fighter pilot:
(plural: ‘fighter ‘pilots‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘fi’ in ‘fighter’ rhyme with the letters ‘fi’ in “five”; and the letters ‘pi’ rhyme with the letters ‘pi’ in “pipe”)
(a fighter jet)
‘fighter plane/jet fighter’ = a small but fast aeroplane, with powerful missiles, bombs on it, used in air battles to shoot down other fighter planes, or soldiers and other vehicles on ground
a person (a pilot) who flies a fighter plane,
a fighter pilot
e.g.
Julie is always worried about her husband because is a fighter pilot and is at present at the war front.
Fighter pilots need to be more alert than the ordinary (commercial) pilots because once they release the bomb button, there is no turning back and a simple error may lead to deaths of hundreds of innocent people.
There are stringent rules and procedures while recruiting fighter pilots because they need not only a tremendous skill in flying a fast-flying aircraft but also an alert mind to make spilt-second decisions.
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