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Meanings of fighter escort in English
Air combat mission involving protecting other aircraft during their flight.
Synonyms
Examples for "escort"
Examples for "escort"
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The inspector general's report last year said the Sheen escort was routine.
2
The cable news network said the ship was now under military escort.
3
Helped escort the sea serpents up the river to the cocooning grounds.
4
A Turkish military official said the drone would escort its drilling ships.
5
Then they stopped; the soldier escort fired their rules in the air.
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There also stood the servants with bared heads and the armed escort.
2
The exact locality is known, and Signor Alfieri has an armed escort.
3
They entered the office, where an armed escort of two soldiers stood.
4
Towards noon about a hundred German prisoners passed by under armed escort.
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An armed escort rode behind them, led by a hard-eyed captain named Urien.
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The war seemed quite different to us now that we had an aerial escort.
Usage of fighter escort in English
1
Calder himself was to lead them: two light cruisers, sixteen destroyers and fighter escort.
2
My saucer and its automated fighter escort approached the flagship.
3
Two days before he had been providing fighter escort cover for bombers over Berlin, and they had lost four planes.
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A Virgin Atlantic flight from London to New York is being diverted to Canada under fighter escort after conflicting signals about a possible hijacking.
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The blow by 1,150 Flying Fortresses and Liberators, without fighter escort, preceded a limited land attack by French troops...
6
Four Canadian jet fighters escorted the flight to the unscheduled landing.
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The bombers were joined by US Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts which flew from Okinawa, Japan.
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Only two fighter escorts per ship.
9
He turned his attention back to Port Stanley while the dropship approached Sanghelios and picked up its fighter escorts.
10
The Star Destroyer plunged into deep space as the Rebel transport and its two fighter escorts streaked off to safety.
11
The secretary of defense wanted the low-level Navy reconnaissance planes to be accompanied by fighter escorts in their missions over Cuba.
12
The B-1B Lancer bombers and F-15 fighter escorts were in international airspace over waters east of North Korea.
13
Mr Caldera's office approved the photo-op, which cost 35,000 US dollars in fuel alone for the plane and two jet fighter escorts.