Example sentences for: anti-aircraft

How can you use “anti-aircraft” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • U.S. and Iraqi forces exchanged fire again . For the second time since the U.S. bombing campaign two weeks ago, Iraqi anti-aircraft outposts tried to shoot down U.S. and British planes that were patrolling "no-fly zones" over Iraq.

  • Since then, Saddam Hussein has repeatedly defied the no-fly zones, using his jets, radar, and anti-aircraft weapons to provoke allied pilots.

  • The papers note that the incident came after much belligerent talk from the Iraqis and after they directed ineffectual anti-aircraft fire toward a British aircraft over the weekend, giving rise to theories that Iraq is trying to undermine the U.S. policy of containment among U.S. allies.

  • For a second straight day, Iraq anti-aircraft fire drew a tough U.S. response.

  • Overplaying stories like Tripp means underplaying stories like yesterday's U.S. aircraft missile launch against an Iraqi anti-aircraft battery that was radar-illuminating a British aircraft--just above the fold at the LAT , bottom of the front at the WP and only in a reefer box on the USAT front.


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