Download or read book Atmospheric Electricity and Military Operations written by J. E. Nanevicz and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: An Airborne Electric Field-Meter System Used for Studying Electric Field Structure Near Thunderstorm Cells; A Triggered Lightning Strike to an Instrumented Learjet Aircraft; and Instrumented Learjet Aircraft Measurements of Static Electric Fields in an Around Florida Thunderstorm Anvils.

Download or read book The Future of Air Power in the Aftermath of the Gulf War written by Robert L. Pfaltzgraff and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays reflects the proceedings of a 1991 conference on "The United States Air Force: Aerospace Challenges and Missions in the 1990s," sponsored by the USAF and Tufts University. The 20 contributors comment on the pivotal role of airpower in the war with Iraq and address issues and choices facing the USAF, such as the factors that are reshaping strategies and missions, the future role and structure of airpower as an element of US power projection, and the aerospace industry's views on what the Air Force of the future will set as its acquisition priorities and strategies. The authors agree that aerospace forces will be an essential and formidable tool in US security policies into the next century. The contributors include academics, high-level military leaders, government officials, journalists, and top executives from aerospace and defense contractors.

Download or read book Air Power as a Coercive Instrument written by Daniel Byman and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 1999-08-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coercion--the use of threatened force to induce an adversary to change its behavior--is a critical function of the U.S. military. U.S. forces have recently fought in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, and the Horn of Africa to compel recalcitrant regimes and warlords to stop repression, abandon weapons programs, permit humanitarian relief, and otherwise modify their actions. Yet despite its overwhelming military might, the United States often fails to coerce successfully. This report examines the phenomenon of coercion and how air power can contribute to its success. Three factors increase the likelihood of successful coercion: (1) the coercer's ability to raise the costs it imposes while denying the adversary the chance to respond (escalation dominance); (2) an ability to block an adversary's military strategy for victory; and (3) an ability to magnify third-party threats, such as internal instability or the danger posed by another enemy. Domestic political concerns (such as casualty sensitivity) and coalition dynamics often constrain coercive operations and impair the achievement of these conditions. Air power can deliver potent and credible threats that foster the above factors while neutralizing adversary countercoercive moves. When the favorable factors are absent, however, air power--or any other military instrument--will probably fail to coerce. Policymakers' use of coercive air power under inauspicious conditions diminishes the chances of using it elsewhere when the prospects of success would be greater.

Download or read book Command Of The Air written by General Giulio Douhet and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.

Download or read book Learning Large Lessons written by David E. Johnson and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post?Cold War conflicts in Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). Because joint doctrine frequently reflects a consensus view rather than a truly integrated joint perspective, the author recommends that joint doctrine-and the processes by which it is derived and promulgated-be overhauled. The author also recommends reform for the services beyond major operations and campaigns to ensure that the United States attains its strategic objectives. This revised edition includes updates and an index.

Download or read book Learning Large Lessons written by David Eugene Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post-Cold War conflicts in Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). Because joint doctrine frequently reflects a consensus view rather than a truly integrated joint perspective, the author recommends that joint doctrine-and the processes by which it is derived and promulgated-be overhauled. The author also recommends reform for the services beyond major operations and campaigns to ensure that the United States attains its strategic objectives. This executive summary contains an abbreviated discussion of four of the cases examined: Iraq (1991), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). It also incorporates modest changes from the larger monograph, based on suggestions made to the author since its publication.

Download or read book Military air power the CADRE digest of air power opinions and thoughts written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about what Airmen have in common - our heritage, capacity, and future potential. It also illustrates that while we're on the leading edge, we're also part of the sweep of military history. Understanding the way that our predecessors handled their challenges can equip us to better serve our nation. The number one aim of this book is to supply Airmen with useful thoughts that might help them meet their known responsibilities and the unknown challenges their service will bring. We can learn from both the failures and the successes of soldiers, sailors, marines, and Airmen; the ancient past; and yesterday's headlines. This book is a revision of one published in 1990. Just as in the 1990 edition, the quotations are arranged by subject matter to present multiple views of each topic.

