battleskies
nounEtymology From battle + skies.
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Government, Military, Politics, War The portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place.
- Because military planes are worth more than their weight in gold when they're badly needed — and such is usually the case in the battleskies of the world today — Uncle Sam has developed the world's best masters of improvisation in his globe-covering Army Air Forces Air Service Command, the outfit that literally "keeps 'em flying."1944, The Curtiss Flyleaf, volumes 27-28, page 3:
- War Production Board poster Production is your Protection - Back Up Our Battleskies!