Sentence:  Suppose , he says , that the tables were turned , and we were in the Soviets ' position : `` There would be more than 2000 modern Soviet <WSD>fighters</WSD> , all better than ours , stationed at 250 bases in Mexico and the Caribbean . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air