air-superiority

air-superiority
/air"seuh pear ee awr'i tee, -or'-, -soo-/, adj.
designating a fighter aircraft built for long patrol capability at high altitudes and supersonic speeds, with air-to-air combat as its principal mission.
[1930-35]

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