air-to-air

adjective

operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight

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air-to-air missiles

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air-to-air communications

• Ant: ↑surface-to-air, ↑air-to-surface

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adverb (or adjective)

: from one aircraft to another while in flight

air-to-air rockets

refueling air-to-air

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/air"tooh air", -teuh-/, adj.

1. operating between airborne objects, esp. aircraft: air-to-air missiles; air-to-air communication.

adv.

2. from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight: They refueled air-to-air.

[1940-45]

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airˈ-to-airˈ adjective

From one aircraft to another

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Main Entry: ↑air

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air-to-air UK US adjective

involving two aircraft while they are both flying

air-to-air combat

Thesaurus: relating to operating aircraft_hyponym

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air-to-air «AIR tu AIR», adjective, adverb.

passing between two flying aircraft, as a rocket launched by one to destroy another: »

air-to-air missiles, air-to-air defense, air-to-air refueling.

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adj. [attrib.] directed or operating from one aircraft to another in flight

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/ˌeɚtəˈweɚ/ adj

: shot from one flying airplane at another

The enemy planes attacked our bombers with air-to-air missiles.

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ˌair-to-ˈair f18 [air-to-air] adjective usually before noun

from one aircraft to another while they are both flying

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an air-to-air missile