combat air patrol (English, noun)
expansion: combat air patrol (plural combat air patrols)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A patrolling force of fighter aircraft tasked with covering and screening a friendly asset (such as an aircraft carrier or a flight of bombers) in order to defend it from incoming hostile aircraft.
Forms:
form: combat air patrols
tags: plural