air superiority
noun
: a larger/better air force than one's enemies
To win this war, we must achieve air superiority.
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But Ukraine increasingly faces a choice of using its limited air defenses to protect large cities and civilian infrastructure or deploy it to the frontline, where Russia is regaining air superiority.
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Ukraine hopes that the F-16s eventually will afford it air superiority in the war against Russia.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The problem is that Ukraine lacks air superiority, which has encouraged its use of an army of drones to execute missions typically reserved for bombers, jets, attack helicopters and high-end drones.
—Paul Lushenko, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
Europe must also speed up and extend the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, which would enable the country to establish air superiority.
—Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
With the glide bombs, first deployed last year, Moscow has found an inelegant but effective solution to Ukraine’s denial of Russian air superiority since the early days of the war.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
Lack of air superiority exacerbates tactical challenges such as jamming and spoofing, while undermining Ukraine’s ability to deny freedom of maneuver to Russia.
—Paul Lushenko, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
Erwin Rommel’s German Afrika Corps failed to break through deep Allied defenses at Tobruk in Libya in 1941 despite its air superiority and a major advantage in tanks, and Rommel failed to break through deep Allied defenses at Alam el Halfa in Egypt in 1942.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2024
Ukraine was asked to conduct a ground offensive against an entrenched opponent without air superiority — something the U.S. Army has not done since 1898.
—Robert Zubrin, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Ukraine hopes that the F-16s eventually will afford it air superiority in the war against Russia.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The problem is that Ukraine lacks air superiority, which has encouraged its use of an army of drones to execute missions typically reserved for bombers, jets, attack helicopters and high-end drones.
—Paul Lushenko, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
Europe must also speed up and extend the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, which would enable the country to establish air superiority.
—Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
With the glide bombs, first deployed last year, Moscow has found an inelegant but effective solution to Ukraine’s denial of Russian air superiority since the early days of the war.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
Lack of air superiority exacerbates tactical challenges such as jamming and spoofing, while undermining Ukraine’s ability to deny freedom of maneuver to Russia.
—Paul Lushenko, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
Erwin Rommel’s German Afrika Corps failed to break through deep Allied defenses at Tobruk in Libya in 1941 despite its air superiority and a major advantage in tanks, and Rommel failed to break through deep Allied defenses at Alam el Halfa in Egypt in 1942.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2024
Ukraine was asked to conduct a ground offensive against an entrenched opponent without air superiority — something the U.S. Army has not done since 1898.
—Robert Zubrin, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Air superiority.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20superiority. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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