Shouldn't use an incorrect analogy to prove a point.
Japan's defeat in the air didn't have anything do to with allowing the Allies a few years to build up their air forces like you're alluding to. Attrition and the virtual destruction of the infrastructure and resources needed to support the Japanese aerospace industry. Can't field an airforce when you have a severe lack of pilots to man the planes and lack of resources to build planes for whatever left over pilots to fly.
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No, it is completely correct. I'm not talking about Japan's ultimate defeat...I'm talking about the defeat of it's fighter forces in combat.
Japan's airpower was second to none in 1940, particularly its' naval force. Best fighter in the Pacific Theater, best trained aircrews all around.
By 1943 revised tactics and training, along with proper use of airframes had reversed this.
Don't ever dismiss a future foe because you believe you have the best of anything...fighter, bomber etc. The best equipment is only as good as the tactics employed. Japan found that out the hard way.
