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...To lead the US Air Force into the future, it is necessary to understand the past and present nature of the force. With this in mind, Air Force leaders have always sought to arm members of the force with a basic knowledge and understanding...

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... Introduction to theUnited States Air Force B. CHANCE SALTZMAN, Capt, USAF ... ... Introduction to theUnited States Air Force B. CHANCE SALTZMAN, Capt, USAF and ... ...nstitute, College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education, and Air University Press Maxwell AFB, Alabama ... ...nd do not necessarily rep-resent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agenc... ...August 1945) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 General of the Army Henry H. “Hap” Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...neral Pershing com- ground forces, and interdicted sup-manded the Allied First Army in an excellent plies, helping Allied ground forces toex... ...—and commanded it throughout the His first assignment was with the 3d Attack Group liberation of France and conquest of Germany. He wasat Kelly Field...

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...Since our founding 50 years ago, the US Air Force has been responsible to the nation for controlling and exploiting the air and space environment. We are the nation’s Air Force—the only service that provides air and space power across the spectrum, from basic resea...

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...Apollo’s WarriorsApollo’s Warriors US Air Force Special Operations US Air Force Special Operations ... ...Apollo’s WarriorsApollo’s Warriors US Air Force Special Operations US Air Force Special Operations duri... ...the Cold War Michael E. Haas, Col, USAF, Retired Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ...forUSAF special operations. Operating in support of US intelligence and US Army Special Forces groups,the four ARC units performed a number of nationa... ... The heavily modified B-24 heavy bomber was the mainstay of US Army Air Bernard V. Moore II Forces’ long-range Carpetbagger fl... ...) (Special).night at very low altitude and in extraordinary After the liberation of France, the 885th moved tosecrecy. so... ...ung ordered hisfreezing mountain kingdom of Tibet, located on People’s Liberation Army (PLA) into Tibet inCommunist China’s southwestern flank, wa... ...eements, thenumber of provisions in the agreements made clear Royal Lao Government (RLG) was discreetly butthe international intent to keep the... ... the East-West cold war. Most sig- aid to combat the growing Pathet Lao advancesnificantly, the agreements called for the permanent and f...

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...The years from 1947 through the beginning of the twenty first century witnessed the USAF steadily progress until it became the preeminent air force in the world. With less than 400,000 active duty personnel, the USAF has capabilities and tasks today that were not imaginable six decades ago. The World War II legacy from the Army Air Forces, epitomized in the fam...

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... Following the Flag An Air Force Officer Provides anEyewitness View of Major Events and Pol... ... LLoyd R. “dick” Leavitt Lieutenant General, USAF, Retired Air University Press Air Force Research Institute ... ... Air University Press Air Force Research Institute Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama March 2010 Muir S. Fa... ...t of 1947, thus establishing the Department of Defenseand three military services—Army, Navy, and Air Force. StuartSymington became the first secretar... ...s today that were not imaginable six decades ago. TheWorld War II legacy from the Army Air Forces, epitomized in thefamiliar Air Force song lyrics “of... ... January 1961 speech, Khrushchev said that theUSSR would support wars of national liberation in Algeria andVietnam. Kennedy reacted to Khrushchev’s sp... ...onnel from Military Airlift Com-mand operating HH-53 rescue helicopters. Training Lao T-28pilots was an ongoing activity under Air America supervision... ...pital. Without any publicity, the hospital staff also treated Thaivolunteers and Lao soldiers wounded during battles againstthe NVN and Pathet Lao in... ...ng to purchase the little foodthat was available. A barter economy was evident as peoplescrambled on Moscow’s sidewalks to buy shoes and otherscarce i...

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...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMrozek, Donald J. The US Air Force after Vietnam: postwar challenges and potential forresponses / by... ...ary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMrozek, Donald J. The US Air Force after Vietnam: postwar challenges and potential forresponses / by Don... ...1975-Public opinion. 3. Public opinion- United States. 4. United States. Air Force. l. Title. II. Title: United States Air Force afterVietnam.UA23.M... ...-Public opinion. 3. Public opinion- United States. 4. United States. Air Force. l. Title. II. Title: United States Air Force afterVietnam.UA23.M76 1... ...dealing with it frontally. Arguably the most badlysavaged service arm, the Army was the first to take the war into its corporatememory; and it produce... ... on the military aspects of the Vietnam experience. The De-partment of the Army produced the Vietnam Studies, topically organizedvolumes on such matte... ...1972). 16. Lt Col Harold D. Gallagher, "Combat Support in Wars of National Liberation," NavalWar College Review 25 (September-October 1972); Lyman B. ... ...ate Augustand early September 1982 to aid in the evacuation of Palestinian LiberationOrganization fighters, returned later in September and came back ...

