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...d in 1940, when AAF commander General Hap Arnold asked for a plane to give air superiority over the Germans. Alexander Kartveli, chief designer at Republic Aviation,

[[Hitler]] needed the Luftwaffe to establish air superiority over the RAF so he could launch [[Operation Sea Lion]], his plan to invade

Theoretically, Japanese doctrine stressed the need to gain air superiority, but the infantry commanders repeatedly wasted air assets defending minor p

...ir, the [[Supermarine Spitfire]] and the [[P-51 Mustang]]'s were excellent air superiority and escort fighters. In the Pacific theater, the bulk of air combat was by ...lf against Spitfires and Hurricanes. Hitler's invasion of Britain required air superiority, so it had to be canceled. On the eastern front, Hitler expected the blitzk

...ews media may suggest. Implementing them takes several kinds of aircraft: air superiority fighters, electronic and kinetic attack aircraft for suppression of enemy a

...ost alternative to the F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft#air superiority fighter|air superiority fighter and F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft#fighter-bomber|fighter-bomb

While the initial focus is on ABM applications launched from a specific air superiority fighter, both other missions and other launching platforms are being consid

..., and put their best pilots into their Mirages, as opposed to their Soviet air superiority aircraft such as the MiG-25 and MiG-29.<ref name=GWAPS-4 />

...(e.g., anti-aircraft artillery, surface-to-air missiles, fighter aircraft|air superiority fighters and interceptors, etc., under a common system of command, control,

...le in the Pacific, by the time the strategic bombing of Japan could begin, air superiority had been achieved.

...tephen L. and Wesley Phillips Newton. ''To Command the Sky: The Battle for Air Superiority over Germany, 1942-1944'' (1991)

...and having significant concerns about supplying the forece and maintaining air superiority. Hirohito decided that invading Australia was a lesser priority than invad

Theorists completely redesigned their air superiority fighter tactics, and discovered new techniques for high-speed dogfight tact ...This was an important factor in enabling the Soviet air forces to maintain air superiority on their front.

...least provide some breathing space. It had been calculated that Germany's air superiority was about four to one and it was vital that the British war effort must con ...that. Instead, it was necessary to prevent Germany from achieving complete air superiority as that would enable them to invade England. Sinclair doubted Germany's abi

...ak on unescorted daytime bombers had proven correct. Luftwaffe clearly had air superiority over the Nazi heartland, unescorted bombers would suffer unacceptably high

..., and put their best pilots into their Mirages, as opposed to their Soviet air superiority aircraft such as the MiG-25 and MiG-29<ref name=GWAPS-4>{{citation ...craft for close air support and strike roles and, to a limited extent, for air superiority over the immediate battlefield. In 1980, the Iraqi air force had 12

...as small as securing a room to large-scale operations such as establishing air superiority in [[aircraft carrier]] battles. Today, military tactics are employed on al ...urd, and ridicule the idea that the US would have any problem establishing air superiority.

...a major success for the Axis. In the face of overwhelming Allied naval and air superiority, this evacuation was a major Allied failure.