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These lightweight screens add to the smooth, streamlined design of the laminar-flow airframe, engineered to minimize drag and improve fuel efficiency.
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2025
Dogfighting drills push both the airframe and the pilot to their physical limits, with G-forces that test human endurance.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Over time, if the aircraft stays under it, the airframe is going to hold up just fine.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The line integrates every stage of manufacturing—materials preparation, airframe and component production, testing, and final assembly—maximizing productivity and quality, according to the report.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2025
Dogfighting drills push both the airframe and the pilot to their physical limits, with G-forces that test human endurance.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Over time, if the aircraft stays under it, the airframe is going to hold up just fine.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The line integrates every stage of manufacturing—materials preparation, airframe and component production, testing, and final assembly—maximizing productivity and quality, according to the report.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airframe
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At Hamadan Airbase in western Iran, craters created by bombs on the runway have been filled and aircraft shelters repaired, according to a CNN analysis and Lair.—
Farida Elsebai,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Air Force has already started repainting some of the aircraft designated as presidential jets.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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The camp teaches youngsters about the basics of aerospace engineering — with 360-degree flight simulators, origami airplanes, and gliders that the kids can build and make do stunts.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The final shots, of Robert flying in an airplane for the first time, were captured with practical trickery.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Wasserman rode on Epstein’s plane and exchanged suggestive messages with Maxwell, the files the DOJ released show.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once the sale is completed, Spirit will be operating 94 planes, with 28 owned and 66 leased, according to the court file.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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Today, the average time to get a container from a ship to a train is just under four days.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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To minimize seasickness, choose a stateroom on a lower deck in the middle of the ship.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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The airship is an example of a technology called high-altitude wind energy (HAWE), which is effectively a floating wind turbine or generator.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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The first transcontinental flight of an airship, the Navy’s enormous USS Shenandoah, terminated, rather precariously, at North Island’s Rockwell Field the following year.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets The company revealed that the weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets in poor visibility situations caused by darkness, bad weather, smoke or dust kicked up by helicopters.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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After aerial reconnaissance flights and mitigation work, search-and-rescue members were flown into the site by CHP helicopter.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Airframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airframe. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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