fighter pilot

[ fahy-ter pahy-luht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Military.

a pilot trained to fly aircraft classified as fighters and to engage in aerial combat:
The last surviving member of this celebrated squadron of fighter pilots has died, at age 92.

First recorded in 1935–40

“Getting a first shot is one thing,” said a former Air Force fighter pilot with extensive experience with Russian weapons.

The Crown Prince in waiting, Muqrin, is also a former fighter pilot and trained at RAF Cranwell.

For an American fighter pilot, however, ISIS convoys and fortifications look like great things to bomb.

Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) is a former fighter pilot who flew combat missions in both Korea and Vietnam.

Explain your childhood desire to be a fighter pilot and race-car driver.

I wonder if that Nazi fighter pilot is aboard one of those carriers?

You were an Army flier, a fighter pilot, and all that sort of rot.

Is every fighter pilot who was with the force in San Diego still with it?

But I think there's a pretty fair chance of our catching up with that fighter pilot.

He can certainly find out in a minute if either of the carriers sailed with a fighter pilot missing.

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