air supremacy
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level of control of the air in warfare, role or mission of obtaining this level
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Box formation of B-17 bombers from 384th Bomb Group, 1 September 1944
Air supremacy (as well as air superiority) is the degree to which a side in a conflict holds control of air power over opposing forces. There are levels of control of the air in aerial warfare. Control of the air is the aerial equivalent of command of the sea.
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