Airpower

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What do we mean by airpower?

The organized, integrated use of aircraft and missiles for foreign policy, strategy, operations, and tactics. noun

The tactical and strategic strength of a country's air force. noun

Airborne military power; an air force noun

Airborne military power; an air force

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The word "airpower" in example sentences

We have had ships in the Persian gulf for 20+ years now, so our ability to project airpower is always there. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Nor does the existence of the atomic bomb alter the fact that airpower is still the first line of defence. ❋ Unknown (1946)

These 12-to-19-person training teams serve as a vital link between forward-deployed Afghan army and police units and ISAF support such as airpower, medical evacuation, and resupply. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"airpower" we mean the tactical and strategic employment of conventional aviation ordnance, including air-dropped mines. ❋ Nichols, Tillman (1988)

The Air Force fears that the dominance of U.S. airpower has been so complete for so long that it is taken for granted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A separate report on Taiwan's airpower is now 18 months overdue, which suggests there is bureaucratic infighting over contents that would show the island's air defenses need upgrading. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Government armor is a major threat to the rebels, the institute says, as is airpower. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The classic example is the use of SAMs by the Egyptians and Syrians in the 1973 Yom Kippur war to attrit Israeli airpower and interfere with its ability to support the ground defensive fighting by the Israeli Army. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The no-fly zone was mounted because Gadhafi was using airpower and artillery and armor," Ries said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The cobbled together intervention – airpower from Nato, arms, cash and special forces from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – has left its political marks on the ground. ❋ Unknown (2011)

An F-35 purchase would help lay the groundwork for a cooperative airpower alliance of liberal states flying the same plane, training together and operating jointly. ❋ Michael Auslin (2011)

“On September 6, the biggest build-up of Russian airpower in NATO airspace saw as many as eight Tu-95s nuclear-capable bombers track their way from the Barents Sea and into the Atlantic… shadowed by 20 NATO fighters,” it said. ❋ Ron Rosenbaum (2011)

Some Libyan diplomats have bravely called for a no-fly zone to stop the Qaddafi regime's use of airpower to attack Libyan civilians. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I was a British journalist with the mujahideen at the siege of Jalalabad in March 1989, when they were indeed decimated by the government's airpower when they concentrated to attack the city. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If reports ahead of the announcement are true, it also may help spur the creation of a bloc of liberal Asian states with the most advanced airpower capabilities that can serve to maintain stability in an increasingly strained Indo-Pacific region. ❋ Michael Auslin (2011)

In World War II, the German combination of mechanization, tactical airpower, and radio communication with sound doctrine, campaign plans, and training created the military system that journalists would erroneously dub "Blitzkrieg." ❋ Adam Elkus (2010)

The U.S. campaign against the Taliban was conducted with massive American airpower, tens of thousands of Northern Alliance forces, allied with some three hundred U.S. Special Forces soldiers working with 110 CIA officers. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

Douglas MacArthur, who commanded the Southwest Pacific forces, and Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of the Pacific Ocean Areas to the north, were waging their wars with the brute force of naval ships, airpower, and troops storming tropical beaches. ❋ Douglas Waller (2011)

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