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bomber

[′bäm·ər]

(aerospace engineering)

An airplane specifically designed to carry and drop bombs. Also known as bombardment aircraft.

bomber

An aircraft designed to carry and release bombs at long ranges. The term these days is used mainly for strategic aircraft.

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Had cooler heads not prevailed in Washington, D.C., and Moscow, planes of the three Michigan bomber squadrons would have attacked targets inside the Soviet Union.

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