air cover

1. 1.

   the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations

   Broaderprotection

   military

Questions about air cover

What does air cover mean?

air cover means "the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations".

Is air cover a common word?

air cover is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.