air-to-surface

air-to-sur·face (ârt-sûrfs)

adj.

Operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground: air-to-surface missiles.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

air-to-surface - operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground; "air-to-surface missiles" air-to-ground air-to-air - operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight; "air-to-air missiles"; "air-to-air communications" surface-to-air - operating from or designed to be launched from the ground against an airborne target; "surface-to-air missiles"