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• n  a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

• fighter
• attack aircraft

News & Articles

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• US-bound Egypt plane diverted after threat
  LONDON (AP) — British fighter aircraft escorted a plane from Cairo bound for New York to an emergency landing in the U.K. after a passenger discovered a letter onboard threatening to blow up the aircraft, officials said Saturday.
  June 17, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• U.S.-bound Egypt plane diverted after threat
  LONDON—British fighter aircraft escorted a plane from Cairo bound for New York to an emergency landing in the U.
  June 17, 2013 - Denver Post