History A-Level

Air superiority

What Air superiority means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

Definition of Air superiority

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Advantage gained by coalition aircraft in the First Gulf War before destroying Iraqi armour and infrastructure and enabling a rapid ground offensive.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 5 Air power and nuclear weapons, 1943–91 (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 5 Air power and nuclear weapons, 1943–91 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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