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...This study addresses three main questions to determine the transport bomber’s usefulness. The first is whether commanders can use such an aircraft in ways that truly enhance force application and mobility operations without unduly undermining one in favor of the other? The answer, because of t...

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... AIR SITY UNIVER Transport Bombers A Conceptual Shift inPrecision-Guided Mun... ...government agency. Cleared for public release: dis-tribution limited. ii ContentsChapter ... ... DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Table 1 Characteristics of Heavy Bombers Fiscal Year 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... iiiTable Page 3 Heavy Bomber Conventional Carriage Capabilities Fiscal Year... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 Air Mobility Command Aircraft Commitment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...ses three main questions to determine the transportbomber’s usefulness. The first is whether commanders can use such an aircraftin ways that truly enh... ...1 at Charleston AFB, South Carolina. Inaddition to upgrading to Special Operations Low Level II instructor pilot, heserved as the squadron tactics off... ...icer and combat aircrew training manager.Major Benson was reassigned to the Military Airlift Command (MAC) CombatAircrew Training School at Nellis AFB...

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...DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...University Library Cataloging DataRodman, Matthew K. A war of their own : bombers over the Southwest Pacific / Matthew K. Rodman p. ; cm. Includes... ... DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... Deputy Director, Plans and Programs Air Combat Command Langley AFB, Virginia x ... ...Preface Without question, attack and bombardment aviation duringWorld War II is a huge topic. To cover it all would quickly becomea monumental task. ... ...ffers at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland(National Archives II), the Air Force History Support Office, andthe National Air and Space Mu... ...the time to write the foreword to this book. I have yet to see afiner wing commander. Your impending star is well deserved. Iwish you continued succes... ...Force. xvACKNOWLEDGMENTS Obviously, since I now fly bombers for a living, this book hasbecome much more personal. My time as a ... ...er his leadership on thatfirst trip to the desert. Thanks also to squadron commandersLt Col Robert Gass and Lt Col Robert Maness for ably carryingon t... ...iation. As the Air Corps entered the 1930s, it was becoming clear thatthe bomber was the cornerstone around which independencecould be built. For the...

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...The use of the heavy bomber during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is just one more chapter on the flexibility of airpower. Bombers in the early stages of the war destroyed the Taliban air force on the ground and the limited air-to-air defenses,...

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... Air UniversityDonald A. Lamontagne, Lt Gen, Commander Air War CollegeBentley B. Rayburn, Maj Gen, Commanda... ...WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY Ground-Aided Precision Strike Heavy Bomber Activityin Operation Enduring Freedom ERIC E. THEISEN ... ...rnment agency. Cleared for public release: distribution unlimited. ii Foreword The advent of near-precision weapons, particu... ...the joint direct attack munition (JDAM)—combined withthe flexibility of the heavy bomber—offers the com-bined/joint force air component commander a ne... ...he flexibility of the heavy bomber—offers the com-bined/joint force air component commander a new toolto utilize for close air support (CAS) operation... ...orted by small groups of forces on the ground.Does the coordination between heavy bombers and ter-minal attack controllers along with employment of ne... ... BENTLEY B. RAYBURN Major General, USAF Commandant, Air War College iv About the Auth...

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... about naval and air force traditional roles. Though this initially unappreciated weapon gained considerable acceptance during the years of World War II, mines were not again dropped from aircraft in combat until the Vietnam War. During the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force gave little effort to its collateral maritime missions until concern grew over containing an expanding So...

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...1. MINE WARFARE..................3 Theory and History Mines and How They Worked 2. WORLD WAR II AERIAL MINELAYING IN EUROPE............7 First Use by Germany The Royal Air Force Fights Back 3. MINELAY’ING IN JAPAN’S "OUTER ZONE" -1942-1945............10 Early Plans and Capability U.S. Navy Submarine and Surface ...

