air superiority

English

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."

Coordinate terms

• air denial
• air parity
• air supremacy

Related terms

• airpower

Translations

dominance in the air power

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: օդային գերակայություն (ōdayin gerakayutʻyun)
• Dutch: luchtoverwicht (nl) n
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• Finnish: ilmaylivoima
• French: supériorité aérienne f
• German: Luftüberlegenheit (de) f
• Hungarian: légifölény
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• Portuguese: superioridade aérea f
• Romanian: superioritate aeriană f
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• Swedish: luftöverlägsenhet n
• Turkish: hava üstünlüğü
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