air-to-air
adjective
: launched from one airplane in flight at another
air-to-air missiles
also
: involving aircraft in flight
air-to-air combat
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Turkey hopes to augment its air combat capabilities by acquiring the Eurofighter Typhoon and long-range Meteor air-to-air missile.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Separately, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said that its attack at Engels military airfield in Russia on March 20 had destroyed 96 air-to-air cruise missiles and significant reserves of aviation fuel.
—John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Britain and the Netherlands joined the Biden administration in striking Houthi targets last year, and London provided air-to-air refuelling support for the very strikes that were discussed in the Signal group.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Ukraine inherited a substantial stock of R-73 air-to-air missiles when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Separately, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said that its attack at Engels military airfield in Russia on March 20 had destroyed 96 air-to-air cruise missiles and significant reserves of aviation fuel.
—John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Britain and the Netherlands joined the Biden administration in striking Houthi targets last year, and London provided air-to-air refuelling support for the very strikes that were discussed in the Signal group.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Ukraine inherited a substantial stock of R-73 air-to-air missiles when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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