Suchergebnisse

Air warfare, war studies and military history in the twenty-first century -- Air warfare historiography and sources -- Air power thinking and theory -- Air warfare in practice -- Leadership and command of air warfare -- Legality, legitimacy and ethics of air warfare -- Air warfare strategy, operations and tactics -- Concluding comments

Argues that recent developments in air and space power capability relative to that of more traditional force components have made possible the application of new concepts of operations; emphasis on the US. Combat and combat support platforms, munitions and other disabling mechanisms, sensors and related situation awareness aids, and information processing and communications systems; aerial operations during the 1991 Persian Gulf conflict.

Under aerospace doctrine anaerial actionis a set ofaerial sortiesof the same nature which take place simultaneously in pursuit of a common aim. In other words, an action of this type would attain the objective pursued if it involved two or more aircraft engaging in any of a range of operations, namelyattacks, reconnaissance, transportationandspecial aerial missions.