fighter escort

collocation in English

meaningsoffighterandescort

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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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escort
noun
uk
/ˈes.kɔːt/us
/ˈes.kɔːrt/
a person who goes with another person as a partner to a ...
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(Definition offighterandescortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It flew fighter interceptions,fighterescortmissions, strafed trenches and artillery batteries, and attacked enemy airfields and naval ships.
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The concept envisioned an aircraft capable of launching deep interdiction missions without requiring additional support byfighterescortor jamming.
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Touch was lost with hisfighterescort; and in the action which followed all his aircraft were damaged.
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It flewfighterescortand air defense from 1947 to 1949 and air defense from 1951 to 1957.
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He waited as long as he felt he could for confirmation of hisfighterescort, but eventually took off without it.
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Without coordination andfighterescort, they suffered catastrophic losses, and flew, quite literally, to the last man.
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Primary mission wasfighterescort; air defense using night fighter units; harbor protection; homing of lost aircraft and air-sea rescue.
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It proved to be reliable in rough field operations, and highly effective while operating withfighterescort.
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Another was the mistaken belief that fast bombers need nofighterescort, particularly modern aircraft with radar support.
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It flewfighterescortand air defense from, 19471949 and air defense from, 1951-1957.
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The heavy cannon installation degraded performance sufficiently to requirefighterescort.
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The concept envisioned an aircraft capable of launching deep interdiction missions without requiring additional support in the form offighterescortor jamming support.
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They sent unescorted bombers which suffered heavily withoutfighterescort, which was absent owing to losses in the opening air strikes.
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It flewfighterescortand air defense from 1947 to 1949 and air defense from 1952-1973.
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Moreover, this mission has been credited as having been the longest over-waterfighterescortsortie to date.
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Further deep penetration strikes were abandoned until long rangefighterescortbecame available in early 1944.
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The primary mission of the 559th was to organize and train a force capable of providing immediatefighterescortand air base protection in any part of the world.
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It recognised his outstanding commitment as a leader to his duties asfighterescortto the bombers, at the expense of personal success in air combat.
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He disliked the idea offighterescortfor bombers since the fighters were tied to them and prevented from chasing the enemy or exercising freedom of action.
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The high-flying bombers would have fullfighterescortbut the low-flying bombers would have to use stealth to avoid interception to and from the target area.
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