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...othesis explored in this paper is that organizational culture and institutional agendas significantly affected the rise and fall of the Twenty-third Air Force. The significance of this research effort is clear considering the 1 October 2003 merger of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) and AFSOF under the aegis of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). In light of ...

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... CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 3 HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES . . . . . . . . . .29 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 4 HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF AIR RESCUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Notes . ....

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...and Institutional Identity on the Twenty-third Air Force Thank you for your assistance.. . . .... ...Institutional Identity on the Twenty-third Air Force Thank you for your assistance.. . . . . .... ...and Institutional Identity on the Twenty-third Air Force Thank you for your assistance. COLLEG... ...ol. He earned the coveted William T. Ryder award(top officer graduate), US Army Airborne School, Fort Benning,Georgia, and was a top-15-percent gradua... ...ce on the organizational growth of AFSOFand CSAR, namely the United States Army and Air Force.3 Chapter 3, “Heritage and Culture of Air Force Special... ... national countervailingstrategy to the Soviet-sponsored “wars of national liberation,”not an appreciation of the role of counterinsurgency (COIN),spu... ... in South East Asia, for instance, I was a combat avia- tion adviser with Lao fighter pilots who had no operative parachutes, survival vests, or bee... ...ntional Air Force control and supervision. We cast our lot with the Royal Lao Air Force guys and sometimes suffered the same fate, so no one should ... ... clearthat America relied heavily on SOF to counter the “wars of na-tional liberation” in the 1960s and early 1970s. But the need tomaintain a healthy...

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...rketing A Vision (1945–53) . . . . . . . . .27 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3 Curtis E. LeMay and the Rise of the Strategic Air Command (1948–57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4 The Apogee of Strategic Air Command and the Missile Challenge (1961–62) . . . . 103 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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... Rise of the Fighter GeneralsThe Problem of Air Force Leadership 1945–1982 COL MIKE WORDEN, USAF ... ... Rise of the Fighter GeneralsThe Problem of Air Force Leadership 1945–1982 COL MIKE WORDEN, USAF ... ...rce Leadership 1945–1982 COL MIKE WORDEN, USAF Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ... COL MIKE WORDEN, USAF Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama March 1998Library of Congress Catalogin... ...after service in SouthwestAsia to begin work on this effort before attending Army WarCollege. But most of all, I am again indebted to my wife Lori and... ...ates—who entered the 1RISE OF THE FIGHTER GENERALSshrunken Army during lean years of the Great Depression.Finding life in the US Arm... ...ive strategic arms buildup as well ascontinued support for “wars of national liberation.” The UnitedStates, in turn, found itself reversing the illuso...

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...America’s First Air Battles: Lessons Learned or Lessons Lost? provides a successful evaluation of Michael Howard’s construct that current doctrine is probably wrong, but what matters is the capability of the military to get it right when a...

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...cle, Maxwell AFB AL 36112–6428. America’s First Air Battles ... ...ssistance.COLLEGE OF AEROSPACE DOCTRINE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AIR UNIVERSITY America’s First Air BattlesLessons Learned or Lessons Lost? ... ...USAF CADRE Paper No. 16 Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 October 2003 Air Univers... ...ludes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-58566-123-6 1. United States. Air Force—History. 2. Airpower—United States. 3. Military doc-trine—United Stat... ...romKansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. He is a gradu-ate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, FortLeavenworth, Kansas, and a grad... ...inspiration for this study. While reading their book as astudent at the US Army Command and General Staff College,I was intrigued by its insights on t... ...Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speech decrying Soviet support for “warsof national liberation.”6 Contrary to the nuclear exchanges onwhich the US military had... ...e nuclear exchanges onwhich the US military had focused, a war of national liberationconsisted of guerilla actions aimed at subversion. While suchacti...

