Sentence examples for warplanes like from inspiring English sources

Choose anything from classic warplanes like the Spitfire and Lancaster to sleek airliners such as Concorde and the giant new Airbus A380.

They include fantastical palm-size, insectlike fliers bearing tiny spy cameras; small helicopters that could airlift a wounded soldier; and full-size armed warplanes like the X-45.

A ride in the cockpit on a recent 13-hour combat mission provided a rare bird's-eye view of the Trump administration's newly revamped Afghanistan policy of sending thousands of additional American troops closer to the front lines — and more warplanes like this one to protect them.

Toy-size warplanes fly like sharks through the air; a lotus serves as her pillow; men in dark suits stare or weep (Cotter).

There are strong statements, like the warplanes recognizable in the abstract, Miró-like paintings of Dina Matar, a young artist from Gaza; but also the nostalgic and melancholic images of refugees and landscapes by the veteran artist Ahmad Canaan, who acts as curator for the display.

But many Iraqi officials deem it quietly necessary on a number of fronts: Iraq is buying more and more sophisticated American weapons, like tanks and warplanes, and will need Americans here for training and maintenance.

He would like to pitch British warplanes into the fray against IS, alongside America's, as he did in Libya to topple Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, and wanted to do in Syria last year.

They explained what it was like when warplanes painted with the Rising Sun streaked in low across Pearl Harbor and dropped torpedoes that made their battleship, in the words of Mr. Fritcher, "jump around like a top on a hardwood floor".

But many of those who are killed each day are killed by government weapons like tanks, warplanes and Scud missiles.

The other subject is development of weapons to attack enemy air defenses, like missiles fired from warplanes that home in on enemy radars.

The Obama administration, which counts Saudi Arabia as one of its closest Arab allies and backs the ousted Yemeni government, has provided intelligence to the war effort as well as logistical support, like refueling, to coalition warplanes.