In real life you can breath with Fuuton/Air give's the power to let Birds fly. The rarest of the five basic elemental chakra natures, wind techniques are suited for short-to-mid-range combat, and combine brute force and precision to deal cutting and slashing damage.
Wind is naturally strong against lightning techniques, and likewise naturally weak against fire techniques. In the case of a combination, it augments the strength of a fire technique as well as increases the concussive power of a water technique.
Wind-natured chakra, when combined with water-natured chakra, produces the Ice