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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But, absent Western aid, Ukraine’s best chance for stemming the attacks will be using its own drone industry which is now producing air-to-air interceptors.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In French service, the speedy jets strictly fly air-to-air sorties with their pulse-Doppler RDY radars and MICA missiles.
—David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
India produces the indigenous beyond visual range Astra air-to-air missile, which is compatible with the Su-30, and may well sell them to Armenia.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian air-to-air drone kills are much less common.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In French service, the speedy jets strictly fly air-to-air sorties with their pulse-Doppler RDY radars and MICA missiles.
—David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
India produces the indigenous beyond visual range Astra air-to-air missile, which is compatible with the Su-30, and may well sell them to Armenia.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Russian air-to-air drone kills are much less common.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Air-to-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air-to-air. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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