Stepping up the military pressure, Mr. Cohen signed orders tonight sending more than 40 additional planes to the region, 19 of them attack fighters and bombers, an official here said.

Hurricane fighters were sometimes directed against slower bombers whilst the Spitfires attacked German fighters.

A specialised firecon, the Area Defence Fire Control, allows a ship's PDS to attack missiles and fighters aimed at other targets, in the manner of an Aegis ship.

Van Dijk said men from the Krahn tribe, who laid siege to Tubmanburg three weeks ago, attacked fighters of the Mandingo people entrenched in the town.

They cannot expect us to attack Indian fighters when willpower alone keeps us aloft!

The Western approach calls for limits on all types of "combat capable" aircraft, including planes that attack ground targets, air-to-air fighters, reconnaissance planes and training aircraft.

These weapons wore down the Chechens, both physically and psychologically, and air strikes were also used to attack fighters hiding in basements; such attacks were designed for maximum psychological pressure.

On 25 July, while Benham searched for survivors, two Chinese fighters attacked nearby American fighters and were promptly splashed for their troubles.

The 56th used tactics it called "dive, fire, and recover", attacking German fighters from a higher altitude, taking advantage of its tremendous diving speed, then zooming back to gain altitude advantage.