dive bomber
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Before departing, Biden visited the John Sidney McCain III Memorial near the site where, as a 31-year-old Navy lieutenant commander, McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down by the North Vietnamese.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2023
The aircraft collection consists of 23 warplanes, mostly from World War II, including a British Spitfire, a Japanese Zero, a German Stuka dive bomber, a Soviet Ilyushin II and a U.S.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022
CHAY-DA-GAHI, which translates to "turtle," came to mean a tank, while a GINI, "chicken hawk" in English, became a dive bomber.
From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2014
I once flew on a Caravelle in France that descended for landing like it was a dive bomber.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2012
This is the best dive bomber that was ever built.
From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George
