Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Launched from an aircraft with an aircraft as a target.
- adjective Occurring between or involving airborne aircraft.
- adjective Of or relating to the transfer of heat between two bodies of air.
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- adjective of a missile
fired from anaircraft inflight at another one
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight
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Examples
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But it's simple to solve all of these problems with an air-to-air heat exchanger and a bit of ductwork.
Passive Aggressive: “Passive” Home Construction Comes to Seattle « PubliCola 2010
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An air-to-air system, on the other hand, produces warm air that is circulated by fans to heat the home.
Saving Energy Begins at Home David Elliot 2011
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It is a startling picture, memorializing a moment of air-to-air combat from January 19, 1991, over Iraq.
The Last Ace 2009
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These are strictly matter-of-fact men from a world where war is work, and life and death hang on a rapidly and precisely calibrated reality, an attitude captured by the flat caption mounted on the frame: This is an AIM-7 air-to-air missile shot from an F‑15 Eagle detonating on an Iraqi MiG‑29 Fulcrum during Operation Desert Storm.
The Last Ace 2009
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Accomplishing all this with anything like the efficiency American forces have enjoyed since the Vietnam War depends on owning the sky, which means having air-to-air hunter-killers that can shoot down enemy planes and destroy surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites before the rest of the fleet takes to the sky.
The Last Ace 2009
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When Rodriguez retired two years ago from the Air Force as a colonel, his three air-to-air kills (two over Iraq in 1991 and one over Kosovo) were the most of any American fighter pilot on active duty.
The Last Ace 2009
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I suspect that unmanned fighters capable of modern air-to-air combat are in the U.S.
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Most of the maneuvering in air-to-air combat today takes place BVR, or beyond visual range.
The Last Ace 2009
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So it is worth examining the nature of air-to-air combat today, and the possible consequences of not building a full fleet of F-22s.
The Last Ace 2009
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Cesar Rodriguez, who retired with more air-to-air kills — three — than any active-duty Air Force pilot, stands beside an F-15.
The Last Ace 2009
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