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The quartet of Russian warplanes were greeted by 10 U.S. Air Force fighter jets deployed by North American Aerospace Defense Command.—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025 According to reports in the Ukrainian press, the A.I. had been trained to recognize targets using images of old Soviet warplanes on display in an aviation museum east of Kyiv.—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 Iranian state media confirmed that Israeli warplanes had struck nuclear facilities at Arak but said that there had been no serious damage.—Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025 But this month Israeli warplanes penetrated Iranian airspace and struck multiple nuclear sites, including underground facilities thought to be untouchable.—Nik Popli, Time, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for warplane
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