Recent Examples on the WebVideos of the explosions Tuesday showed smoke rising from the airbase before at least three blasts and the destruction of at least one warplane, according to the New York Times. Madeline Halpert, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022 And on the grounds of the base, after the huge plumes of smoke cleared, the remains of a warplane could be seen apparently melted into the tarmac. Alan Yuhas, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 And just last year France granted its largest-ever overseas sale of the Rafale warplane to the UAE — right before the Gulf Arab nation put an agreement with the US for F35 jet fighters on hold. Eoin Mcsweeney, CNN, 18 July 2022 Unless and until Sukhoi finally finishes developing the Su-57 stealth fighter, the Su-34M arguably is the most sophisticated warplane in Russian service. David Axe, Forbes, 18 July 2022 And that’s when a Russian Su-34 warplane crashed through the roof of their two-story home.New York Times, 30 May 2022 Beijing has not ruled out military force to take Taiwan and has kept pressure on the democratic island over the past few years with frequent warplane flights into the island's ADIZ. Brad Lendon And Wayne Chang, CNN, 22 June 2022 Protecting civilians and enforcing the zone No-fly zones are often used to protect civilians on the ground from warplane attacks and to prevent a country from gaining air superiority, meaning control of the sky over a battlefield. Andrew Stigler, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2022 The warplane was designed in the late 1970s in part to counter the fast and versatile U.S.-manufactured F-16s.Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022 See More