Air-to-air

adjectiveStandard termAviation

Occurring between two or more aircraft while in flight.

Describing communications, combat, or physical connections that happen exclusively between airborne vehicles. This covers radio frequencies dedicated to pilot-to-pilot chat, missile systems designed to shoot down other planes, and mid-air refueling operations.

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Switch to the air-to-air frequency so we can coordinate our formation spacing away from the main ATC channel.