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airpower

noun

air·​pow·​er ˈer-ˌpau̇(-ə)r How to pronounce airpower (audio)
: the military strength of a nation's air force

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web During the 1920s and 30s, airplanes and airships vied for aerial supremacy, but after World War II, the victor was clear: planes were the future of airpower. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022 Adding a squadron of about 18-24 aircraft F-35s to this formidable fleet by the end of the decade could drastically alter the balance of airpower over the Aegean Sea in an unprecedented way. Paul Iddon, Forbes, 27 May 2022 Denying Turkey effective usage of its clear advantage in drone power will help Greece consolidate its emergent advantage in airpower in any future confrontation. Paul Iddon, Forbes, 3 July 2022 In the end, American airpower helped the S.D.F. retake the prison, and more than three hundred people tied to ISIS were killed. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2022 While some on and off Capitol Hill have argued that lethal drones and anti-aircraft missiles could be more effective in the fight against Russian airpower, some of the GOP senators argued for an all-of-the-above approach. Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 11 Mar. 2022 The specter of mass call-ups of infantry and tanks rolling across borders to repel an existential threat appears less likely in an era in which the military is increasingly reliant on airpower and hi-tech and cyber warfare. Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2022 The Tatmadaw has the advantage of airpower and automatic weapons. David Rising And, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021 Indeed, our enemies in these last two decades generally had no airpower, let alone ballistic missiles capable of crossing the Atlantic. Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 15 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of airpower was in 1908

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