"Aerial warfare" refers to any form of combat, fighting, or military operations that take place in the sky using airplanes or other flying vehicles. Full definition
«For more than a decade, the Ace Combat series has delighted gamers around the globe with its incredible depictions of aerial warfare -LSB-...] (vg247.com)
The scientific paper of 2013 that reads most like a comic book comes from biologists at Boise State University and the University of Florida, who describe the spectacular results of the «evolutionary arms race» between the bat and the hawk moth, which «have been engaged in aerial warfare for nearly 65 [million years].» (discovermagazine.com)
Switchblade: DARPA has already revolutionised aerial warfare by encouraging the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). (newscientist.com)