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Air superiority is the dominance in the air power of one side air forces of another side during a military campaign. It is defined in the NATO Glossary as "That degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another that permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, and air forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force." Aerial warfare is the use of aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of warfare. ...
In the military sciences, a military campaign encompass related military operations, usually conducted by a defense or fighting force, directed at gaining a particular desired state of affairs, usually within geographical and temporal limitations. ...
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Air superiority allows greatly increased bombing efforts as well as tactical air support for ground forces. In addition, paratroop assaults and airdrops can move ground forces and supplies. An American Paratrooper using a T-10C series parachute Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and formed into an airborne force. ...
A C-130 Hercules airdropping a light tank. ...
With mid-air refueling it is possible to keep a number of attack aircraft airborn and on call for ground support. The aircraft can then assist ground forces often within a matter of minutes of being requested.
As air power has become an increasingly powerful element of military campaigns, military planners view having at least an environment of air superiority as a necessity. For example, Britain's successful air defence in the Battle of Britain during World War II denied the German military air superiority in the English Channel, making a seaborne invasion (planned as Operation Sealion) impossible. Air superiority however requires a significant investment in military resources to achieve, and overinvestment might lead to a shortfall of other crucial aspects of military deployment. A balance therefore should be achieved. In the military sciences, a military campaign encompass related military operations, usually conducted by a defense or fighting force, directed at gaining a particular desired state of affairs, usually within geographical and temporal limitations. ...
Military strategem in the Battle of Waterloo. ...
Combatants United Kingdom Germany Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength approx 700 fighters (at the beginning) 1,260 bombers; 320 dive-bombers; 1,090 fighters (at the beginning) Casualties 1,550 aircraft; Civilian: 27,450 dead, 32,140 wounded 1,890 aircraft A major campaign of the early part...
Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II...
Operation Sealion (Unternehmen (Undertaking) Seelöwe in German) was a World War II German plan to invade the United Kingdom. ...
See also
An air superiority fighter is a type of fighter aircraft designed with the specific intent of being a pure and dominant air combat fighter. ...
AGM-88 HARM missile on a US Navy aircraft SEAD (pronunciation: see-add), or Suppression of Enemy Air Defences operations are military actions to suppress enemy surface-based air defences (SAMs and AAA) primarily in, but not limited to, the first hours of an attack. ...
Command of the sea is a technical term of naval warfare, which indicates a definite strategical condition. ...
External links - Glossary of Nato Definitions
References - Col. John A. Warden III. The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat. June 2000.
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