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fighter bomber [′fīd·ər ‚bäm·ər] (aerospace engineering) A fighter aircraft that is designed to have bombs, or rockets, added to it so that it may be used as a bomber. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Schalk received his pilot training at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and was assigned to a fighter bomber wing in Germany. Based on his years as a fighter bomber pilot in Vietnam, Broughton has written a damning account of Operation Rolling Thunder, the 1965-68 bombing campaign that was supposed to force Hanoi to sue for peace. The airplane was the result of a chance meeting in the mid-1960s between Hillaker, who was working on the F-111 fighter bomber for General Dynamics, and John Boyd, an Air Force fighter pilot who was developing new theories on fighter warfare. |
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