Fighter Aircraft and Air Superiority: A Combined Arms Approach
Abstract
Despite accepted doctrinal terms, popular understanding continues to relegate the concept of air superiority to merely air-to-air combat. The historical record suggests the requirement to understand air superiority in terms of all threats to the air domain-regardless of threat altitude. Air superiority is a prerequisite for successful execution of conventional warfare across physical domains of land, sea, and air. There are two primary components of air superiority: freedom from enemy air operations and the subsequent freedom of maneuver. Fighter aircraft should be able to generate both these components of air superiority in order to enable broader Joint aviation participation in a localized battlespace.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 06, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1178443
Entities
People
- Benjamin S. Freeborn
Organizations
- Marine Corps University