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Air Force

Air Superiority Must Be Earned, Not Inherited, Breedlove Says

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

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Air Superiority Must Be Earned, Not Inherited, Breedlove Says

Air Force Genereal Philip Breedlove at Air Force Association Conference Photo: U.S. Air Force

For more than a decade the United States and its allies have held air superiority without a peer competitor wherever they flew, but NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe (SACEUR) and the commander of U.S. European Command said current events in Eastern Ukraine show the need for a renewed focus on high-end kinetic conflict and advanced systems after years of counter-insurgency expertise. “I think that we for years have taken for granted air superiority,” Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said Monday…

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