fighter escort

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• fighter escort — fighter escort, (in Great Britain) one or more aircraft assigned to fly with and protect friendly bombers; bomber escort …   Useful english dictionary

• fighter escort — Fighters detailed to protect other aircraft from hostile aircraft during their mission. The escorts may be tied, meaning that they fly with the formation being escorted, or free, meaning, normally, escorts fly ahead of the strike force. See… …   Aviation dictionary

• Escort — may refer to: *Ford Escort (European), a motor vehicle *Ford Escort (North American), a motor vehicle *Escort vehicle, a vehicle that escorts oversize trucks or large vehicle convoys on highways *Escort, a 16 piece disco band based in Brooklyn,… …   Wikipedia

• Escort fighter — The escort fighter was a World War II concept for a fighter aircraft designed to escort bombers to and from their targets. Differing significantly in design from short range, high performance defensive fighters like the Supermarine Spitfire,… …   Wikipedia

• Escort carrier — The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier (popularly known as the jeep carrier ), was a small aircraft carrier utilized by the Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy in World War II. In the Atlantic the escort… …   Wikipedia

• Fighter aircraft — A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air to air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and… …   Wikipedia

• escort fighter — noun : an offensive fighter airplane of maximum fuel capacity for escort to heavy bombers on raids * * * a fighter plane equipped to accompany other planes, esp. bombers, on missions as a protection against air attack. [1945 50] * * * escort… …   Useful english dictionary

• escort — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed, military, motorcycle, police, security ▪ convoy, destroyer, fighter (esp. AmE) (all military) …   Collocations dictionary

• escort — n 1. chaperon, accompanier, companion; attendant, squire, assistant, aide, aide de camp; usher, guide, pilot, conductor, leader; guardian, shepherd, protector, protectress, matron, tutelary, tutelar, tutor, tutoress, governess, nursemaid, (in… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• fighter — noun Fighter is used before these nouns: ↑ace, ↑aircraft, ↑escort, ↑jet, ↑pilot, ↑plane Fighter is used after these nouns: ↑champion, ↑enemy, ↑guerrilla, ↑jet, ↑militia …   Collocations dictionary

• escort — I. noun Etymology: Middle French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere to guide, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from Latin ex + corrigere to make straight, correct more at correct Date: 1579 1. a. (1) a person or group of persons… …   New Collegiate Dictionary