fighter-bomber
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The McDonnell Douglas-made supersonic fighter-bomber had its heyday in the 1960s and the U.S. used it during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm against Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
He signed up in 1959 and was deployed in 1965 to Thailand, where he went on bombing missions to North Vietnam and Laos, flying a supersonic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
U.S.-based Maxar Technologies pointed to the arrival of several large deployments of troops and attack helicopters as well as new deployments of ground attack aircraft and fighter-bomber jets to forward locations.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2022
Multiple works show assassinated President John F. Kennedy or his widow Jackie, while James Rosenquist’s “F-111” superimposes a Vietnam War fighter-bomber on images of children and consumer goods.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2017
His tactical units include about twenty fighter-bomber and fighter-interceptor squadrons and a squadron each of transports, reconnaissance aircraft, and helicopters.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier
