fighter-interceptor
Americannoun
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As a full partner in the U.S. air-defense network, its men operate 43% of the Nike-Hercules missile sites around key cities and maintain 52% of the fighter-interceptor forces that are always on round-the-clock runway alert.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before long, the Pentagon proved Jones right by scrubbing the fighter-interceptor program.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another involved a U.S. fighter-interceptor that flew over Soviet-held Big Diomede Island while chasing off a Soviet bomber near the Aleutian Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
After more than a year of knee-and-gouge competition, Belgium had decided to buy the company's F-16 fighter-interceptor instead of the French Dassault Mirage F1-M53 as a replacement for aging U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1973 there were six fighter-bomber, twelve fighter-interceptor, and three reconnaissance squadrons.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
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