哨しょう戒かい機き

noun

patrol plane; patrol aircraft

Military term for an aircraft used for reconnaissance and patrol missions, especially over the sea.

• 海かい上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいの哨しょう戒かい機きが不ふ審しん船せんを発はっ見けんした。

  A Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane spotted a suspicious vessel.