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...The author's contention is that training for night air operations, particularly with our sister services, is in its infancy. Using his personal experience he sets out to recommend better uses of the training facilities of all the services to improve the si...

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.... . . . . . . . . 52 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 PHOTO SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 3 CURRENT TRAINING PROGRAMS . . . . . . . 61 Requirements for Realistic Training . . . . . . .62 Red Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Naval Strike Warfare Center . . . . . . . . . . . .71 National Training C...

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...THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANKLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMcLean, Brian W. Joint training f... ...NKLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMcLean, Brian W. Joint training for night air warfare /by Brian W. McLean. p. cm. Includes biblio... ... DISCLAIIAER This publication was produced in the Department of Defense school environment in the interest of academic freedom and ... ...l environment in the interest of academic freedom and the advancement of national defense-related concepts. The views expressed in this publ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 3 CURRENT TRAINING PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Requiremen... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Requirements for Realistic Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Red Flag . . . . . . . .... ...ability duringthe Battle of the Bulge. By using teams of pathfinding flare ships andattack aircraft at night, the Germans were able to maintainaround-... ...NT TRAINING FOR NIGHT AIR WARFAREto the World WarII solution ofusing flare ships to first acquirethe targetand then illuminate it for the fighters or ... ...rs worked with Air Force C-47 flareships as hunter-killer teams. The flare ships would provide illuminationto locate convoys or marshaling areas along...

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...History is written by victors. But what about the civilians in any country who suffer when men go into battle? Like in Germany. Displaced Germans suffered by the millions and were killed when they were chased off the land of their forefathers. Who talks about them and writes their stories? Today their ancestors live in North and South America...

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... UNDRESSING SHADOWS Postwar GermanyThe Story of Two Women A Novel by Ursula Tillmann Copyright... ... UNDRESSING SHADOWS Postwar GermanyThe Story of Two Women A Novel by Ursula Tillmann Copyright © 2013 Ursula Ti... ... For Lotte and WaltraudThis is a work of fiction based on a true story. All names have been changed, except for ... ..., except for Lotte and OttoMarlow. The places are real as was the suffering of millions of people . This book is for them as well. ... ... the beginning of unspeakable brutality for many civilians. Inparticular in Germany, the loser of the conflict. Fourteen million Germans flee from the... ... strongest now? And you thought we lost that war. Not the children,they are training for the next conflict. Kids are exercising their fists to be read... ...e House in Washington for weeks, forcingPresident Truman to finally let the ships sail from New York to Bremerhaven. The circumstances arenot common k... ...erican reporter arrives one morning at the school. “For nearly a year those ships were not allowed to leave the harbor. Inhumane. I was there, I cover... ...ban which excluded Germans for nearly seven years after thewar. Hundreds of ships sailed from Bremerhaven to Halifax and New York. Better to go west t...

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...The study reviews each force’s combat glider experience and analyzes it in light of the glider doctrine, or lack thereof, with which each began the war. While military cargo gliders have seen their day, recent technological advances in gliders make them a viable platform for certain missions requiring ste...

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...ABSTRACT ii INTRODUCTION 1 PRE-WAR DEVELOPMENT 3 The Early Years in Germany 3 Early Gliders in the US 4 A US Military Glider? For What Purpose? 4 Gliders Head Into Combat. 5 Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in Britain 12 OPERATIONA...

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... AND CANVAS: A Case Study in the Interrelationships Between Technology, Training, Doctrine and Organization By ... ...BAMA DisclaimerThe views in this paper are entirely those of the author expressed under Air University principlesof academic fr... ...r Air University principlesof academic freedom and do not reflect official views of the School of Advanced AirpowerStudies, Air University, the U.S. A... ... Advanced AirpowerStudies, Air University, the U.S. Air Force, or the Department of Defense. In accordance withAir Force Regulation 110-8, it is not c... ... A Case Study in the Interrelationships Between Technology, Training, Doctrine and Organization Table of Con... ... Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in ... ... the lack of vehicles to tow the gliders around the airfields and the lackof tow ships. Often glider ferry flights were combined with airborne trainin... ... nearly twice that figure. By the early eighties, performance of the bestcontest ships took a dramatic leap. Glide ratios of the highest performance s... ...ios of the highest performance sailplanes approached60:1. Gross weights of these ships were very light and design improvements made assembly anddisass...

