Jeffrey Schaeffer

2 months ago | billingsgazette.com | Jeffrey Schaeffer |Jade Le Deley

LE BOURGET, France — F-16 fighter jets hurtle pilots through the sky at up to 1,243 miles per hour. In tight turns or sudden climbs, gravity is pressing so hard on their bodies that some of them might even pass out. Even so, it’s an experience Ukraine is seeking for its own pilots after getting U.S. approval to train and eventually receive the American-made jets to bolster its more than year-old fight against Russia.

Aug 10, 2024 | argus-press.com | Jeffrey Schaeffer |Kwiyeon Ha

PARIS (AP) — Israel's Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East. Yael Arad, president of the Israeli National Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that team members had received “centralized” threats meant to generate “psychological terror” in athletes, without giving further details.

Aug 10, 2024 | idahopress.com | Jeffrey Schaeffer |Kwiyeon Ha

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Aug 10, 2024 | ncnewsonline.com | Jeffrey Schaeffer |Kwiyeon Ha

PARIS (AP) — Israel's Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East. Yael Arad, president of the Israeli National Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that team members had received “centralized” threats meant to generate “psychological terror” in athletes, without giving further details.

Aug 7, 2024 | keysnews.com | Jeffrey Schaeffer |Kwiyeon Ha

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and KWIYEON HA - Associated Press PARIS (AP) - Israel's Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East.