制せい空くう権けん

noun

air supremacy; control of the air

Military term for dominance over enemy airspace, enabling one's own air operations without prohibitive interference.

• 連れん合ごう軍ぐんは制せい空くう権けんを握にぎっていたため、地ち上じょう部ぶ隊たいは安あん全ぜんに進しん軍ぐんできた。

  Because the Allied forces held air supremacy, the ground troops could advance safely.

• 制せい空くう権けんの確かく保ほは現げん代だい戦せんにおいて極きわめて重じゅう要ようだ。

  Securing air supremacy is extremely important in modern warfare.