The Japanese edge in aircraft and experienced pilots evaporated six months into the Pacific war, due to the Japanese defeat in a miraculous few hardfought hours at Midway. It still took over a year I think to fix the US' air-launched torpedoes.
US ground forces after D-Day complained that the commanders of large bombing runs that had been planned to, for example, blow a big hole for the 3rd Army to swoop through, wouldn't bomb the intended areas due to ground fire, and dropped their loads wherever there was none.
:^) But yeah, what you said!
Being bombed by your own Air Force was a nasty bit of business, for sure. IIRC, that was the last time the Allies attempted to use heavy bombers in a ground support role.