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... 3 Theory and History Mines and How They Worked2. WORLD WAR II AERIAL MINELAYING IN EUROPE ... ...AN/S "INNER ZONE" -1945 18 Planning "Operation Starvation LeMay and the XXI Bomber Command5. PLAN AND REALITY -THE EFFECTIVEN... ...NNER ZONE" -1945 18 Planning "Operation Starvation LeMay and the XXI Bomber Command5. PLAN AND REALITY -THE EFFECTIVENESS OFA... ...rtunities “Outer Zone" Results “Inner Zone" Results Japanese Mine Countermeasures World War II Conclusions6. AERIAL MINELAYING -AN AIR FORCE ... ...ipating in aminelaying exercise. 347. "Mines Away!" A Strategic Air Command B-52G releasesreleases a sea mine ... ...ases a sea mine 40 ABSTRACT In World War II/s Pacific Theater, the U.S. Army Air Forces (A... ...s, bombs, and torpedoes. Yet, with time, a small number of aerialmining advocates influenced wartime commanders to ensure the growth of minelaying doc... ...all allied mining in the European theater. The Royal Air Force(RAF) quickly adapted to the task, and Bomber Command laid 47,307 mines--eighty percent ... ...nce the idea of air--dropped magnetic mines. In 1939 that same airman commanded No.5 Group--the sole bomber unitcharged with aerial minelaying. He was...

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...In his book The Quest: Haywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II, Charles Griffith makes a major contribution in detailing the role played by General Hansell from his early days as an instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School to the heady days and nights as a young war planner develop...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 4 THE FRICTIONS OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 5 THE GLOBAL BOMBER FORCE . . . . . . . . .129 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 6 TRIUMPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 7 TRAGEDY . . . . . . ....

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... The QuestHaywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II CHARLES GRIFFITH Air University Press ... ...Charles, 1957– The quest : Haywood Hansell and American strategic bombing in World War II /Charles Griffith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical referenc... ...overnment agency. Cleared for public release:distribution unlimited. ii This book is dedicated to my son, Alexander Griffith... .... . . 91 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 5 THE GLOBAL BOMBER FORCE . . . . . . . . . . 129 Notes ... ... v Photographs PageB-1 Bomber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Z-1... ...2Z-1 Zeppelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6British Handley-Page Bomber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Boeing B-17 Bomb... ... Combined Bomber Offensive) for the strategicbombing campaign against Nazi Germany. He commanded theonly operational B-17 wing in England from January... ...eehand to oversee the early missions of the XX BomberCommand in distant China. Then as commander of the XXIBomber Command in the Marianas, Hansell ove... ...g incendiary bombs against Japanese cities, and asa result he was abruptly relieved of command in January1945. Maj Gen Curtis LeMay picked up operatio...

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...are those proposed spacebased systems with their terrestrial counterparts. Does the United States Need Space-Based Weapons? by Maj William L. Spacy II evaluates the theoretical capabilities of orbital weapons and compares them to weapons already in existence and to emerging concepts proposed for development....

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...oes the United States Need Space-Based Weapons? WILLIAM L. SPACY II Major, USAF CADRE Paper Air University Press... ...public release:distribution unlimited.ISBN 1-58566-070-1 ii CADRE Papers CADRE Papers are occasional publications spons... ... Page DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii ABO... ...ir Force Institute of Technology [AFIT]; MA,United States College of Naval Command and Staff) is a C-17pilot at Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South... ...t into space. —Gen Joseph W. Ashy former commander in chief United States Space Command The world m... ...st century could well see a change.2This sentiment was echoed again by the commander in chiefof US Space Command (USSPACECOM), Gen Howell M. EstesIII,... ... SPACYsels. A number of platforms, from attack submarines to land-based bombers could destroy these vessels with little diffi -culty. Air-launched ... ...projected to cost $46 billion. “Sounding Tapsfor Star Wars and the Stealth Bomber,” Defense Monitor XX, no. 5 (1991): 2. 69 ... ...e bestsuited, but conventional weapons ranging from artillery tolong-range bombers can also attack most of them. Theweapon needed to attack a particul...

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...oss-Channel invasion of Normandy. At the request of the Office of Strategic Services(OSS), the USAAF commands in the United Kingdom and North Africa s... ...nsity conventional warfare. BIOGRAPHY Lieutenant Colonel Bernard V. Moore II (BA, University of California at San Diego;MA,... ...as just assigned to the StrategyDivision, Headquarters USAF/XO, The Pentagon. Also a graduate of Air Command and staffCollege, his previous assignment... ...he fall of 1943, as the Western Allies prepared for the cross-Channel invasion ofNormandy, the USAAF commands in the United Kingdom and North Africa s... ...s in the Western Desert, leaving the task of a direct assault on Germanyto the Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command. With her forces fully challenged ... ...for return to England.30 For missions not requiring a landing in enemy territory, two-engine Whitley bombers were used. The Whitleys were modified to ... ...rop aircraft. Operational experiencehad shown that only this category of aircraft (four-engine heavy bombers) possessed the requisitelong range, heavy... ...which lead to his eventual selection as head of the COI and OSS. Importantly, due his pre-World War II reputation, Donovan was well known, well conne... ...War Report of the OSS, Vol 2, 171.35. Wesley F. Craven and James. L. Cate, The Army Air Forces in WW II, Vol 2, (Washington D.C.: Office or Air Force...

