night fighter

noun

1. an interceptor aircraft used for operations at night

Example Sentences

Andrew Rojas Hernandez, had served in the 421st Night Fighter Squadron during World War II. He had conducted many night missions in the Philippines as a radar operator on a P-61 Black Widow, a twin-engine fighter plane.

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During the night, fighter jets swooped overhead and anti-aircraft fire lit up the sky.

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During the night, fighter jets swooped overhead and anti-aircraft fire lit up the skies.

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The German night fighter plane was picking off the line of Po-2s as they lumbered slowly into the waiting beams of the searchlights.

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The Luftwaffe night fighter pilot who was in the air that night was Josef Kociok.

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