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...The study reviews each force’s combat glider experience and analyzes it in light of the glider doctrine, or lack thereof, with which each began the war. While military cargo gliders have seen their day, recent technological advances in gliders make them a viable platform for certain missions requiring ste...

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...ABSTRACT ii INTRODUCTION 1 PRE-WAR DEVELOPMENT 3 The Early Years in Germany 3 Early Gliders in the US 4 A US Military Glider? For What Purpose? 4 Gliders Head Into Combat. 5 Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in Britain 12 OPERATIONA...

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... AND CANVAS: A Case Study in the Interrelationships Between Technology, Training, Doctrine and Organization By ... ...BAMA DisclaimerThe views in this paper are entirely those of the author expressed under Air University principlesof academic fr... ...r Air University principlesof academic freedom and do not reflect official views of the School of Advanced AirpowerStudies, Air University, the U.S. A... ... Advanced AirpowerStudies, Air University, the U.S. Air Force, or the Department of Defense. In accordance withAir Force Regulation 110-8, it is not c... ... A Case Study in the Interrelationships Between Technology, Training, Doctrine and Organization Table of Con... ... Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in ... ... the lack of vehicles to tow the gliders around the airfields and the lackof tow ships. Often glider ferry flights were combined with airborne trainin... ... nearly twice that figure. By the early eighties, performance of the bestcontest ships took a dramatic leap. Glide ratios of the highest performance s... ...ios of the highest performance sailplanes approached60:1. Gross weights of these ships were very light and design improvements made assembly anddisass...

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...Air Combat Command (ACC) relies on Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) systems for air-to-air combat training and large force employment flight debrief. Although extremely effective training enhancements, these systems are enormously expensive and typically require flight over restricted airspace ranges. These factors have p...

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...1 BACKGROUND . . . . 1 2 ACMI CONCEPTS, SOLUTIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS . . . . 13 3 ACMI SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND KADENA INTERIM TRAINING SYSTEM . . . . . 21 4 PROPOSAL FOR INTERNAL SOLUTIONS . . . . . 27 5 POTENTIAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND CONFIGURATION . . . . . 45 6 POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES. . . . 55 7 CONCLUSIONS. . . . 63 8 RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . ...

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...umentation Functionality MICHAEL T. PANARISI, Major, USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY ... ... Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR... ... ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1999–2000. ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 ACMI SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND KADENA INTERIM TRAINING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4 PROP... ...s on Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation(ACMI) systems for air-to-air combat training and large force employment flightdebrief. Although extremely ... ...training and large force employment flightdebrief. Although extremely effective training enhancements, these systems areenormously expensive and typic... ...jor Panarisi wasassigned to the 32d Air Operations Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. vii Preface Succes... ...nnel in the mother ship (if the mother ship is tunedto channel 3, the “daughter ships” tune to channel 66). Although veryuseful, this technique can on...

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...This paper explains why the Iraqi performance in Desert Storm was predictable: Nonindustrialized, third world nations are incapable of fielding a decisive, conventional air force. To illustrate the point, this essay studies Iraq’s performance in the war against Iran. During the conflict, the Iraqi air force obtained all the equipment and training money co...

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...1 ORGANIZATION 1 Origins of the Ba’athist Movement 1 Iraqi Military Political Involvement 2 Organization of the Air Force 3 Organizational Summary 5 Notes 6 2 TRAINING 7 Importance of Training 7 Public Education in Iraq 8 Iraqi Military Train...

