aircraft
Example Sentences
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Commercial aircraft have been accidentally misidentified as hostile by air-defense systems in the past, most recently when Russian defenses mistakenly shot down an Azerbaijani commercial flight in late 2024.
Some worry enough hasn’t been done to mitigate crossover between aircraft in the area.
From Los Angeles Times
The Afghan military and police said the aircraft was shot down in the eastern city of Jalalabad, but Islamabad's foreign ministry told AFP that it was "a false claim" and "totally untrue".
From Barron's
Every additional aircraft delivered expands the pool of long-term maintenance, logistics and modernization revenue.
From MarketWatch
The U.S. has also been evacuating embassy personnel from the region and shifting tanker aircraft from Qatar to less-exposed Israeli bases.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
