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air supremacy

That degree of air superiority wherein the opposing air force is incapable of effective interference.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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The coalition has air supremacy but has been criticised for attacks that have killed thousands of civilians.
We will have air dominance or maybe air supremacy in this side of the world," he told ANI here.
Moscow has never shown scarce interest to becoming a long-term player in Syria but with its brute air supremacy it has emerged as the major military power.
Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions.
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The United States military has enjoyed air supremacy for many decades.
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And, whether or not the operation achieves its aims (which have not been clearly defined), there is no credible prospect of a defeat of Turkey's military, which is far more powerful than the Kurdish forces, has air supremacy over Afrin, and is backed by some 25,000 fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
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China is aiming to build a military base on the shoal to establish naval supremacy and air supremacy in the northeastern part of the South China Sea.
The ongoing efforts of Russia to develop the Sukhoi T-50 fighter and the People's Republic of China to realise the Chengdu J-20 fighter, show that US and Western rivals will continue to invest in efforts to overturn the air superiority and air supremacy generally enjoyed by the US and its Allies since the Balkans and Iraq conflicts of the 1990s.