Superioridad aérea en los intereses nacionales. Una mirada desde el cóndor de los Andes como símbolo de poder aéreo

• Main Authors: David Barrero-Barrero, Carlos Enrique Álvarez Calderón
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Escuela de Posgrados de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana 2019-11-01
• Series: Ciencia y Poder Aéreo
• Subjects: superiority; air supremacy; air power; military power; doctrine; security; defense; national interest
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18667/cienciaypoderaereo.638
• ISSN: 1909-7050; 2389-9468

This article describes and analyzes the concept of Air Superiority beyond the doctrine of air power. First, we shall search within our national symbols, looking for the meaning of the Andean Condor in regards to Air Superiority. Then, we shall present what superiority could be as a comprehensive causal system of necessary effects on the enemy and as a response to the Security and Defense obligations of the Military Power. Finally, we shall lay out the importance that air superiority should have on our national interests for the survival of the nation. In regards to the above, we shall consider three critical elements for the attainment of the objectives of this document: the doctrine and vocation of service to the nation that an air institution has developed, the evolution of air power throughout history and its wars, and the necessity of political will to realize the vision of a free nation.