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  early warning and C2 sites, ground-based air defense sites, and enemy
  aviation assets close to their source of maintenance and launch facilities.
  LOCAL AIR SUPERIORITY
  8-65. Even though the OPFOR hopes to attain air superiority, it recognizes
  the potential for only local air superiority to exist. Purely geographic in nature,
  this condition is characterized by well-timed aviation missions to coincide
  with enemy aircraft downtime, returning sorties, aircraft rearming, or gaps
  in air defense coverage. This condition may also occur in areas across the theater
  where the OPFOR or the enemy may not have adequate assets available to
  ensure air superiority. In certain situations or against certain enemies, local air
  superiority for a specified period of time may be a more realistic goal.
  AIR PARITY
  8-66. Air parity is defined as the functional equivalency between enemy and
  friendly air forces in strength and capability to attack and destroy targets. Under
  the condition of air parity, where neither side has gained superiority, some enemy
  capabilities affect friendly ground forces at times and places on the battlefield.
  STRATEGIC CONTEXT
  8-67. OPFOR aviation planners modify the employment of aviation assets
  (both fixed- and rotary-wing) according to the strategic goals of the State and the
  degree of airspace dominance attained by the OPFOR. This section examines
  some of these differences as the OPFOR fights in regional, transition, and
  adaptive operations.
  REGIONAL OPERATIONS
  8-68. The OPFOR relies heavily on its aviation assets when planning its
  strategic campaign against a regional enemy. It does not initiate hostilities
  unless air superiority can be attained prior to ground combat. Because the
  OPFOR has a superior aviation force, it is confident that it can attain air su-
  periority quickly against any regional opponent.
  8-69. In the initial days of any strategic campaign against a regional oppo-
  nent, the OPFOR focuses the air campaign on attaining air superiority. Once
  that is established, aircraft apportionment is gradually shifted to ground at-
  tacks while maintaining air superiority. The ultimate goal of the OPFOR is to
  dedicate minimal aircraft to maintaining air superiority while dedicating
  maximum assets to ground attacks. Secondary missions include reconnais-
  sance, transportation, logistics support, and insertion of troops.
  8-70. Rotary-wing aircraft can fly missions with relative ease with few
  restrictions during day and night operations while the OPFOR maintains air
  superiority. The regional opponent’s limited air defense assets can be
  targeted early to improve the survivability of all aviation missions.
  TRANSITION OPERATIONS
  8-71. With the introduction of superior forces from an extraregional enemy,
  the OPFOR cannot rely on the continued dominance of the airspace. In re-
  sponse, it shifts its air operations to control the access of the enemy into the