air·pow·er or air power (âr?pou??r)n.1. The organized, integrated use of aircraft and missiles for foreign policy, strategy, operations, and tactics.2. The tactical and strategic strength of a country’s air force.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.air powern1. (Military) the strength of a nation’s air forceCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014air? pow`er n. the total military capability of a nation for operations involving the use of aircraft and missiles. [1905?10] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.