Sentence:  Somehow , the pictures and stories of Soviet T-34 tanks on Cuban beaches and Russian Mig jet <WSD>fighters</WSD> strafing rebel troops has brought home to all of us the stark , blunt truth of what it means to have a Russian military base 90 miles away from home . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air