Looks around facing this type of combat (3-2-3)
I believe the answer is:
air-to-air
'looks' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.
'facing this type of combat' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'facing' could be 'to' (facing can mean pointed to or towards) and 'to' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'around' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for air-to-air that I've seen is " Like some missiles".)