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... Disclaimer This publication was produced in the Department of Defense school environment in theinterest of ac... ...the Department of Defense school environment in theinterest of academic freedom and the advancement of national defense-related concepts. Theviews ex-... ...dvancement of national defense-related concepts. Theviews ex- pressed in this publication are those of the author and do not reflect the official poli... ... Organizational Summary 5 Notes 62 TRAINING 7 ... ... 7 Public Education in Iraq 8 Iraqi Military Training 9 Foreign Tr... ...ary Training 9 Foreign Training 10 The Training Factor 11 N... ...supplying only to Iraq. Countries supplying both combatants included: Brazil, (China, France, East Germany, West Germany, Italy, North Korea, Switze... ...en Iraqi fighters attacked the SirriIsland oil terminal damaging the Iranian facilities and several ships in the harbor. The IQAFshocked Teheran furth... ...land, a figure drawn from the previous six years.61 Attacks ontankers increased too. Iraq struck 66 ships in 1986, up from a total of 33 the previous ...

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...opriately respond to a complicated and fluid national security environment. Developing such Airmen will require stronger commitments to education and training on the part of the learner to the point where learning never stops. Fostering this highly favorable attitude toward learning is possible only if Air Force education and training programs address learners’ goals, moti...

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... conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Air For... ...search Institute, Air Univer-sity, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency.Cleared for public releas... ...Leveraging Affective Learning for Developing Future Airmen The mission of Air Education and Training Command (AETC)is to empower our nation’s ... ...Learning for Developing Future Airmen The mission of Air Education and Training Command (AETC)is to empower our nation’s Airmen to fly, fight,... ...ment. Developing such Airmen will requirestronger commitments to education and training on the part ofthe learner to the point where learning never st... ... favorable attitude toward learning is possible only ifAir Force education and training programs address learners’goals, motivations, social interacti... ...engthen relationshipsamong leaders. Within groups, peer members build relation-ships with each other, based on cooperation rather than a chainof comma... ...mmer, D. Jonassen, & J. Mayes (Eds.), Cogni- tive tools for learning. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.McQuiggan, S. W., & Lester, J. C. (2007). Mode...

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...Essence of improving Now this brings us to the essential question of: what is improving others? The easiest ideas would be giving them food, giving them education, giving them dress and such other things. Well, food is an essentia...

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...01. INTRODUCTION 02. Essence of improving 03. Command codes in the language software 04. SPONTANEOUS BLOCK TO INFORMATION 05. Forgetting as a social art 06. What the Colonial British faced 07. The third quandary 08. A personal briefing 09. Fifth i...

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...DED SATANISM in FEUDAL LANGUAGES Tribulations and intractability of improving others!! VOLUME ONE ... ...thers!! VOLUME ONE (Out of two Volumes) VED from VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS VICT... ...HROUDED SATANISM in FEUDAL LANGUAGES Tribulations and intractability of improving others!! First published in 2013. All rights reser... ...ising looting 109 12. Insights from my own training programme 123 13. A colonial British quand... ...ring the world of animals 145 15. Travails of training 155 16. Notes on education, burea... ...thing of greatness that can be really found in Gandhi, and there is no training of his that has really improved anyone. Part of his greatness can ... ...ghten them by the report that the Christians were to be carried off in ships to foreign parts, in which the missionaries and their native helpers ... ...’ through the rough and dangerous seas, in the old times, by sailing ships, of doubtful capacity to face a storm. Actually, it was a ... ...ncore. He posted a few people to do the counting. Now, when the ships started moving, these people, who naturally became ‘officers’, ...

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...0 Why this deception: 23 Blaming Germans: 25 Description of events by survivors: 25 Who was Adolf Hitler: 28 US Newspapers: 28 2012 Rabbi Yosef Tzvi ben Porat Speech: ...

