flareship
flareship noun: a military aircraft that drops illumination flares.
Noun
flareship (plural flareships)
- A military aircraft that drops illumination flares.
- Once the flareship reached the range, an orbit would be established to take the aircraft across the drop zone every 2 minutes 45 seconds. Depending on the type of ordnance to be delivered by the F-100 students, between two and four flares would be dropped on each pass.1968 January, Lou Stalsworth, “Night Owl”, in The Airman, volume XII, number 1, page 10
- Originally, the phrase Blind Bat was just the call sign for C-130s on forward air controller/flareship duty over southern Laos.1989 july, Sam McGowan, “Blind Bat”, in AIR FORCE Magazine, volume 72, page 82
Forms of flareship
| plural | flareships |
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Origin of flareship
From flare + ship.
Questions about flareship
- What does flareship mean?
- Flareship means a military aircraft that drops illumination flares.
- What part of speech is flareship?
- Flareship is a noun.
- What is the plural of flareship?
- The plural of flareship is flareships.
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