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...While investigating these topics, my research centered on an interview with one of the former Soviet Union’s top missile engineers, the vice commander of Air Combat Command, discussions with the USAF Air Armament Center’s chief of advanced concepts, and on recently declassified CIA documents regarding the US reconnaissance program and National Intelligence Estimat...

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...t New Rules to an Old Game ROBERT W. STANLEY II, Major, USAF School of A... ...age DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... the former Soviet Union’s top missile engineers, the vice com- mander of Air Combat Command, discussions with the USAF Air Arma- me... ...2:15:36 PM About the Author Maj Robert W. Stanley II was commissioned through the Reserve Officer ... ... operations training and was assigned as a combat crew member to Strate- gic Air Command’s Minuteman III fleet in Wyoming. Following the i... ...-language text references from the Marshall Center in Ger- many. The vice commander of Air Combat Command, Lt Gen Bruce Wright, ... ... could no longer count on Hermann Göring’s debilitated Luftwaffe, as the Allied bomber offensive had progressively decimated it. Not onl... ...ely decimated it. Not only had it fallen from grace by allowing American and British bombers to ravage Ger- many, but attrition had ... ... way to deliver atomic weapons. While they worked hard to duplicate the US strategic bomber capability, the ballistic missile soon e...

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...hat theater aircraft are the mainstay of US airpower. Theater airpower was the decisive form of airpower in our three major conflicts since World War II (Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq) and will be in the regional conflicts of the future. It is superior in the broadest sense of the word—economically, militarily, and politically....

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... AIR SITY UNIVERProjecting American Airpower Should We Buy Bombers, Carriers, or Fighters? ROY MI... ...overnment agency. Cleared for public release: dis­tribution unlimited. ii Contents ... ...MER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...ower was the deci­sive for m of airpower in our thr ee major conflicts since W orld War II (Kor ea,Vietnam, and Iraq) and will be in the r egio... ... US interests—the­ater air craft will continue to dominate power pr ojection. Long-range bombersand carrier air have a subsidiary r ole to play. ... ...sis. Instrument two is theater airpower (TAP).1 Thisinstrument includes fighters, fighter -bombers, and their associated air-craft. Instrument thre... ...Selected Acquisition Repor t, F-15(Eagle) (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Systems Command, 31 December 1990); and AFR 173-13, ... ... sorties a day and surged at one point to 1.7 sorties a day fora 12-day period. T actical Air Command has been shooting for thr ee sor­ties a ... ...only the mostmobile/rapid military instruments. 30 29. Bob Woodward, The Commanders (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991), 228. 30. ...

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... AU-18 Space Primer Prepared by Air CommAnd And StAff CollegeSpACe reSeArCh eleCtiveS SeminArS Air ... ...l AFB AL 36112-5962 http://aupress.au.af.mil ii ContentsChapter ... ... Page DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rocket Development after World War II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Satellite Programs . . . .... ...ITARY SPACE ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Air Force Space Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Naval Netw... ...e Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Naval Network Warfare Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 US Army Space and ... ...rying to write an “air primer” that includes flight dy-namics, physics, fighters, bombers, ISR, acquisitions, law, and so forth. That is whatwe were a... ...ll ahead of the SovietUnion in nuclear technology and possessed the most powerful bomber force in theworld. This unnerved the Russians and caused them... ...the US nuclear deterrence capability rested on the back of the bomber force, since bomber aircraft were the only...

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...On 23 November 2010, the chief of staff of the Air Force tasked the Air Force Research Institute to review Air Force command and control (C2) to determine whether doctrine and organizational structures require changes to ensure success in uncertain and dynamic future scenarios. The research team concluded that, to maximize effectiveness, th...