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...Mosquitoes to Wolves The Evolution of theAirborne Forward Air Controller GARY ROBERT LESTER Air University Press ... ...oller GARY ROBERT LESTER Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama August 1997Library of Congress Catalogi... ...r GARY ROBERT LESTER Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama August 1997Library of Congress Cataloging-i... ...: THE ADVISORY YEARS . . . . . . . . . 81 Wars of National Liberation . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Developing the Counterinsurgency... ... Marines saw CAS as the primary mission for airpower. TheAir Force and the Army saw CAS as the last priority, to beemployed after air superiority has ... ...ant front. Gen Douglas MacArthur’ssuccessful invasion at Inchon and Eighth Army’s “breakout” atthe Pusan perimeter represented additional challenges t... ...reasinglyaggressive minority within the country.1 Wars of National Liberation In 1961, Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchevproclaimed that ... ...ng air strikes. In early 1965,Detachment 6 began training English-speaking Lao and Meopersonnel to direct air strikes from the ground; USAF airmenwith... ...ever, was a major target because most of thesupplies supporting the Pathet Lao and North Vietnameseforces in the Plain of Jars came through that area....

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...This study analyzes the air war plans in World War II and the Persian Gulf War. The goal of this study is to ascertain whether there is a continuity of thought reflected in American air planning over the years. This study assesses Air War Plans Div...

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...NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN AIRPOWER THEORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 AIR WAR PLANS DIVISION–42 . . . . . . . . .13 4 KOREA AND VIETNAM: THE BRIDGE . . . . . .25 5 INSTANT THUNDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 6 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS . . . . . .55...

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...FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ... ...LTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACAD... ...N OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1995–96. Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 ... ...DEMIC YEAR 1995–96. Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 June 1996 This School of A... ... Gorrell Plan became the first strategic bombing plan for theUnited States Army Air Service–Allied Expeditionary Force.4 However, thearmistice prevent... ... time, those perceived lessons heavily influ-enced the teachings at the US Army ACTS. They would also serve as thepoint of origin for American strateg... ... the advantage air power gave the United States during the Gulf Warand the liberation of Kuwait is overwhelming.” Putney, 48. 93. Col Phillip S. Meili...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Dealing with Future Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 AIR POWER IN SMALL WARS : THE BRITISH AIR CONTROL EXPERIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Air Control's Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Air Control: From Concept to Doctrine . . . . .22 The Requirements of Britis...

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... Lieutenant Colonel, USAF Airpower Research Institute Air University Air University PressMaxwell Air Force Base, Ala... ...arch Institute Air University Air University PressMaxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-5532 October 1986Library of Cong... ...tober 1986Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataDean, David J. The Air Force Role in Low-Intensity Conflict. At head of title: Center fo... ...r 1986Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataDean, David J. The Air Force Role in Low-Intensity Conflict. At head of title: Center for Ae... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 US Army Definition of Low-Intensity Conflict ... ...ed politicalgoals-usually to assist a threatened friend. In contrast, the US Army defines low-intensity conflict differently and interms that em... ...hat the United Stateswas going to fight communist insurgencies-wars of national liberation-whenever required . He pressured the US military to develop... ...ario, for almost 10 years. Polisario is an acronym for the Popular Front forthe Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro. This war brings together... ...icial creations of former colonial powers, borders that havebeen meaningless to peoples unacquainted with Western concepts of nationalismand frontiers...

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.... . xv 1 IN THE TIME OF ATOMIC PLENTY . . . . . . . . . . 1 Air Power Fulfilled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ... ...te Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Atomic Bomb and the New Air Force . . . . . 7 Preludes to Vietnam . . . . . . .... ...ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 At War with the Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Notes . . . . .... ...e Air Force has never produced a body of internal criticscomparable to those Army officers who, through the late 1970sand 1980s, often risked their mi... ...r 34 TIME OF ATOMIC PLENTYthe liberation of Taiwan just as the American forces were movinginto Lebanon.... ...ikita S . Khrushchev wasreorienting Soviet policy to support wars ofnational liberation, AirForce Chief of Staff Curtis E. LeMay, while acknowledging ... ... group led by Prince Souvanna Phouma; and thepro-Communist Pathet Lao under Prince Souphanouvong. When it hadgained its independenc... ...d coalition governmentcollapsed over the issue of how to integrate Pathet Lao troops intothe Royal Laotian Army (Forces Armee Royal) ... ...ed on 15 August 1973, manymore years of fighting and dying lay ahead for the peoples ofVietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. At the end, all the bombs that had...