Download or read book The SPARSA Atmospheric Electricity Detection System as Modified by the Addition of the Image Storage Tube Electro optical Triangulation Computer written by Bernard D. Weiss and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report discusses the ability of the Sferics Position Azimuth Range Spectrum Analyzer (SPARSA) as modified by the addition of the Image Storage Tube Electro-Optical Triangulation Computer to detect and track thunderstorms, and the practicability of using the new display to perform a real-time data analysis. The data were collected over a period of 14 days and include a total of 41 thunderstorms. The tests indicate that the SPARSA equipment, when manned and functioning properly, successfully identified all known areas of electrical activity within a 50-mile radius of the Cape Kennedy Control Center, as verified by thunderstorm observations in and around the pinpointed areas. Since this test did not start until late in the thunderstorm season, and the data collected were limited to two station fixes, this test has been classified as preliminary. (Author).

Download or read book The Air Weapon written by Andrew G.B. Vallance and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air power today dominates virtually all military operations, yet it remains the least well-understood form of armed force. Technical and tactical details of aviation forces are widely available, but few understand how such forces are best used in prosecuting defence and security policy. The Air Weapon seeks to address this deficiency by setting out the doctrines which guide the use of air power at the strategic and operational levels of war. It identifies what aviation forces can - and cannot - be used to achieve. It encompasses doctrines for war-fighting and also for war-prevention. And it suggests possible directions for future doctrinal development. Following a cohesive 'top-down' analytical path, the study deals with air power in the only viable way: as an integrated entity. The Air Weapon is perhaps the only all-encompassing high-level study of this critically important yet all-too-little-understood form of military power.

Download or read book Air Power and Joint Operations Second Edition written by Jasjit Singh and published by . This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modern war, and even more important, in wars that countries like ours may be faced with, application of military power must seek to achieve maximum effect, where the ends must receive the highest priority, and where the means must remain just that: means, and not as symbols or substance of importance in isolation to the effects and ends required. The challenge for theory and practice is how to ensure that application of the military power of the nation is employed in such a way so as to maximise the effects, and minimise the cost incurred in the process. This naturally places a premium on joint planning and operations. Technology, now reaching the levels of a Revolution in Military Affairs, complex military organisation, and even more complex political goals in the employment of military power in the modern world, often with severe limitations imposed by the existence of nuclear weapons, have not only raised the premium of military power, but have required synergies between different elements and components of military power, and between military power and the political-diplomatic endeavours of the state to ensure a favourable outcome if not an outright victory. It is in this context that air power has been assuming an all-pervasive role in maximising the effects of military power. By the same logic, it constitutes the core component of deterrence. It not only enhances the capabilities of land and naval forces, but by itself also has an autonomous capability to dominate hostile military power in a broad range of scenarios and capabilities. Consequently, weakness in airpower capabilities, or in its employment, which does not maximise the effects of military power could also become the nation s Achilles heel. It is not surprising, therefore, that joint operations have become the norm rather than the exception in modern warfare and air power the lynchpin of military operations. Empirical evidence of all recent wars only re-emphasises the importance of joint operations and the role that air power performs in them. Its various dimensions and parameters keep evolving with changes in technology, operational environment and strategies in use. Preparing for the future has becomea critical factor in ensuring success. And this demands continuing examination, assessment, and understanding of the relationship between air power and other elements of military power in successful joint operations. This volume contain papers by experts in various fields to look at the issues related to air power and joint operations, both historically as well as in doctrinal terms, to explore various dimensions that would help understand a dynamic subject of crucial importance to our national defence. A new chapter at the end has been added to the first edition published in 2003 and focuses on where our thinking about joint operations in future.

