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Recent Examples of warplane
The glide bombs work so well that the Ukrainian air force is arming all of its older warplanes with them: Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters and Sukhoi Su-24 bombers in addition to the Su-25s and Su-27s.
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David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military aviators, and the WASPs, who ferried warplanes during WWII, have long been celebrated for their vital contributions to the .
—Shamim Chowdhury, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The warplanes fly low and fast toward the front line, hugging the terrain to avoid detection by Russian air defense batteries.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Footage showing a previously unseen Chinese warplane scrambled aviation geeks Thursday, with some joking the clips were the perfect Christmas present.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military aviators, and the WASPs, who ferried warplanes during WWII, have long been celebrated for their vital contributions to the .
—Shamim Chowdhury, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The warplanes fly low and fast toward the front line, hugging the terrain to avoid detection by Russian air defense batteries.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Footage showing a previously unseen Chinese warplane scrambled aviation geeks Thursday, with some joking the clips were the perfect Christmas present.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warplane
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The maneuvers come as United States B-52 bombers carried out their second flyover in the Middle East within 48 hours, a show of force that underscores growing regional uncertainty.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The result should be a strategy that combines three types of capabilities: expendable uncrewed systems, such as drones and missiles; stealthy penetrating platforms, such as B-21 bombers and Virginia-class submarines; and legacy power-projection forces, such as aircraft carriers.—
Zack Cooper,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein's private jets repeatedly during the 1990s, files released by Attorney General Pam Bondi show.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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To the Mach 4 missiles, capable of taking out jets maneuvering at high speed , a Shahed is a sitting duck.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The rest of her family could be seen trailing behind her and their luggage could also be seen on the shore near the seaplane.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
27 Nov. 2024
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Tourist vessels now chug up and down the channel in between the islands, which was once so empty that Bill and Melinda Gates could land their seaplane slap-bang in the middle.—
Mary Holland,
Robb Report,
20 Jan. 2025
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Later in the day, Trump also offered praise for Zelenskyy and Ukrainian fighters' valor on the battlefield.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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What begins as a crime drama, Life After Fighting follows Foster’s martial-arts teacher Alex, who, forced into retirement because of an injury, has found a purpose in training the fighters of tomorrow.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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The incident in Toronto comes after 67 people were killed when a commercial jetliner and helicopter collided in Washington, a medical transportation plane crash in Philadelphia that killed six people on board and another on the ground and the deaths of 10 people in a plane crash in Alaska.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, claiming 67 lives.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Warplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warplane. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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