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...introduction 1 A Framework for Analyzing Command and Control Structures 2 Analytical Model 2 results of the Analysis 5 Guidelines for Adaptive Command and Control 6 Using the Influences to Design Adaptive Command and Control 10 Organize, train, and equip: Obser...

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... Air University Air FOrCe reseArCH institUteAir Force Command and Control The Need for Increased Adaptability Lt Co... ...independent analysis and constructive discussion on issues impor­ tant to Air Force commanders, staffs, and other deci­ sion makers. Each paper ... ...publication, please e­mail AFRI at afri.public@maxwell.af.mil. ii ContentsList of illustrations ... ... ixintroduction 1 A Framework for Analyzing Command and Control Structures ... ...gDivision/Documents/6 Air Integration Insights Paper 20 Mar09.pdf. 23. Since World War II, the term penny packets has meant parceling outairpower to ... ...ent (JACCE). JP 3-30, Command and Control forJoint Air Operations, 12 January 2010, I-2–II-2, http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_30.pdf. 31. A... ...ffective communications equipment exist within theTACS structure. Upgrades to fighters, bombers, remotely pi­loted aircraft (RPA), and airborne ISR pl... ...ture systems such as the Global Hawk Block 40,F­35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the future bomber will only widenthe gaps unless TACS upgrades are soon a... ...ary to provide rea­sonable spans of internal control and maintain unit cohesion.”2Thus, bombers deployed from ACC or AFGSC are assigned toexpeditionar...

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...At its core this work is a database covering Anglo-American strategic bomber operations against Germany, Italy, and Axis associated or occupied Europe. As such it allows swift and easy listing of day-by-day bombing, bombing of strategic target systems by location and tonnage, bombing of specifi...

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...mbing the European Axis Powers A Historical Digest of the Combined Bomber Offensive 1939–1945 Air Un... ...Axis Powers A Historical Digest of the Combined Bomber Offensive 1939–1945 RICHAR... ...bama April 2006NewFrontmatter 5/31/06 1:42 PM Page ii Air University Library Cataloging Data Davis, Ri... ... Bombing the European Axis powers : a historical digest of the combined bomber offensive, 1939-1945 / Richard G. Davis. p. ; cm. ... ... DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bomber Command: Adoption of Night Operations and Area Bombing, 19... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Part II 1942 JANUARY . . . . .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Appendix 1 Bomber Command Losses and Tonnage by Month, September 1939–May 1941 ... ...1, BC 1939–41, file name: 1939–41.xls) 2 Bomber Command Operations by Month, 15 May 1940–31 May 1941 (located...

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...Gen George S. Patton Jr. remains one of the most storied commanders of World War II. Patton’s spectacularly successful drive across France in August–September 1944 as commander of the US Third Army was perhaps his greatest campaign....

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...RINE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AIR UNIVERSITY XIX Tactical Air Command and ULTRAPatton’s Force Enhancers in the 1944 Cam... ...ataloging-in-Publication Data Shwedo, Bradford J., 1963– XIX Tactical Air Command and ULTRA : Patton’s force enhancers in the 1944 campaign in Franc... ..., 1939–1945–– Cryptography. 6. United States. Army Air Forces. Tactical Air Command, 19th–– History. 7. World War, 1939–1945––Regimental histories––Un... ... States. 8. Close air support. I. Title: 19 Tactical Air Command and Ultra. II. Title: Nineteen Tactical Air Command and Ultra. III. Title. IV. Series... ...f.mil under “Research Papers” then “Special Collections.” ii CADRE Papers CADRE Papers are occasional publications spon... ... Page DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix ... ...ng forces, Pat-ton recommended that bomb lines be abolished and thatfighter-bombers be allowed to attack freely against any clearlyrecognizable target... ...and whatnot . . . He--, it might take them an hour or two. I’d have fighter-bombers out in front and we’d try to take care of anything out there. But ... ..., 1981),242. 10. XIX TAC Staff, Report 168.7104-64—“Twelve Thousand Fighter-Bomber Sorties” (Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center: WeylandColl...

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...Fifth Air Force light and medium bomber operations during 1942 and 1943 are textbook examples of doctrinal flexibility and extraordinary innovation. The unprecedented success of both the Battle of the Bismarck Sea and the Wewak Raid illustrate how airpower b...

