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Meanwhile, for the flexibility of autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs), V2X communications assisted by AAVs are regarded as a potential solution to achieve reliable communication between ICVs. However, if the integration of FD-NOMA and AAVs can satisfy the requirements of V2X communications, then quickly and accurately analyzing the total achievable rate becomes a challenge. Motivated by the above, an accurate analytical expression for the total achievable rate over Rician fading channels is proposed to evaluate the transmission performance of NOMA-enhanced AAV-assisted IoV with imperfect channel state information (CSI). Then, we derive an approximate expression with the truncated error, based on which the closed-form expression for the approximate error is theoretically provided. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate the accuracy of the obtained approximate results, where the maximum approximate error does not exceed 0.5%. Moreover, the use of the FD-NOMA technique in AAV-assisted IoV can significantly improve the total achievable rate compared to existing work. 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