84 // OCTOBER 2018 #367 http://www.airforcesmonthly.comColumn Commander’s Update Briefing
Air superiority
“Improved methods of detection, data links
enabling multiple aircraft tactics, and longer-range
and more lethal missiles have changed the nature of
air-to-air combat beyond recognition”
Air Power Association President, Air Marshal (ret’d)
Greg Bagwell CB CBE, describes the fundamentals
of the modern air superiority mission, which can trace
its roots back to the battle for control of the skies
during World War One.84-86 Bagwell AFM Oct2018.indd 84 9/7/2018 3:30:50 PM