Download or read book 10 Propositions Regarding Air Power written by Phillip S. Meilinger and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Power Projection written by Mark Alan Gunzinger and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study concludes airpower will play an increasingly dominant role in future US contingency responses. Power projection is defined as the finite application of military power by national command authority to achieve discrete political ends outside the borders of the United States, its territories, and possessions. Power projection contingencies are characterized as wars and operations short of war, but not conflicts that are global or total in nature. Future contingencies that demand a US response may occur without warning, be time sensitive, and require short duration deployments. US forces may not have immediate access to or a previously established presence in potential theaters of operation. Due to the changing nature of the international environment and domestic priorities, the President defined a new National Secunty Strategy that emphasizes projecting military forces in response to regional conflicts. The military services are currently modifying their doctrine and force structures to reflect the shift towards power projection. The services agree power projection forces must be lethal, flexible, deployable, mobile, and capable of surviving an increasingly hostile threat environment. Comparing force characteristics reveals airpower has greater flexibility, deployability, mobility, and is better able to survive future threat environments than surface forces. New domestic imperatives have also forced the services to engage in a healthy competition to preserve their share of a shrinking defense budget. In terms of efficiency, apportioning resources according to an arcane formula that does not reflect force capabilities or the future utility of primary service functions is illogical. Building a strong power projection capability requires a thorough evaluation of the relative efficacy of air, land, and sea power to perform the power projection mission.

Download or read book Victory from Above written by Jerome V. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US-led coalition response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was a highly successful application of modern military forces, especially air power. Both the buildup and the combat operations provide significant food for thought for military analysis and a considerable source of insight for future commanders. As with any military conflict, this war should not be viewed as a model for the next war, but rather as another contribution to the body of experience and knowledge that shapes the insights and perspectives of military professionals.Some observers have contended that the performance of the coalition air forces in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm heralds the arrival of a new generation of warfare, sometimes labeled hyperwar. Others commenting on the experience note the merge of capabilities - technology focused by tactics and strategic planning - with the long-standing promise of air power theory. This study focuses on the latter perspective and the close relationship between the core elements of air power theory and the conduct of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.Lt. Col. Jerome V. Martin wrote this study as a primer on air power and a broad survey of the Gulf conflict for the cadets at the US Air Force Academy. His summary of the essence of air power theory and its illustrated use against Iraq should help Air Force officers and others interested in air power to better understand the potential of modern aviation in a crisis situation and combat.Robert M. Johnston, Colonel, United States Air ForceDirector, Airpower Research Institute

Download or read book Effect of Air Power on Military Operations Western Europe written by Omar Nelson Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Air Power For Patton s Army The XIX Tactical Air Command In The Second World War Illustrated Edition written by David N. Spires and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with 3 charts, 28 maps and 88 photos. This insightful work by David N. Spires holds many lessons in tactical air-ground operations. Despite peacetime rivalries in the drafting of service doctrine, in World War II the immense pressures of wartime drove army and air commanders to cooperate in the effective prosecution of battlefield operations. In northwest Europe during the war, the combination of the U.S. Third Army commanded by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton and the XIX Tactical Air Command led by Brig. Gen. Otto P. Weyland proved to be the most effective allied air-ground team of World War II. The great success of Patton’s drive across France, ultimately crossing the Rhine, and then racing across southern Germany, owed a great deal to Weyland’s airmen of the XIX Tactical Air Command. This deft cooperation paved the way for allied victory in Western Europe and today remains a classic example of air-ground effectiveness. It forever highlighted the importance of air-ground commanders working closely together on the battlefield.

Download or read book Strategic Appraisal written by Zalmay Khalilzad and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change--in international relations, in technology, and in society as a whole--has become the idiom of our age. One example of these changes has been an increasing recognition of the value of air and space assets for handling nearly every contingency from disaster relief to war and, onsequently, increasing demand for such assets. These developments have created both challenges and opportunities for the U.S. Air Force. This, the fourth volume in the Strategic Appraisal series, draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore both the challenges and opportunities that the U.S. Air Force faces as it strives to support the nation's interests in a challenging technological and security environment.Contributors examine the changing roles of air and space forces in U.S.national security strategy, the implications of new systems and technologiesfor military operations, and the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. securitystrategy. Contributors also discuss the status of major modernizationefforts within the Air Force, and the bill of health of the Air Force, asmeasured by its readiness to undertake its missions both today and in thefuture.

Download or read book Air Power for Patton s Army written by David N. Spires and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a case study of one air-ground team's experience with the theory and practice of tactical air power employed during the climactic World War 2 campaigns against the forces of Nazi Germany.