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Two drones were intercepted by British Typhoon and F-35 warplanes that were scrambled from the air base later that day.—Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Iran was clearly prepared, especially after the Twelve-Day War, last June, when the President ordered B-2 stealth warplanes to drop bunker-busting bombs on nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026 On Tuesday, Israeli warplanes bombed the Assembly building in the city of Qom.—David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026 Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warplane