air-to-ground
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4.7
- adjective
- Specialized
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aire-tierra
- I mean, you couldn't figure that out from the pilot where the genocidal aliens in their aircraft (that can deliver air-to-ground ordnance) completely ignore the streaming column?
- air-to-ground missiles
- air-to-ground rockets
Examples
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This makes a lot of sense given the fact that the Libyan operation turned into an air-to-ground fight pretty fast and the F-22 is optimized for high-end air-to-air combat.
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For the F-15SE, you still get the option of having it in a stealthy configuration or having it switch to a non-stealthy, heavily armed death machine that is even better at air-to-ground than the Super Hornet, all at $100 million, which is still half the cost of an F-35A.
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One is primarily air-to-air, and the other is primarily air-to-ground.
Blog text (14) -
"We had eight MiG-23s, two of them the air-to-ground version MiG-23BN.
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The air-to-ground missiles of the Russian SU-27 fighter jets should be coded to detect the signal from Dudayev's phone.
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I need four F-16s equipped with air-to-ground missiles within... (consults wristwatch)... twenty-six hours. LT. FISK
Fiction book (1996) -
He readjusted his heads-up display for air-to-ground strafing, resetting the depression angle on the HUD to 37 mils.
Fiction book (1991) -
"The President still had that pained look in his eyes, but Curtis continued nonetheless: "Because the two carrier groups have fewer air-to-ground attack planes, it was suggested to augment the task force by forming the First Air Battle Wing at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam to?"
Fiction book (1991) -
A single medium to long-range subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile costs roughly $1.5 million, and 50 kg air-to-ground Hellfire rockets cost an eye-watering $115,000 each.
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The F/A-18 uses air-to-ground missiles to target enemy positions from above.
Synonyms
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7.2
A weapon or missile a plane uses to hit targets on the ground
Surface Forms
Etymology
Air-to-ground is a compound of air and ground, literally 'from the sky to the land'. That's why it describes weapons or signals sent from aircraft down to targets or receivers on the ground.