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... theAllies from Port Moresby. For the next year and a half, in some the harshest climate of WorldWar II, the Fifth Air Force helped to reverse the tid... ...ne antiaircraft artillery, forward-firing machine guns were mounted in the noseof Douglas A-20 light bombers and North American B-25 medium bombers. L... ...used all their energies on doing so. A dress rehearsal featuring the Fifth Air Force light andmedium bombers as the main striking force was conducted ... ...ed outin what became known as the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. That same fleet of light and medium bombers also proved deadly against enemy airfield... ...AFB Air Force BaseAIB Allied Intelligence BureauAPGC Air Proving Ground CommandAU Air UniversityAUL A... ...as just assigned to the Doctrine Division, HeadquartersUSAF/XC, The Pentagon. Also a graduate of Air Command and Staff College, his previousassignment... ...mmand and Staff College, his previousassignment was Chief, Military History and Strategy Branch, Air Command and Staff College,Maxwell AFB, Alabama. P... ...iles away. Warfare in the SWPA in 1942 and 1943 was much different than anywhere else in WorldWar II. The combination of the harsh tropical climate... ...ither hadbecome strategic bombing zealots. While Kenney was in Europe watching the start of WorldWar II, Whitehead was in Washington building an air i...

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...examined Joint Publication 3-58, Joint Doctrine for Military Deception, and determined it could better incorporate the lessons learned from World War II. Current joint doctrine could be improved by underscoring the contribution that deception provides to surprise, the importance of integrating deception within all three levels of war, and the importance of exploiting an ad...

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... Air UniversityJoseph J. Redden, Lt Gen, Commander Air Command and Staff College John W. Rosa, Col, Commandan... ...ase send inquiries or comments to: Editor The Wright Flyer PapersAir Command and Staff College (ACSC/DER) 225 Chennault Circle Bldg 1402... ...(334) 953-2308 Fax: (334) 953-2292 Internet: SKenney@max1.au.af.mil AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY Second World War... ...ment agency. Cleared forpublic release: distribution unlimited. ii Foreword It is my great pleasure to present another o... ..., and determined it could better in-corporate the lessons learned from World War II. Current jointdoctrine could be improved by underscoring the contr... ...y’s preexisting beliefs when creating adeception story. Applying these World War II lessons will bol -ster US deception capabilities. ... ... area. For theAmericans, the original Starkey deception plan involved 2,300heavy bomber, 3,700 fighter, and four hundred medium bomb -er sorties to st... ...thentic.11 Additionally, the British were toprovide another three thousand heavy bomber sorties into theBoulogne area.12 Starkey was to culminate with... ...rs, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF),Eaker said Starkey called for 2,300 heavy bomber sorties over14 days “when the command had only flown 5,356 com...

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...In 1944 a young man from Nahant, Massachusetts, experienced World War II as an unsung corporal assigned to an unheralded unit near an obscure English village. Few history books recall his war. But he and his unit personified a brand of service—seldom newsworthy, often tedious, always selfless—t...

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... Air University John F. Regni, Lt Gen, Commander Air Command and Staff College Ronald R.... ..., Lt Gen, Commander Air Command and Staff College Ronald R. Ladnier, Brig Gen, Commandant James W. Forsyth, Col, PhD, DeanDr. Willi... ...es or comments to: Editor The Wright Flyer Papers Air Command and Staff College (ACSC/DE) 225 Chennault C... ...ernment agency. Cleared for public release: distribution unlimited. ii Foreword It is my great pleasure to pres... ...l with the 2d Marine Division. I alsowanted to relate a historical example from World War II tosome of my recent experiences in expeditionary combatop... ...Richard Muller, for histhoughtful advice and absolute passion for the history ofWorld War II. I greatly appreciate the staff of the AirUniversity Libr... ...inder of 1942. Japan reacted swiftly to the news of an attack onGuadalcanal and launched bomber and fighter attacksfrom their bases in Rabaul against... ...the second day of the operation.10 Without aircover to occupy the Japanese bombers, Admiral Turner de-cided to stop off-loading cargo f... ...ndwith no way to fight back effectively, the Marines sufferedthrough unrelenting Japanese bomber and fighter attacks. With the departure of air supp...

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...This study analyzes the evolution of Seventh Air Force’s joint command and control (C2) relationships as well as the development of joint operational procedures and doctrine in the Central Pacific during World War II. As this was arguably the most joint theater in World War II, there are...

