fighter pilot
noun[C]
uk/ˈfaɪ.tə ˌpaɪ.lət/us/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɚ ˌpaɪ.lət/apersonwhofliesafighterplane(= asmall,fastmilitaryaircraftused forchasinganddestroyingenemyaircraft):
战斗机飞行员Hisgrandfatherwas afighterpilotinWorldWar II.他的祖父是二战时期的战斗机飞行员。
Heservedthreeyearsin theairforceandbecameafighterpilotandflightinstructor.他在空军服役三年，成为了一名战斗机飞行员和飞行教官。
- As afighterpilotinWorldWar II, heloggedmoreflighthoursthan hispeersand alwayssoughtthetoughestassignments.
- Tim Vigors, who hasdiedaged82,servedas afighterpilotin the Battle ofBritain.
- The Tuskegee Airmen were the firstblackfighterpilotstoservein the USArmy.
- "Asfighterpilots, we'retaughtfromDayOne tofolloworders," he says.
- Afighterpilotand hiscolleaguewerekilledwhentheirmilitaryaircraftcrashedas theypractisedaerostunts.
Soldiers & people who fight in wars
- anti-guerrilla
- Anzac
- berserker
- capability
- cavalryman
- combat engineer
- comrade
- conqueror
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman
- foot soldier
- headhunter
- militiaman
- raider
- recruit
- scout
- skirmisher
- soldier of fortune
- squaddie
- vassal
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