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...This history continues the story of United States Air Force ideas, concepts, and doctrine from the watershed of massive retaliation/flexible response that was occasioned in 1960. The first three chapters of this volume are in effect reprinted from the 1974 edition of Ideas, ...

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...Volume IIIDEAS, CONCEPTS, DOCTRINE: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1961-1984 by ... ... 1961-1984 by Robert Frank Futrell Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 361... ...octrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Challenges of Army Doctrinal Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...rinal Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Beginnings of an Army Aviation Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...nt of policy for the extension ofworld communism. Khrushchev nevertheless asserted that "liberation wars and popular uprisings" were "not only admissi... ... Khrushchev'sIDEAS, CONCEPTS, DOCTRINEactions to his endorsement of support for "wars of liberation" in his policy addressof 6 January 1961.163 Khrus... ...ugh threats and intimidation, to frustrate the aspirations we share with all the free peoples of the world.l80 While the five-year force projectio... ... 1960 the Soviets airlifted military supplies andequipment into Laos to Communist Pathet Lao and Neutralist forces, and as hasbeen seen, on 6 January ... ...sponsibilities. Barrel Roll was far to the north and of interest to defense of the Royal Lao government until 1971, when the Communists began a sustai...

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...U.S. Armed Forces Insignia - Annotated Bibliography is a catalog of over 4,000 references addressing military and supporting auxiliary services insignia, rank/rate, and decorations. Compiled materials span the period from 1810 to 2010....

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...Introduction Statistical Summaries Deciphering Bibliographic Citations References Armed Forces Awards and Decorations Auxiliary Services Antiquarian Acronyms and Abbreviations Resource Indices ...

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...U. S. ARMED FORCES INSIGNIA ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHYU. S. ARMED FORCES INSIGNIA ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Compiled by Loui... ... insignia: annotated bibliography /Louis V. Tomsp. cm.ISBN1. United States—Air Force—Insignia—Bibliography 2. United States—Army—Insignia—Bibliography... .... cm.ISBN1. United States—Air Force—Insignia—Bibliography 2. United States—Army—Insignia—Bibliography 3. United States—Coast Guard—Insignia—Bibliograp... ...nt, he is an Operation Iraqi Freedomveteran with prior service in the U.S. Air Force and Navy Reserves. Mr. Toms volunteersas a historian and emergenc... ..........................................................................66 ARMY.......................................................................... ...lion would go on to support major operations from World War II to the liberation of Kuwait. Keith Fukumitsu provides insight into the unit’s... ...7] Descriptors: Army-Insignia; Device-Collar Ancient peoples viewed the sphinx as a killer of those who could not correctly ... ...; Insignia-Battalion; Insignia- Brigade During World War II, the peoples of Hawaii and Pacific territories joined the U.S Army. Segrega... ...tistics and interesting facts regarding the Purple Heart.N86 “Kuwait Liberation Medal Approved.” Naval Aviation News ...

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... Part 3 Summary 10 Sticks, Carrots, and Positive Diplomacy: A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293 11 Some Final Thoughts on Force and Accommodation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349...

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...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataSpangler, Stanley E. Force and accommodation in world politics/by Stanley E. Spangler . p. cm. ... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .293 11 Some Final Thoughts on Force and Accommodation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...ode Island. He has also served as a seniorresearch fellow at the Air University Center for AerospaceDoctrine, Research, and Educa... ...e contributed is Hugh Richardson, my chiefeditor and a key member of the Air University Press staff. Hughspent many hours helping me to... ...ost-World WarII period, when formulas like "containment," "warsof national liberation," and the "domino theory" have served to blur the meritsof indiv... ...m Robert B. Carney and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Nathan F. Twining.Only Army Chief of Staff Gen Matthew B. Ridgway voted against it.Fortunately, hi... ...ven after mid-November, and in spite of Sovietobstruction of US Army convoys to Berlin, the administration hadmade no strong statements on ... ...04, 312Vo Nguyen Giap: 82Warsaw: 148-49,152,162,170,177,343Wars ofnational liberation: 70Washington: 170,177-78Washington, George: 23, 318Watergate: 3...

