"air cover" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 25",
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        "(military) protection (of land or sea operations) by aircraft"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "protection by aircraft",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "luchtdekking"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prikrýtije s vózduxa",
          "sense": "protection by aircraft",
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          "word": "прикры́тие с во́здуха"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "protection by aircraft",
          "word": "hava koruması"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛɹ ˌkʌv.ɚ/",
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  "word": "air cover"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "protection by aircraft",
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      "word": "luchtdekking"
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      "sense": "protection by aircraft",
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      "sense": "protection by aircraft",
      "word": "hava koruması"
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  "word": "air cover"
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