air power
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of air power
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Wells’s apocalyptic vision of a world with air power, or the doom predicted from genetic engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Pape finds no evidence—from the wars in Korea to Vietnam to the first Gulf War or any others—to support the theory that air power can accomplish any of those aims on its own.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, the F-16 Fighting Falcon sparked a new era for military air power in 1978.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Some US analysts have described the loss of an F-15E deep inside Iranian territory, followed by the destruction of several rescue aircraft, as showing the limitations of the US air power.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
American air power is demolished as the Japanese airstrikes continue.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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