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air-superiority

[ air-suh-peer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-, -soo- ]

adjective

  1. designating a fighter aircraft built for long patrol capability at high altitudes and supersonic speeds, with air-to-air combat as its principal mission.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of air-superiority1

First recorded in 1930–35
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The Super Hornet is a twin-engine warplane designed to fly from either aircraft carriers or ground bases on both air-superiority and ground-attack missions.

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The Super Hornet is a twin-engine warplane designed to fly from either aircraft carriers or ground bases on both air-superiority and ground-attack missions.

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It is not an air-superiority aircraft, and is 1970s technology.

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Production of the much more capable F-22 stealth fighter was shut down after producing a mere 187 of the air-superiority jets.

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For one thing, the “Su-33 is an air-superiority fighter designed to provide air defense to friendly naval forces far away from home shores,†not to attack ground targets. 

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