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night fighter

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noun

  1. an interceptor aircraft used for operations at night

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He served in the Marine Corps in the Korean War, flying 54 missions as a night fighter pilot, according to NASA.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

Lieutenant Folsom, who was awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross, went on to a distinguished military career, commanding night fighter squadrons in battles over Okinawa and in the Korean War.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

He said he saw a chain of light going from the German night fighter to a large black four-engine plane.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2013

Like night fighter pilots who believe that carrots speed up their adaptation to the dark, he thought he could improve his sight by taking carrot juice.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had begun his career as a night fighter and still practiced the skills of that subphylum of aviator.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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