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air-to-air
[ air-too-air, -tuh- ]
/ ˈɛər tuˈɛər, -tə- /
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adjective
operating between airborne objects, especially aircraft: air-to-air missiles; air-to-air communication.
adverb
from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight: They refueled air-to-air.
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Origin of air-to-air
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby air-to-air
airt, air taxi, air terminal, airtight, airtime, air-to-air, air-to-surface, air traffic, air-traffic control, air-transportable, airtsy-mairtsy
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How to use air-to-air in a sentence
That means the F-35 will be almost entirely reliant on long-range air-to-air missiles.
It will still carry a pair of Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM long-range air-to-air missiles and a pair of bombs.
The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.
But Predators are vulnerable to even the most obsolete surface-to-air missiles or air-to-air fighter aircraft.
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British Dictionary definitions for air-to-air
air-to-air
adjective
operating between aircraft in flight
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