Recent Examples on the WebFor years, Israeli and American warplanes have trained together and took part in unannounced joint operations against ISIS.—Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024 American warplanes shot down drones, U.S. officials said.—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024 At least three senior commanders and four officers overseeing Iran’s covert operations in the Middle East were killed on Monday when Israeli warplanes struck a building in Damascus that is part of the Iranian Embassy complex, according to Iranian and Syrian officials.—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024 Israeli warplanes can be heard in the sky overhead.—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024 Hamstrung by foreign sanctions, the Russian aerospace industry is struggling to produce more than a couple of dozen new warplanes a year.—David Axe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Last week, dozens of Chinese warplanes and multiple naval ships were reported around Taiwan on the same day that Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call with President Biden.—Greg Norman, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024 The same radars and missiles that have detected and shot down Russian warplanes over the Black Sea and plinked Russian warships on the Black Sea.—David Axe, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 American warplanes and a ship belonging to a member of the U.S.-led coalition shot down six Houthi attack drones in the Red Sea, Central Command said in another statement.—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
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