How to Use air-to-air in a Sentence

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• And for the first time, a Predator fired a Stinger air-to-air missile in action, at an Iraqi fighter.
  — David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2011
• One of the fighter jets shot down the Turkish drone with an air-to-air missile, the officials said.
  — Courtney Kube, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Alternatively, the drones could be armed with their own air-to-air missiles.
  — Sébastien Roblin, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• It was also known to have a powerful Smerch-A3, and carry up to four radar-homing R-40 air-to-air missiles.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
• In a few minutes, a Chinese fighter jet armed with air-to-air missiles intercepts the US plane, nestling in just 500 feet off its port side.
  — Ivan Watson, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
• So far, the incidents have not involved actual air-to-air combat.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
• In this latest package are four kinds of anti-air missiles—meaning missiles meant to shoot down threats in the air—including the AIM-7 air-to-air missile.
  — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 7 June 2023
• Its goal is to extend the range and effectiveness of both air-to-air missiles and the current class of fighter jets while new aircraft are introduced.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Jan. 2024
• Combat jets can also heft a wide variety of ordnance, including air-to-air, air-to-ground, and anti-ship missiles as well as bombs.
  — Michael Peck, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2023
• So our near-term focus will be on ensuring a uniformly strong connection throughout the route, for both air-to-ground and air-to-air communications.
  — Kamesh Namuduri, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2023
• But the programs are learning so quickly from each engagement that some AI versions getting tested on Vista are already beating human pilots in air-to-air combat.
  — Tara Copp, Fortune, 4 May 2024
• Overall, support from A-50s has further reinforced the substantial technical edge of Russian fighters in air-to-air combat.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
• Western governments continue to explore the possibility that an air-to-air missile could have been used, even if an explosion on board remained the more likely scenario.
  — Robin Stein, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• The jet will likely be multi-role, capable of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, but with capabilities skewed somewhat toward air superiority.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Enhanced air defenses, including F-16 fighter jets equipped with long-range air-to-air missiles, would reduce Russian attacks on critical infrastructure inside Ukraine as well as on units stationed near the front.
  — Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
• The ministry said the Typhoon jets responded after a Russian air-to-air refueling aircraft failed to communicate with Estonian air traffic control.
  — Elena Becatoros, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024