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No, US did have air superiority, but not supremacy in Balkan operation.
by deepsun 3y ago
No, US did have air superiority, but not supremacy in Balkan operation.
- ameister14 3y agoGood, I'm glad you agree with me.
- deepsun 3y agoNot really. I meant that Balkan operation was nowhere even close in technological terms to the full-scale Russian invasion, supported by their most advanced air tech. > ... despite a world-class air force’s best effort against a second-rate defense, the United States never gained air supremacy. High-value intelligence platforms such as the E-8 Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System were prohibited from flying over land where their sensors were most useful and instead had to stand off outside the threat region. (c) https://warontherocks.com/2022/03/the-dangerous-allure-of-the-no-fly-zone/ https://warontherocks.com/2022/03/the-dangerous-allure-of-th...
- greedo 3y agoSo during the Balkan conflict, Serbia was able to send up fighters to challenge the NATO air fleets? Nope. They had to rely (and did an exceptional job) on their SAM systems and radars.