combat pilot

Other forms: combat pilots

Definitions of combat pilot

1. noun

   airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces
   examples:

   Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

   the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)

   types:

   fighter pilot

   a military or naval pilot of fighter planes

   strafer

   a combat pilot who strafes the enemy

   dogfighter

   a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights

   type of:

   airplane pilot, pilot

   someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight