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In three months of war the wing of plane have cast a long and ominous shadow across the western pacific, air superiority has been a principle factor in the enemy process.

The Japanese operations against the Philippines, H.K. Netherland Indian, Singapore Malaya + Burma and Java have results in major successes for the enemy, first because of Japanese superiority on land, sea + in the air, second because the Japanese attacks were swift + had the advantage of surprise, 3rd, because they were very skillfully planned and all Japanese forces operated as a unified machine. But air superiority has been a principal factor in the enemy success, + his grand strategical plan has been based upon the [[??]] of air bases and the exercise of air superiority over the [[??]] of action.

Although Japanese war planes have scored impressively in the last two month, thin [[??]] has been due more to allied default than -6 [[??]] Japanese strength in the air.