air-to-air
adjective
: launched from one airplane in flight at another
air-to-air missiles
also
: involving aircraft in flight
air-to-air combat
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Israel notched the first-ever air-to-air kill by a F-35 fighter jet.
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Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Part of the Next-Generation Air Dominance family, CCAs aim to perform missions including air-to-air combat, strikes, electronic warfare, and reconnaissance, while protecting pilots and expanding capacity at lower cost.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Mar. 2026
But unlike cruise missiles, which typically possess an explosive munition (warhead), the X-68A is designed to launch from another aircraft and then launch air-to-air weapons of its own.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
An aircraft carrying dozens of interceptors, effectively miniature air-to-air missiles, could take out far more Shaheds at a fraction of the cost.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Part of the Next-Generation Air Dominance family, CCAs aim to perform missions including air-to-air combat, strikes, electronic warfare, and reconnaissance, while protecting pilots and expanding capacity at lower cost.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Mar. 2026
But unlike cruise missiles, which typically possess an explosive munition (warhead), the X-68A is designed to launch from another aircraft and then launch air-to-air weapons of its own.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
An aircraft carrying dozens of interceptors, effectively miniature air-to-air missiles, could take out far more Shaheds at a fraction of the cost.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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