bomber
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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
Recently, I’ve been interested in the reinventions of utilitarian clothing, such as bomber jackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He volunteered for military service during World War II and, with an affinity for math, served as a navigator on a B-17 bomber that saw heavy action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Everyone outside was probably also assuming he was the bomber after that report.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
The U.S. flew its bombers out of Fairford, with senior U.S. officials saying they had intelligence of a wider Iranian plot to use drones and other devices to target personnel on the base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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
Last week concerns about an Iranian drone attack prompted the U.S. to move its B-1 bombers from a British military base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 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
More than thirty British bombers were lost and crashed in fog after a single mission in December 1943, an event known as “Black Thursday.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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