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...than the last.With this book I set out to publish the information left out of historicalbooks and their one-sided views on history, namely the view of... ... 4People are like water, they always choose the path of what appears tobe that of least resistance, regardless of how many rapid... ...ss of how many rapids andobstacles are in the way.This book takes the path of the highest resistance and breaks downthe obstacles.History – like the c... ...d “close“ but not “distant“ blockades. Abelligerent was allowed to station ships near the three-mile limit tostop traffic with an enemy’s ports; it wa... ...on, through thegreatest support of all clubs concerned with physical youth training.22. We demand the abolition of the mercenary troops and the format... ...the farmerand the country people are given a new conviction, objective and trainingprovided for the people.The Agriculture Department is dedicated to ... ...using railwaycarriages, wagons, but also fumigation of housing, factories, ships etc.The British used these railway tunnels to fumigate railway trains... ...ttacked Paris.30 May 1942:1047 British aircraft bomb Cologne,By adding 367 training aircraft, British Air Marshal Harris managed tomount the first tho... ...small industrial facilities, damaging 3 cranes in the port area, damaging7 ships, and sinking transport ship Marieborg. The Germans suffered5 deaths a...

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...d myself. When you're a 40-something man sitting all by yourself on theedge of what looks like a Dutch military surplus bunk bed in a grottyAmsterda... ... the immortal wordsof Danny Glover, "way too old for this shit" it's the sort of question youask. But I already knew the answer. The nice slightly... ...shapely legs from HR walkedinto my office. "Mark," she said in a nice HR sort of way. "May we havea word?" I knew what was coming. The worst recessi... ...dge of Europe. All that remained was to pushinwards, smash the Jerries, crush Germany, liberate Europe, endfascism and spend your off-duty time gettin... ...er Holland then race an entire army up a badlymaintained European B-road into Germany and end the war slightlyahead of schedule. It was a cock-eyed ... ... headand raising of the eyebrows, he added, "Still ... ...." I crossed into Germany aboard the Inter-City Express, the high-speed train that manages... ...d big guns and ammo and stuff and whiskedthem away. They called it a military training exercise, but nobody wasfooled. So by the time of the siege, th... ...ort of place that gives overcrowded touristtraps a bad name. Massive cruise ships drop off huge numbers of overweightsightseers in groups of about f... ... of young people studying to be primaryschool teachers were on some sort of a training field trip. The processinvolved half of them dressing up and pr...

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...The English Red Rose is the Emblem of my beloved Country and serves as a reminder, to me, of all the brave and... ...ok is my gift to you and all my lovely readers, whom want to get a glimpse of what life was like living in the east end of London during the ... ...rld War Two.I was 27 when this photograph was taken; I am now 94 andam one of the lucky ones, who survived living in the midst of the inferno – the b... ...Docks, every Saturday. There were a lot of Chinese coolies working on the ships. They would do alot of the menial work; often working as cleaners. Th... ...hat: “The bombs were not the only things that made the menworking on these ships dash for cover.”25 We would pass some very dark and creepy houses. ... ...safely at part of the dock weknew where Dad was working on one of the many ships. Hundreds of menwere deeply involved in their jobs, only often given ... ...protect the home. No gunsanywhere, so had to use broom handles for guns in training. Black eyes andbruises were for all to see so the phoney war turne... ...called Candy amongst hundreds of men. No entertainment inthese camps; just training and hard work for the big day was yet to come. We had just arrive... ...ut Hitler thumbed his nose at him. They theGerman’s had been arming up and training men for years. We in Britain, asmentioned before, were all doing ...

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... . . . . . . ix 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 2 EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES . . . . . . . . . .13 Notes . . . . ...

