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air-to-air Definition

air·-to-air (er′to̵̅o̅ er′)

adjective

launched from an aircraft and directed at a target in the air air-to-air missiles

air-to-air Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • missile: Advocates of air-to-air missiles declared the demise of gun armed fighter aircraft in the late 1950s.
  • combat: Fighters can only take out other aircraft, which makes them only useful for air-to-air combat or fast transit between locations.
  • mission: Depending on the chosen plane, air-to-ground or air-to-air missions can be flown in either simulator, training or real combat mission conditions.
  • engagement: The model was developed during Boyd's study of air-to-air aircraft engagements.
  • communication: VHF is used as a secondary network for air-to-air communications, and flight following.
  • role: No air-to-air role was specified, the RAF's Phantoms being intended to provide battlefield air defense.