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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 an aircraft in flight at another one

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  • adjective operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • It is a startling picture, memorializing a moment of air-to-air combat from January 19, 1991, over Iraq.

    The Last Ace 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • I suspect that unmanned fighters capable of modern air-to-air combat are in the U.S.

    Letters to the Editor 2009

  • Most of the maneuvering in air-to-air combat today takes place BVR, or beyond visual range.

    The Last Ace 2009

  • 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

  • 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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