(DoD) Any circumstance in flight where the degree of separation between two aircraft is considered by either pilot to have constituted a hazardous situation involving potential risk of collision.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). near miss (aircraft). Retrieved September 30, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/near_miss_(aircraft)/definitions/1962992 |
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