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jump jet

noun

Definition of jump jet

as in torpedo bomber

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Recent Examples of jump jet Farewell to the ‘jump jet’ The US Marine Corps on Wednesday retired the AV-8B Harrier II, the vertical takeoff and landing jet that’s been an icon of Marine aviation for 55 years. — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 By 2019, those Essex F-35Bs flew twice as much as its predecessor, the AV-8B Harrier jump jet, had on previous deployments. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 One thing that Anadolu has that the America class does not is a ski ramp, a holdover from Juan Carlos and the need to support Spain’s fleet of Harrier jump jets. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023 It was expected to replace earlier generations of fighter jets like the Air Force's F-16 and the Marines' Harrier jump jets. — Joel Mathis, The Week, 13 Feb. 2023 The F-35Bs safely landed using the standard maneuver, whereby a pilot converts the jump jet to hover mode while flying alongside the carrier then slides sideways over the deck before setting down. — David Axe, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021

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Noun

His plane of choice hasn't changed – the TBM Avenger, the Navy's main torpedo bomber during World War II, particularly in the Pacific theater.

— Noel Brennan, CBS News, 15 May 2026
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

Definition of torpedo bomber

Noun

Virgin decided to move on to the Delta-class program after completing 12 flights to the edge of space—above 80 km or 50 miles, as defined by the US government—with the previous-generation VSS Unity rocket plane.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.

— Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025

Definition of rocket plane

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In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.

— Made by History, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025

Definition of supersonic transport

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Supporting the aircraft mission profile Air Force officials stated that this training pathway is intended to keep experienced tactical personnel within the bomber community rather than letting their combat knowledge leave the service.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
The 43 ships were followed by a display of aerial might with a stealth bomber and the Navy’s Blue Angels.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of bomber

Noun

But high jet fuel costs caused by the Iran war continue to take a toll on the carrier’s bottom line.

— Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 10 July 2026
But if ‘Oumuamua were a traditional comet, its anomalous acceleration should’ve been accompanied by a rocketlike jet of gas and dust vented from ices warmed by the close encounter with our star.

— Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

Five years ago, Russia said one of its warships fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs in the Black Sea to force the British destroyer HMS Defender out of an area near Crimea that Moscow claimed as its territorial waters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026
The modern stadium spectacle is rife with enormous flags, salutes to service members, and flyovers by supersonic warplanes.

— Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 11 June 2026

Definition of warplane

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