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...leared for public release: dis-tribution unlimited. ii Dedication This study is dedicated to my dad, Sherman... ...naval avi-ator flying PB2Y-4 Coronado seaplanes out of Saipan in World War II. Dad diedwhen I was young, so I never got to hear stories of his combat ... ...ture of combat experienced by US forces in the Central Pacific in WorldWar II. In an old scrapbook, along with pictures of the huge, four-engine Coron... ...my dad wouldhave understood the nature of the combat the Seventh Air Force bomber crewsendured in the Central Pacific during World War II. I suspect, ... ... Abstract This study analyzes the evolution of Seventh Air Force’s joint command andcontrol (C2) relationships as well as the development of joint o... ... attack on PearlHarbor. It was initially a defensive and training-oriented command—protectingHawaii from a possible attack by the Japanese and trainin... ...he summer of 1943, the Seventh AirForce became an offensive, mobile combat command that—along with each ofthe other services—played a major role in th... ...ebombardment had to be unescorted (often 1pushing the bombers to the limits of their range), and carrier air had toprovide close ... ...iveness of low-level, single-file bomb-ing runs as practiced by naval dive-bombers.12 While these are only theopinions of two men operating in a theat...

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...This study attempts to determine whether air component commands are capable of developing an effective airpower strategy. It examines US Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) because of its recent experience in developing and executing a sizable airpower contribution to a theater c...

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...NG THE ATTRIBUTES OF AN EFFECTIVE AIRPOWER STRATEGY . . . . 5 Notes . . . . . 10 3 RECOMMENDED RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRODUCTS OF AN AIR COMPONENT COMMANDER’S CAMPAIGN PLANNING ORGANIZATION . . . . 11 Notes . . . . . 18 4 REPORT ON USCENTAF PLANNING STAFF’S STATUS—EARLY 1995 . . . . . 19 Notes . . . . . 27 5 IMPLICATIONS/SOLUTIONS TO AIR COMPONENT COMMANDS’ COMB...

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...icy review authorities and is cleared forpublic release. ii ContentsChapter ... ... DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .... 10 3 RECOMMENDED RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRODUCTS OF AN AIR COMPONENT COMMANDER’S CAMPAIGN PLANNING ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5 IMPLICATIONS/SOLUTIONS TO AIR COMPONENT COMMANDS’ COMBAT PLANNING SHORTFALLS . . . . . . . . 29 ... ... Abstract This study attempts to determine whether air component commands are capableof developing an effective airpower strategy. It e... ...rical example of this situationis the strategic bombing template from World War II being used against thenonindustrial nations of Korea and North Viet... ...ebroad in nature. Examples would include special operations, fighteroperations, bomber operations, airlift operations, space operations, intelli­gence... ...nd assistant director of combat planswho had four divisions under them: Fighter/Bomber, Support, Tactical (nowtheater) Air Control System (TACS), and ...

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...Campaigning 8. Sicily Conquered Italy - December 1943-April, 1944 9. Artillerymen 10. Personalities and Asides 11. Mountain Fighting 12. Dive Bombers 13. The Fabulous Infantry 14. Light Bombers 15. LST Cruise 16. AnzioNettuno 17. Beachhead Fighters 18. Supply Line 19. Hospital Ship 20. Farewell to Italy England - April-May, 1944 21. This England 22. Br...

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... 11711. MOUNTAIN FIGHTING 14112. DIVE BOMBERS 15613. THE FABULOUS INFANTRY ... ... 15613. THE FABULOUS INFANTRY 18114. LIGHT BOMBERS 20415. LST CRUISE ... ...e remaining hours of daylight itworked slowly forward. Our ship and the other command ships raced aroundherding their broods into proper formation, si... ...PT boats, their engines roaring in one giant combination like a force ofheavy bombers, crossed our bow and headed for Sicily. Our guard was out, ourdi... ...pt on the deck. A man couldn’t move withoutstepping on somebody. Lieutenant Commander Fritz Gleim, a big regular Navy man with a drygood humor, rema... ...and talk in jovialgroups. We carried two jeeps on the deck to be used by Army commanderswhen we landed. The vehicles had signs on them forbidding anyo... ... stripes myself. I had spent atotal of nearly two years overseas in World War II, and since I was at the agewhere hardening of the arteries might whis...