missileer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of missileer
Example Sentences
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“It’s frustrating to know they had thought of this back then,” said Doreen Jenness, whose husband, Jason Jenness, was a Malmstrom missileer who died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2001 at the age of 31.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023
Their missileer friends used to tease them because they had a golden Labrador named Sierra, the same name as one of the capsules that Jason’s squadron operated.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023
The missileer tests are now pass-fail and are called a learning exercise.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2016
A missileer generally does two “alerts” a week.
From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2014
To aim any missile with accuracy, a missileer must know his own geographic position within a fraction of a mile.
From Time Magazine Archive
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