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bomber

[bom-er] / ˈbɒm ər /
NOUN
bombing airplane
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NOUN
terrorist
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U.S. officials were aware of an Iran-linked plot to attack the bomber aircraft and kill personnel at the base, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"But actually using it as a bomber base is a bit worrying."

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Thursday’s meeting will be heavy on pageantry, including a lavish state dinner and a flyover of a B-2 stealth bomber and F-22 Raptor jet fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Dressed in a camouflage bomber jacket, his eyes continued to linger on the magnified view of the downtown skyline as he spoke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

It was the engine of a bomber from the northern armies.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

American bombers damaged his shop and home in early 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Last week, Downing Street insisted the airbase was safe after the US withdrew all of its bombers – about a dozen B-1s from the base – back to their home stations on American soil.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

In March, small drones flew over Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, home to many B-52 bombers as well as the Global Strike Command, which oversees America’s bomber fleet and its intercontinental-ballistic missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

B-1 bombers housed at Britain’s RAF Fairford exposed an Achilles’ heel in U.K. defenses: its air bases are far from drone-proof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

We don’t know the target yet, but we know the Luftwaffe’s got a few thousand aircraft, fighters and bombers, massed in fields along the coast of France.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin


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