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: a skilled long-distance shooter in basketball
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At the height of the war, Roughs was occupied by up to 300 Royal Navy soldiers tasked with defending Britain from Nazi bombers.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
Traditionally, that mission has been performed by fighters, bombers, standoff weapons, and integrated intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance networks.
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David A. Deptula,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The MiG-25 was conceived in the early 1960s as the Soviet Union sought a way to intercept high-speed, high-altitude threats such as the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
Military flyovers The event included multiple military flyovers, featuring aircraft such as the F-16 Viper Demo Team, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and F-35A Lightning II.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
Traditionally, that mission has been performed by fighters, bombers, standoff weapons, and integrated intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance networks.
—
David A. Deptula,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The MiG-25 was conceived in the early 1960s as the Soviet Union sought a way to intercept high-speed, high-altitude threats such as the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
Military flyovers The event included multiple military flyovers, featuring aircraft such as the F-16 Viper Demo Team, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and F-35A Lightning II.
—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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“Bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomber. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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bomber
noun
bomb·er
ˈbäm-ər 
: one that bombs
especially
: an airplane designed for dropping bombs
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