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...ough?: The Control of Strategic Airspace, 1939–1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 John McCarthy World War II: Air Support for Surface Forces 85 Vincent Orange World War II: The Bombing of Germany . . 107 Richard J. Overy Definite Limitations: The Air War in Korea 1950–1953 . . . . . . . 143 Jeffrey Grey The Air War in Vietnam:...

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... RAAF Aerospace Centre In cooperation with the RAAF Aerospace Centre Air University PressMaxwell Air Force Base, Alabama January 2001 ... ...eration with the RAAF Aerospace Centre Air University PressMaxwell Air Force Base, Alabama January 2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-i... ...2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataThe war in the air, 1914-1994 / edited by Alan Stephens ; in cooperation with theRAAF Air ... ...an Navy.Dr. Chris D. Coulthard-Clark Dr. Chris Coulthard-Clark is a former army officer and pub-lic servant who is presently working as consultant on ... ...tional Air and Space Museum and a visiting pro-fessor at the United States Army War College. Dr. Hallion is the author or editor of 14 books, includin... ... systemMOOTW military operations other than warMPAJA Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese ArmyMRAF marshal of the Royal Air ForceMRC ... ... Army of VietnamPGM precision-guided munitionPLO Palestine Liberation OrganizationRAA Royal Australian ArmyRAAF Royal ... ... was not always successful, particularly whenrugged terrain and/or nomadic peoples made targets difficultto find and attack. However, when geography a... ...were accompaniedby President Nasser’s announcement of the beginning of the“liberation” phase of the War of Attrition. It was to continue incessantly u...

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...This study analyzes the feasibility of guerrilla warfare as the basis for a strategy of airpower employment for a weak air force confronting an opponent with a stronger air force. The analysis begins with a distillation of the theory of guerrilla warfare into five elements essential to its success: superior intelligence, security, mobility ad...

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...INTRODUCTION . . . .1 THE ESSENTIALS OF GUERRILLA WARFARE . . . . . 11 GUERRILLA WARFARE IN THE AIRPOWER ENVIRONMENT . . . 24 THE FEASIBILITY OF AIR GUERRILLA WARFARE . . . . 47 CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS . . . . . . . 58 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . 64...

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... SEEKING SHADOWS IN THE SKY: THE STRATEGY OF AIR GUERRILLA WARFARE BY PATRICI... ...N OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES AIR UNIVERSITY MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA ... ... SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES AIR UNIVERSITY MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA JUNE 2000Distribution A: Ap... ... or position of the US government or the Department of Defense. Inaccordance with Air Force Instruction 51-303, it is not copyrighted, but is the prop... ...rically: Can America Be Defeated?, ed. Lloyd J.Matthews (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, July 1998), 1.4 P... ...mmetrically andAsymmetrically: Can America Be Defeated? (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army War College, Strategic StudiesInstitute, 1998); Bruce W. Be... ... Africa, George Grivas inCyprus, and the Al-Fatah doctrine writers of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO),vary greatly in their political an... ...began his presentation. “Operation Giant Killer,” he announced, “is our key to the liberation of Alpenstein.We will reshape the Farchantian Air For...

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...Dr. William P. Head’s War from above the Clouds: B-52 Operations during the Second Indochina War and the Effects of the Air War on Theory and Doctrine is an examination of B-52 operations in Vietnam and how the air war affected airpower doctrine and theory. His study examines the evolution of this awesome manned strategic weapon in Vietnam t...

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...c Light Expands and Airpower Controversies Grow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Arc Light Operations Continue . . . . . . . . . . 27 AIR FORCE THEORY AND DOCTRINE IN THE 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 KEEPING A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT . . . . . . . 35 Project CHECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Corona Harvest . . ....

