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The TriState Warbird Museum will bring in a P-51 Mustang, a fighter aircraft escort to the slower B-17 and B-25 bombers; and a Navy Grumman TBM-3 Avenger, a torpedo bomber, said David O’Maley, president of the museum.
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Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 June 2021
Esper planned to lay a wreath at the site off Palau's coast where a U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bomber crashed on July 27, 1944.
—Robert Burns, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
The efforts have been likened to World War II when GM’s factories were retooled to make tanks, trucks, aircraft engines, shells and even fighters and torpedo bombers.
—Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2020
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Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 June 2021
Esper planned to lay a wreath at the site off Palau's coast where a U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bomber crashed on July 27, 1944.
—Robert Burns, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
The efforts have been likened to World War II when GM’s factories were retooled to make tanks, trucks, aircraft engines, shells and even fighters and torpedo bombers.
—Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpedo bomber
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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
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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
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In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, became the first federal death row inmate executed in almost 40 years.—
Kristin Wright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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On the gurney, the 33-year-old bomber appeared as though life had begun to leave him before the lethal mix of chemicals entered his body.—
Kevin Johnson,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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The crash of a hovering F-35B jump jet on December 14, 2022 led to a freeze on F135 deliveries 13 days later.—
Sébastien Roblin,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Mar. 2023
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The three-bedroom, four-bathroom house stretches more than 300 feet across Lake Washington’s waterfront has a dock that supports boats and seaplanes.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
16 Apr. 2025
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For one thing, the woodsy spread rests along 300 feet of water frontage on the eastern shores of Lake Washington and boasts a nearly 2,200-square-foot dock that can accommodate boats and seaplanes.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2025
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The jet was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 136.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Fighter jets are routinely towed around the hangar deck to park them where they are needed for any flight operations or other work.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The United States has moved additional warplanes into the region.—
Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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China has delivered additional warplanes and drones to the junta to abet this effort.—
Ye Myo Hein,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Torpedo bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo%20bomber. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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