fighter aircraft

collocation in English

meaningsoffighterandaircraft

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withaircraftorfighter.
fighter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfaɪ.tər/us
/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone who fights in a battle or in a physical fight against ...
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aircraft
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.krɑːft/us
/ˈer.kræft/
any vehicle, with or without an engine, that can fly, such as a plane ...
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(Definition offighterandaircraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Withfighteraircrafton the airfields, with bombers and with tanks, they were there.
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Next to that, we must rely primarily upon ourfighteraircraft.
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That to anyone who has ever had any training, let alone any action, infighteraircrafthas something about it that is frightening.
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It is no good havingfighteraircraft, and it is far less use having a few communication aircraft.
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According to the memorandum, most of this will go on newfighteraircraft.
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Withfighteraircraftone could not escort oneself on to an airfield the landing strips of which were blocked.
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It is pertinent to ask if ourfighteraircraftarmament has improved in any comparable way.
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A remarkable feature is the way in which the number of man-hours required to produce a bomber orfighteraircrafthas been steadily decreased.
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This can only be effected byfighteraircraft.
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It is designed primarily as afighteraircraft, although it would have a capability for ground attack and other roles.
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I should be grateful if an indication could be given whether there are plans for constructing merchant ships, especially tankers, to carryfighteraircraft.
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We should use the bomber andfighteraircraftfactories to produce the civil aircraft which would gain for us markets through- out the world.
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In order to bring afighteraircraftto perfection it is necessary to design, develop and build five or six prototypes.
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We were not talking about aircraft for these other rôles, but aboutfighteraircraft.
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Nothing has been said about the next generation offighteraircraft.
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What we are doing is the normal sensible practice that one follows, for example, withfighteraircraftor bomber aircraft.
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We are prepared to spend £20 billion onfighteraircraftthat we cannot use in a conflict.
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If one thinks, for example, offighteraircraft, in 1940 to have the second bestfighteraircraftin the world was worth nothing.
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We are spending a fair amount onfighteraircrafthow useful are they likely to be?
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I have tried to arrive at the figures of the air strengths of ourselves and other countries—as far as swept-wingfighteraircraftare concerned.
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