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...The Fairchild Papers are monograph-length essays of value to theAir Force. The series is named in honor of Muir S. Fairchild, thefirst commande... .... The series is named in honor of Muir S. Fairchild, thefirst commander of Air University and the university’s conceptualfather. General Fairchild was... ...ualfather. General Fairchild was part visionary, part keen taskmaster,and “Air Force to the core.” His legacy is one of confidence aboutthe future of ... ...fected official United States Air Force (USAF)doctrine first formulated by Army Air Corps and Army Air Forcesleaders before and during World War II—la... ...fected official United States Air Force(USAF) doctrine first formulated by Army Air Corps and ArmyAir Forces (AAF) leaders before and during World War... ...imidate Hanoi and the southern antigovernmentfaction known as the National Liberation Front (NLF) into act­ing as the United States wished. It also av... ... with the 46 HEADPathet Lao and the PAVN. In late 1970, as Commando Hunt Vbegan, intelligence disco... ...is­tribution point near Tchepone.” From here other lines “ex-tended to the Lao Bao Pass and the A Shau Valley, both majorentrances into South Vietnam.... ...ainst the French, see Karnow,128–205. It should be noted that the National Liberation Front (NLF) was notan arm of the northern government. In fact, m...

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...This study analyzes the use of airpower against enemy ground forces. Maj Scott G.Walker assesses current doctrinal definitions of the close air support and interdiction missions as seen by the Air Force and Army, comparing and contrasting the two. The themes that recur throughout are t...

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...INTRODUCTION . . . . . 1 THE FIELD ARMY DESCRIBED . . . . 9 ATTACKING THE ENEMY . . . . . 19 SYNCHRONIZING AIR AND GROUND FORCES . . . . . 39 CASE STUDIES . . . . 45 AN ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTERLAND OPERATIONS . . . . 71...

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...ESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES,MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEM... ...TED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES,MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC Y... ..., FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1996–97. Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama May 19... ...EMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1996–97. Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama May 1998 DISCLAIMEROpin... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 THE FIELD ARMY DESCRIBED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 ATTACK... ...the close air support and interdictionmissions as seen by the Air Force and Army, comparing and contrasting the two. Inchapter 2 Major Walker examines... ... forms of infantryto the battle area. One notable exception is the People’s Liberation Army(PLA) of China, where only the heavy equipment moves by tru...

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...Wills argues that the twentieth-century argument between air and ground proponents has changed significantly since the Gulf War, and it comes down to the relative importance of the ground or air in the mix. It is more than just using air as a supporting component to the ground forc...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 AIRPOWER, WAR, AND DIPLOMACY . . . . . 9 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 3 ASSESSING THE AIR/GROUND RELATIONSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 4 THE AFGHAN MODEL AND BEYOND . . . . . .35 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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...sistance.COLLEGE OF AEROSPACE DOCTRINE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AIR UNIVERSITY Airpower, Afghanistan, and the Future of Warfare ... ...lls Lieutenant Colonel, USAF CADRE Paper No. 25 Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 ... ...F CADRE Paper No. 25 Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 November 2006 Air Univ... ...3. Unified opera- tions (Military science) 4. Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces)—United States. I. Title. II. Series. III. Air University (U.S.). C... ...ously opined, “Simply (if boldly)stated, air power won the Gulf War.”5 The Army, not to be out-done, asserted, “As part of the Coalition, the American... ...rmy, not to be out-done, asserted, “As part of the Coalition, the American Army de-cisively defeated the fourth largest field army in the world. It di... ...redictable.”51 Indeed NATO’s greatest successeslikely came when the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) launchedan offensive forcing the Serb army to mass.52...

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...-First Century A Basic Primer Clayton K. S. Chun United States Air Force Academy in cooperation with Air University Press ... ...st Century A Basic Primer Clayton K. S. Chun United States Air Force Academy in cooperation with Air University Press Colo... ...ir University Press Colorado Springs, Colorado and Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama July 2001Library of Congress Cataloging-in... ...niversity Press Colorado Springs, Colorado and Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama July 2001Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Pub... ... ivChapter Page Transporting an Army: Operation Desert Shield . . . . . . . . . 184 Airlif... ... D G r a d u a t eSchool. He is professor of economics atthe United States Army War College,Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, wherehe is an instructor ... ...h were able to continue resup-ply of their forces in North Africa, support liberation efforts inthe Balkans, and keep the Suez Canal open. The IJN wou... ... (fig. 6). The UN faced a PRC groundforce of 300,000 men from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)and an NKPA with a combat strength of 553,000 men in N...