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...s, and British defense, with which the Germans had intended to establish [[air supremacy]] for their proposed invasion of Britain

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...ttle of Britain]] was fought, from the German perspective, to achieve that air supremacy. They did not believe Britain would surrender without a physical invasion;

...]] and [[Jimmy Doolittle]], both of whom fully appreciated the priority of air supremacy. Spaatz and Doolittle ordered that all bombing mission be provided with fi

...the Dunkirk role, however, it had a critical assignment in creating German air supremacy over the [[English Channel]], if the German invasion of Britain, [[Operatio

Once total [[air supremacy]] in a theater was gained the second mission was [[battlefield air interdic ...gdom]] to prevail. When the German Army [[Heer]] and Navy navy insisted on air supremacy over the [[English Channel]], the [[Battle of Britain]] was Germany's first

...Eisenhower and MacArthur. Eisenhower invaded only after he was certain of air supremacy, and he made the establishment of forward air bases his first priority. Mac

#Aircraft with the mission of destroying enemy formations and gaining local air supremacy

...[[Holstein]]. Air bases in these areas would be sufficient to establish [[air supremacy]] while disarming the rest og Germany.

...planning#offensive counter-air|offensive counter-air]] process of gaining air supremacy over Europe had to proceed in concert with the strategic bombing offensive,

...eatly enhanced importance of air power implied by the emphasis on tactical air supremacy, in fact had a quite different doctrine regarding how air power could best ===Gaining Allied air supremacy in Europe, 1943===

#Aircraft with the mission of destroying enemy formations and gaining local air supremacy

*[[Air supremacy/Definition]]

The [[Battle of Britain]], August to September. 1940, was fought for air supremacy over Britain. Hitler wanted to threaten an invasion, but with a weak navy h ...a technologically sophisticated enemy like Germany was impossible without air supremacy. General Hap Arnold replaced Ira Eaker with Carl Spaatz and Jimmy Doolittle

...a technologically sophisticated enemy like Germany was impossible without air supremacy.<ref>The [[B-29]] did not need escorts against Japan.</ref> General Arnold

...ical problems. However, the Iraqi Air Force proved incapable of achieving air supremacy throughout the war. The failure to do so was a result of Iraq’s lack of

...es. He was at our mercy. We had air superiority before we even—or actually air supremacy before we would even start an operation. So to say that this threat was imm

...air forces, which left them carry out the ground war under conditions of [[air supremacy]].

...f only 225 miles, barely enough to cover South Korea. FEAF promptly seized air supremacy from the North Korean Air Force, and began systematic tactical bombing targ ...had far more soldiers and firepower in Korea than the enemy, plus complete air supremacy and unhindered logistics. He had no intention of merely holding a small enc

When there is air supremacy in the theater of operations, commercial air transport companies commonly a