air power

air·pow·er or air power  (ârpour)

n.

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

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

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air power

n

(Military) the strength of a nation's air force

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

air power - the aggregation of a country's military aircraft aviation aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"