a defiant fist in the air Friday night, signaling the start of the 2010-11 basketball season.

    Terps Unveil New Uniforms, Chemistry at Maryland Madness Liz Clarke 2010

  • They were in none of my history books and of course in none of my favorite old black and white Saturday morning fighter-pilot films like The Flying Leathernecks or Fighter Squadron.

    Trey Ellis: The Tuskegee Airmen Are for Everyone Trey Ellis 2012

  • The whole fighter-pilot ethos, from the cigarette to the mustache, from the rule-breaking to the red stars on the fuselage (each denoting, in Vietnam, a MiG fighter shot down), is a relict of the past.

    A Man On a Mission Daniel Ford 2010

  • The whole fighter-pilot ethos, from the cigarette to the mustache, from the rule-breaking to the red stars on the fuselage (each denoting, in Vietnam, a MiG fighter shot down), is a relict of the past.

    A Man On a Mission Daniel Ford 2010

  • It suggests to me a fighter-pilot style of thinking: quick, impulsive, going for the killer shot -- even when not prepared.

    Discourse.net: Friday McCain-McSame Bashing 2008

  • The whole fighter-pilot ethos, from the cigarette to the mustache, from the rule-breaking to the red stars on the fuselage (each denoting, in Vietnam, a MiG fighter shot down), is a relict of the past.

    A Man On a Mission Daniel Ford 2010

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