air power
Noun
Meaning
the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
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Examples
Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat.
Air power is new to all our countries. It brings advantages to some and weakens others; it calls for readjustment everywhere.
The development of air power in its broadest sense, and including the development of all means of combating missiles that travel through the air, whether fired or dropped, is the first essential to our survival in war.
Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset - its flexibility.
The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed.
Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.