air-to-air

[ air-too-air, -tuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

operating between airborne objects, especially aircraft:
air-to-air missiles; air-to-air communication.

from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight:
They refueled air-to-air.

air-to-air

First recorded in 1940–45

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.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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