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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Accounts say that this action helped save Israel by giving the country a fighting chance in the war by establishing air superiority. —

Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024 One of the most recent activities involved the Finnish Air Force, which was among nine national air forces that participated in an air superiority exercise in Ramstein, Germany in June. —

Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024 However, the aircraft will not come equipped with Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles, reducing their overall utility as air superiority fighters for Baghdad. —

Paul Iddon, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 Long ambulance journeys are too risky for people in a critical condition, and flying a helicopter is too dangerous given Russia’s air superiority over Ukrainian skies. —

Alex Platt, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for air superiority

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