"air-to-air" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} air-to-air (not comparable)
  1. (aviation, of an act or action) With the participants being two or more aircraft in flight. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-air-to-air-en-adj-GD97Gahb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (aviation, military, of a missile) Fired from an aircraft in flight at another one. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Aviation, Military Translations (fired from an aircraft in flight at another one): vzduch-vzduch (Czech), air-air (French), Luft-Luft (German), воздух-воздух (vozduh-vozduh) (Macedonian), во́здух-во́здух (vózdux-vózdux) (Russian), havadan havaya (Turkish), пові́тря-пові́тря (povítrja-povítrja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-air-to-air-en-adj-Awd-8zCt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war Disambiguation of 'fired from an aircraft in flight at another one': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: air-to-ground, air-to-surface, ground-to-air, surface-to-air

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