bomber

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Recent Examples of bomber For one thing, the PLA Air Force has yet to show a stealth bomber in the B-2’s category, although one is said to be in the works. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 Per the report, the bomber was returning to the Minot Air Force Base at the time. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 There were the two leaders—Putin and President Donald Trump—shaking hands and grinning as American warplanes, including a B-2 bomber, flew over them in formation. Tom Nagorski, Time, 16 Aug. 2025 And my ears rattled as the roar of a B-2 bomber and other military aircraft flew overhead as Trump and Putin stepped onto a riser, part of an elaborate bit of planning from the White House intended to create maximum dramatic effect. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bomber
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Noun
  • On June 22, U.S. warplanes joined the campaign, striking Iran's nuclear sites.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In that operation, Kyiv for months smuggled hundreds of small drones deep inside Russia for a coordinated strike that destroyed upward of 40 Russian warplanes on five airbases across the country.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • French Rafale Marine fighter jets are seen on the flight deck of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during a media tour at Changi Naval Base in Singapore on March 4, 2025.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley partner JSX offers seasonal semi-private flights into Napa County Airport (APC), which also welcomes private jet arrivals.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Topline Uber will offer helicopter and seaplane rides on its app next year, the company said, partnering with Joby Aviation—a month after the vertical aviation company purchased air taxi service Blade for $125 million.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The flight restrictions will also impact the adjacent Lake Hood Seaplane Base, the world's busiest seaplane base.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.
    Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • The aerial display, featuring the Red Arrows and F-35 fighter jets from both British and American forces, is intended as a symbolic gesture of military partnership.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But Paris also is spotted with plaques marking where Nazi forces murdered Resistance fighters and Jews during that city’s occupation.
    David Bloom, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
  • Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video) Going to SXSW 2025?
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Found nowhere else on the planet, this tiny amphibian is known for its unique method of parenting, with male Darwin’s frogs gestating their young in the vocal sac below their mouth.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Other fossils previously found in the Chorrillo Formation indicate that K. atrox lived in a diverse habitat, home to dinosaurs, other reptiles, amphibians and even a Cretaceous ancestor of the modern platypus.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thomas O'Connor, a retired FBI agent, responded to the Pentagon within 15 minutes of a jetliner slamming into it.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The United Airlines jetliner went down in Lake Michigan off the Lake Forest shoreline killing 30 passengers and crew.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025

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