fighter-bomber
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fighter-bomber
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The McDonnell Douglas-made supersonic fighter-bomber had its heyday in the 1960s and the U.S. used it during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm against Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
A Su-34 fighter-bomber jet accidentally discharged aviation ammunition, the ministry said.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2023
He signed up in 1959 and was deployed in 1965 to Thailand, where he went on bombing missions to North Vietnam and Laos, flying a supersonic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
It also includes a Bullpup missile from an F-105 fighter-bomber, a Jeep, and two 24-foot long artistic renderings of a 1966-67 timeline that visitors can touch to get video clips of moments in history.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2017
I was making my headquarters at an air base where a fighter-bomber wing was stationed.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
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