: 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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The sale includes medium-range air-to-air missiles to help Israel defend against airborne threats, 155mm projectile artillery shells for long-range targeting, Hellfire AGM-114 missiles, 500-pound bombs and more. Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025 The sale includes medium-range air-to-air missiles to help Israel defend against airborne threats, 155 mm projectile artillery shells for long-range targeting, Hellfire AGM-114 missiles, 500-pound bombs and more. Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025 On Thursday, the State Department approved a $3.64 billion sale of air-to-air missiles to Japan. Tobias Burns, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025 Either or both demonstrators could become multi-role fighters with serious long-range air-to-air capability. David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for air-to-air 

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air-to-air was in 1939

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“Air-to-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air-to-air. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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