air cover
noun
: protection by armed military airplanes
They had to land in enemy territory without any air cover.
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The F-16s can provide air cover for troops, attack ground targets, take on enemy planes and intercept missiles.
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Radina Gigova, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
Trump will have air cover as the campaign season kicks into high gear.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 9 July 2024
Meanwhile, coalition air and missile defense forces would prevent China from providing the air cover needed to support the PLA’s assault, and electronic warfare and cyber-forces would frustrate the PLA’s efforts to control communications in and around the battlefield.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
But a lack of appropriate air cover has been the biggest stumbling block, Menon added, with Ukraine’s air force vastly outnumbered and overpowered by Russia’s.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
But Saturday’s assault was relatively limited in scale, suggesting that the attacks might instead have been part of what military analysts and Ukrainian army officials say is an effort by Russia to test Ukrainian air cover through multiple, but small-scale attacks.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
As a result, no one there sensed the immediate need for a massive, rapid air cover, even as social media emerged with reports of attacks in many communities.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
Ukrainian forces are advancing without air cover, making their progress harder and slower, while Russia has launched its own push in the northeast to pin down Ukrainian forces and prevent them being redeployed in the south.
—Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
Ukraine hopes the jets give it a combat edge, after launching a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s forces without air cover, placing its troops at the mercy of Russian aviation and artillery.
—Mike Corder and Karl Ritter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
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Radina Gigova, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
Trump will have air cover as the campaign season kicks into high gear.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 9 July 2024
Meanwhile, coalition air and missile defense forces would prevent China from providing the air cover needed to support the PLA’s assault, and electronic warfare and cyber-forces would frustrate the PLA’s efforts to control communications in and around the battlefield.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
But a lack of appropriate air cover has been the biggest stumbling block, Menon added, with Ukraine’s air force vastly outnumbered and overpowered by Russia’s.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
But Saturday’s assault was relatively limited in scale, suggesting that the attacks might instead have been part of what military analysts and Ukrainian army officials say is an effort by Russia to test Ukrainian air cover through multiple, but small-scale attacks.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
As a result, no one there sensed the immediate need for a massive, rapid air cover, even as social media emerged with reports of attacks in many communities.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
Ukrainian forces are advancing without air cover, making their progress harder and slower, while Russia has launched its own push in the northeast to pin down Ukrainian forces and prevent them being redeployed in the south.
—Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
Ukraine hopes the jets give it a combat edge, after launching a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s forces without air cover, placing its troops at the mercy of Russian aviation and artillery.
—Mike Corder and Karl Ritter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
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