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Within this corridor all nations enjoy high-seas freedom of navigation, overflight, and other internationally lawful uses of the sea related to these freedoms.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
An overflight of the volcano on December 27 showed the extent of the new, dark, black lava flows from the eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
That, in turn, requires securing basing, access, and overflight rights—yet another argument for strengthening U.S. alliances globally.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
In December 2023, Langley Air Force Base in Virginia was targeted by a wave of mysterious drone overflights, prompting the Pentagon to relocate a contingent of F-22 Raptor fighter jets stationed there to another base.
—Jared Keller, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
An overflight of the volcano on December 27 showed the extent of the new, dark, black lava flows from the eruption.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
That, in turn, requires securing basing, access, and overflight rights—yet another argument for strengthening U.S. alliances globally.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
In December 2023, Langley Air Force Base in Virginia was targeted by a wave of mysterious drone overflights, prompting the Pentagon to relocate a contingent of F-22 Raptor fighter jets stationed there to another base.
—Jared Keller, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Overflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overflight. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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overflight
noun
over·flight
ˈō-vər-ˌflīt 
: a flight over an area
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