RAF Jets with Orders to Shoot
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Up to four fully-armed RAF fighter planes are likely to have escorted Olympic Airways flight 411 into Stansted today, with orders to shoot it from the skies if it threatened the capital.
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Air Forces all around the world drug their pilots, to keep 'em alert.  A new Israeli military report says the "Viagra family of drugs" might be the best pills for the job.   Seriously.
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he would not hesitate to order pre-emptive strikes against terrorist bases overseas as he unveiled a plan for anti-terror police flying squads.
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Some of the 380 tons of munitions missing from a weapons facility outside Baghdad could be used to trigger a nuclear bomb. BY COLUM LYNCH AND BRADLEY GRAHAM.
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BAGHDAD -- The US command has ordered changes in flight operations after four helicopters were shot down in the last two weeks, the chief military spokesman said yesterday, acknowledging for the first time that the aircraft were lost to hostile fire.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia plans to create  what it believes will be the most lethal force of fighter jets  in Southeast Asia by equipping its aircraft with long-range  missiles in a move critics said could antagonize neighbors.
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BRITISH military jets today escorted an Olympic Airlines aircraft en route from Athens to New York to Stansted airport near London after a bomb alert, defence ministry and airline officials said.
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In the cockpit video released by the British newspaper the Sun, the two American A-10 pilots are using the call signs POPOV36 and POPOV35. MANILA HOTEL, MANILA34  and LIGHTNING34 are U.S. ground controllers talking with the pilots. The aircraft are maneuvering over British armored vehicles that are...
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The U.S. military said it is testing a system to beam red and green lasers at aircraft in the Washington area as a warning when they enter restricted airspace.
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Â· Islamist trio had 700kg of explosives say officialsÂ· US bases, pubs and airport said to be on target list
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The Polish government adopts a decree which allows the military to shoot down hijacked planes.
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In a statement, the Israeli army said aircraft had fired on gunmen blamed for mortar attacks from Khan Younis, including 40 in the past week.
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Anoraks man front line in WOT Police have formulated a cunning plan to protect Durham Tees Valley Airport from al-Qaeda kamikaze attack - crack teams of vigilante planespotting anoraks, the Telegraph reports.â¦
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American jets and artillery batteries launched attacks on the insurgent-held city of Fallujah yesterday, hitting targets in the run-up to what could be a major assault on the Sunni- dominated town.
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Can't wait for British-badged ones The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has moved to rapidly acquire more surveillance drones, placing an urgent order for Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Israel. The robot aircraft are needed for ongoing operations in southwest Asia.â¦
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LONDON  - British military aircraft scrambled Sunday to assist a civilian passenger aircraft after an incident, the Ministry of Defence said, adding that the jets later returned to base.
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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip -- Two Israeli aircraft fired missiles toward Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip.