air war
Noun
Meaning
air war (plural air wars)
Alternative form of airwar
Examples
Bungay 2000, p. 317. On 19 September, Hitler ordered a reduction in work on Sealion.sfn He doubted if strategic bombing could achieve its aims, but ending the air war would be an open admission of defeat.
"A credible case can be made that the air war for Taiwan could essentially be over before much of the Blue air force has even fired a shot.
As Doolittle later noted, " Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offensive, Germany lost the air war."
Frank, p. 263. A lull occurred in the air war over Guadalcanal, with no Japanese air raids occurring between 14 and 27 September due to bad weather, during which both sides reinforced their respective air units.
In the air war over Finland, several Soviet P-40s were shot down or had to crash-land due to other reasons.
German successes are closely related to the extent to which the German Luftwaffe was able to control the air war in early campaigns in Europe and the Soviet Union.