"air superiority" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air superiorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} air superiority (countable and uncountable, plural air superiorities)
  1. (warfare) A dominance in the air power of one side's air forces over the other side's 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." Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: airpower Coordinate_terms: air denial, air parity, air supremacy Translations (dominance in the air power): luchtoverwicht [neuter] (Dutch), ilmaylivoima (Finnish), supériorité aérienne [feminine] (French), Luftüberlegenheit [feminine] (German), légifölény (Hungarian), superioridade aérea [feminine] (Portuguese), superioritate aeriană [feminine] (Romanian), luftöverlägsenhet [neuter] (Swedish), hava üstünlüğü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-air_superiority-en-noun-Nq1Fwu-k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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