fighter-bomber
noun
fight·er-bomb·er
ˈfī-tər-ˈbä-mər 
: a fighter aircraft fitted to carry bombs and rockets in addition to its normal armament
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Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers fly over Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 7, 2017.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
American fighters and fighter-bombers flew over 212,000 sorties against German forces between D-Day and the end of the war.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Ukraine might particularly benefit from targeting bases of Russian fighter-bombers used for glide-bombing attacks on the frontline, or to strategic bombers, ballistic missile and kamikaze drone assets raiding Ukrainian cities.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
As the parade enters the World War II era, troops will march alongside period jeeps and an M4 Sherman tank while a B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft, Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane and four North American P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers buzz overhead.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Until recently, Russian Sukhoi fighter-bombers taking off from Hmeimim would fly to neighboring Idlib province and relentlessly bomb the fighters that make up the now-victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and kill and maim untold numbers of innocent civilians.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
In the final chaotic hours of the War, Soviet fighter-bombers attack a retreating German column in Glashütte, destroying the factory of a local watchmaker, A. Lange & Söhne.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
American fighters and fighter-bombers flew over 212,000 sorties against German forces between D-Day and the end of the war.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Ukraine might particularly benefit from targeting bases of Russian fighter-bombers used for glide-bombing attacks on the frontline, or to strategic bombers, ballistic missile and kamikaze drone assets raiding Ukrainian cities.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
As the parade enters the World War II era, troops will march alongside period jeeps and an M4 Sherman tank while a B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft, Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane and four North American P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers buzz overhead.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Until recently, Russian Sukhoi fighter-bombers taking off from Hmeimim would fly to neighboring Idlib province and relentlessly bomb the fighters that make up the now-victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and kill and maim untold numbers of innocent civilians.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
In the final chaotic hours of the War, Soviet fighter-bombers attack a retreating German column in Glashütte, destroying the factory of a local watchmaker, A. Lange & Söhne.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
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