Definition of "air-to-surface" [air-to-surface]

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

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• "And of course others have already mentioned that the same tech could be used in air-to-surface and surface-to-surface applications."
• "If it works surface-to-air first, then perhaps there is future air-to-surface potential."
• "A girl in a hand-me-down dress several sizes too large picks a flower from the spray of scarlet wild poppies stretching skyward on unsteady stems from a crater hollowed out by an air-to-surface missile."