Wiktionary
a. (context of a missile English) fired from an aircraft at a target on land or water
WordNet
adj. operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground; "air-to-surface missiles" [syn: air-to-ground] [ant: air-to-air, surface-to-air]
Usage examples of "air-to-surface".
It touched the housing of the power gun as it ripped off a third blast, killing twenty more Marines, and high above, a single AGM-65E air-to-surface missile separated from Romeo Four and dove for the beckoning laser.
Underneath its belly he could see a single bomb-a laser-guided AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missile.
As the plane was making its final approach, a Hind shot an air-to-surface missile at one of the frigates.
A Harpoon air-to-surface missile was mounted on the right inboard wing station, station four.
We've had a Russian air-to-surface missile, plane engines, even the spaceship model they used in that movie Close Encounters.
Hurtling like an air-to-surface missile, the head picked up speed and came directly for its intended target like a launched arrow from a bow, and again, the agile albino was able to sidestep the attack.
That is, be on station quickly, unleash whatever bomb loads they might have, then loiter over the battle area and apply force -whether it be Sidewinders, cannon fire, or air-to-surface missiles -as needed.
With the submarines and the surface ships in the area, the Admiral felt that the coordinated attack, would require less air-to-surface missiles, and he wanted these pilots to have a better chance than the last air group.
Composed mostly of long-range bombers carrying air-to-surface missiles, the strike force included Tu-22 Blinder-B and Tu-26 Backfire-B bombers, most of them drawn from the Northern Fleet's Aviatsiya Voenno-Morskoyo Flota, or Naval Aviation groups.
Each one of those Badgers could carry a pair of air-to-surface missiles and a conventional bomb load as well, more than enough to ruin all four of Keflavik's runways.
These will be armed with Harpoon air-to-surface missiles, and they'll be orbiting the Soviets in relays.
These will be armed with Harpoon air-to-surface missiles, and they’.
Closest point of approach was less than twenty miles, easily within range of air-to-surface missiles.
The big Russian air-to-surface missiles were not especially hard targets to hit, since they ran straight for their targets, though you did have to react in a hurry: they were mighty fast.
Both Seasprays were bristling with machine guns, and all of the fighters in the raiding party were equipped with air-to-surface missiles and nose cannons.