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Title is "Defeat Afghanistan!"
Clue is "study, study, study"
I figured out the theme has to do with three consecutive letters given the multiple clues such as DEFeat, aFGHanistan, HIJacking, STUdy but I don't know where to go from here and I haven't IDed the airplane yet.