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...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.

...quickly. We’d stripped away his air defenses. He was at our mercy. We had air superiority before we even—or actually air supremacy before we would even start an op

Unfortunately, American forces temporarily lost air superiority over the Solomons during the next two days when a combination of Japanese a

support the mission. In the same way that air superiority allows friendly forces the freedom from

...(about 1,120 miles total) seriously hampered Japanese efforts to establish air superiority over Henderson Field. Australian coastwatchers on Bougainville and New Geo

* Werrell, Kenneth P. ''Sabres over MiG Alley: The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in Korea.'' (2005). 318 pp.

When there was air superiority and available heavy bomber support, the ground swarms changed from an attri ...iate when the forces are generally matched as to technology, especially if air superiority is contested, such as in the Falklands War.

...e fall of 1951) when it was feared the Chinese and Soviet enemy might gain air superiority. Three dozen aces--older men with World War II experience--accounted for a

Air superiority or supremacy was a prerequisite to [[Operation Sea Lion]], the German amphi ...onderance of firepower. This was the basic Allied strategy, and it worked. Air superiority depended on having the fastest, most maneuverable fighters, in sufficient q

...nd 1940, until they fought the [[Battle of Britain]], which failed to gain air superiority for the [[Operation Sea Lion]] invasion. ...Battle of Britain]] took place when Germany attempted, and failed, to gain air superiority in advance of their proposed invasion of Britain, [[Operation Sea Lion]].<r

...e it's constantly been upgraded in [[F-15 Eagle]] aircraft, which are pure air superiority fighters; the current version is AN/APG-63 V(3). [[F-15E Strike Eagle]] air