The phrase "as a warplane" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing something to a warplane or describing its characteristics or functions in a metaphorical or literal sense.
Example: "The drone operated with precision, maneuvering through the skies as a warplane would during a tactical mission."
Alternatives: "like a warplane" or "in the manner of a warplane."
The combat planes that the Pentagon needs now include F-15E and F-16 fighter jets, as well as A-10 warplanes designed to attack armored vehicles and still more AC-130 gunships, the officials said.
AMMAN, Jordan -- At least 20 people were killed in Aleppo on Wednesday when a residential building was hit with a rocket from a warplane as the government's daily bombardment of the northern Syria city continued, activists said.
In Aleppo, a Salaheddiin resident named Mohammed, who did not want to give his last name for fear of retaliation, said that the government's assault began at dawn as helicopters flew overhead and a warplane circled.
The tax expenditure notion is that the fruits of your labor belong to the government, and that if Congress deigns to let you keep any of it, it is, in effect, spending money, as if spending it on a warplane.
A few days before Afghanistan's new government was sworn in, a line of Afghan porters, crossing the Salang Pass high in the Hindu Kush, trekked through rock and snow as an American warplane passed overhead.
B-1 and B-52 bombers conducted strikes, as did warplanes from Navy aircraft carriers off the coast of Pakistan.
Cook said last week's intercept was not similar to an incident in August 2014, when a Chinese warplane flew as close as 20 to 30 feet (7 to 10 meters) to a U.S. Navy patrol jet and conducted a barrel roll over the plane.
The sales of several units to comply with antitrust laws beginning in the 1930s were followed by prosperity as a maker of warplane parts in World War II and the Korean War.
As soon as warplanes are done the artillery shooting will start again.
Karzai also wants the US to provide helicopters, heavy weapons and other advanced military equipment for Afghanistan's army as well as warplanes for the Afghan air force, and for humanitarian and reconstruction aid to be channelled through Afghan government ministries rather than via western aid agencies.
