air-to-air

[air-too-air, -tuh-]

adjective

1. operating between airborne objects, especially aircraft.

   air-to-air missiles; air-to-air communication.

adverb

1. from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight.

   They refueled air-to-air.

air-to-air

adjective

1. operating between aircraft in flight

Word History and Origins

Origin of air-to-air¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The Typhoons will still operate out of RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and are expected to start flying missions in the coming days, supported by RAF Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft.

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Currently the scheme does not include air-to-air heat pumps as an alternative but Mr Hezlet thinks it should because they can provide cooling as well as heating.

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This forces Kyiv to fall back on its precious supply of jets and air-to-air missiles to shoot them down.

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Pakistan used Chinese made fighter jets, air defence systems and air-to-air missiles in the four-day conflict.

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Palestine Action said its activists were able to evade security and claimed they had put two air-to-air refuelling tankers "out of service".

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