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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This is why Ukraine has placed such a tremendous focus on developing and producing drones as a practical, efficient and economical way of counteracting Russia’s immense air superiority and their dependency on the West’s military aid.
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Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2024
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the military was able to rapidly treat injuries because the U.S. had air superiority.
—NPR, 3 June 2024
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the golden hour was possible because the U.S. had air superiority; the enemy had no planes or helicopters.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 May 2024
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.
—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
Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2024
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the military was able to rapidly treat injuries because the U.S. had air superiority.
—NPR, 3 June 2024
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the golden hour was possible because the U.S. had air superiority; the enemy had no planes or helicopters.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 May 2024
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.
—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
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