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light bomber

American  

noun

Military.
  1. a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms).


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Overhead was the same type of plan flown by Bush during the war — a blue light bomber called an Avenger.

From Seattle Times Apr. 2, 2022

The others include images of HMS Warspite shelling in support of the landings, British troops advancing inland, and an American light bomber providing air back-up.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2019

One day last week, a sleek, black-and-grey light bomber took off from Alder-grove airbase in Northern Ireland and streaked westward, outrunning the thunder of its twin jets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coningham turned loose nearly every medium and light bomber in North Africa on the still-cocky Nazi.

From Time Magazine Archive

"With a fast, light bomber, would you have a chance to land over there?"

From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George

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