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...a Job to Do, Do It” e Airpower Leadership of Lt Gen Will... ...:27:02 AM AIR UNIVERSITY AIR FORCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE“When You Get a Job to Do, Do It” The Airpower Leadership of Lt... ...rchild Research Information Center Cataloging DataHanson, David S., 1969– “When you get a job to do, do it” : the airpower leadership of Lt Gen Will... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ... ...l David S. Hanson Lt Col David S. Hanson graduated from Auburn University witha bachelor’s degree in history. He was a Reserve Officer TrainingCorps ... .... He was a Reserve Officer TrainingCorps distinguished graduate and received a regular commissionin 1991. Following undergraduate pilot training at Re... ...-to-face interpersonal relations. Operational leaders center on people/team competencies that facilitate team relation- ships. Leaders... ... and safety as he described the mind-set desired in his pilots: “Our pilots were not supposed to risk their lives or their ships, ... ...1545.html. ———. “Hump’s Worst Weather Bats Planes About: Winds up to 125 M.P.H. Harass Fliers as Equipment Goes Out, Ships Tip.” ...

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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 specific countries, comparisons ...

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...1 Bombing the European Axis Powers A Historical Digest of the Combined Bomber Offensive 1939–1945 ... ...European Axis Powers A Historical Digest of the Combined Bomber Offensive 1939–194... ...Richard G. Bombing the European Axis powers : a historical digest of the combined bomber offensive, 1939-1945 / Richard G. Davis. ... ... essential spare parts. Moreover, the service had failed to obtain training, bombing practice, and experiment areas. For example, the R... ...duty crews revealed a systemic, servicewide bias against navigation training, little night experience, and, in dead reckoning daylight c... ...ducing conscription until June 1939 post- poned the procurement and training of necessary air and ground personnel. In the last year of ... ...lantic into the South Atlantic. The British navy needed more escort ships. In Libya and Egypt the British army suffered setback after se... ...indly into the smoke. Bomber Command had attacked two of the ships for more than a year, and, through the law of averages, if not... ... at one time or another inflicted damag- ing hits on all the German ships. Of the first 1,655 tons di- rected at the capital ships by th...

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...The most significant implication of this study, however, is the predicted variance in changing kill ratio as the force ratio changes. The wide middle area of stability, identified as numerical attrition, is consistent with the traditional notion that kill ra...

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...1 REVIEW OF LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 2 METHODOLOGY: RED FLAG . . . . . . . . . . .13 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3 RESULT...

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... Air Force Research InstituteJohn A. Shaud, Gen, PhD, USAF, Retired, DirectorSchool of Advanced Air and Space Studies Gerald S. Gorman, Col, PhD... ...2. 1. Air power—United States. 2. Air warfare—Mathematical models. 3. Fighter pilots—Training of—United States—Statistics. 4. Eagle (Jet fighter pl... ...ir power—United States. 2. Air warfare—Mathematical models. 3. Fighter pilots—Training of—United States—Statistics. 4. Eagle (Jet fighter plane). I. ... ...Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthor and do not necessarily represent the views of Air... .... . . . . . . . 207 IllustrationsFigure 1 Nevada test and training range (NTTR) size comparison . . . . . . . . . .... ...ole, depended on the tremendous output from Allied armamentsfactories that swamped Nazi Germany and imperial Japan. Yetstudies of air warfare have alw... ...ition,is consistent with the traditional notion that kill ratio is largelya function of training and technology. It is also consistent withmost of the... ...rovides the starting pointand therefore requires a detailed explanation of the relation-ships and analysis. This process attempts to extract useful in... ...n aid in the sweep mission if necessary. Red Flag tac­tics often use an additional four ships of fighters for just thispurpose. Unfortunately, due to ...

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...A comparison of the Misty and A-10 FAC missions clearly demonstrates a failure of the USAF to develop a full range of suitable tactics for the direct attack of enemy fielded forces. Although the quantum leaps in weapons delivery accuracy...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 HISTORY OF AIR INTERDICTION FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH VIETNAM . . . . . . . 7 3 MISTY-FAC TACTICS: HYPOTHETICAL MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 HISTORY OF ATTACKING FIELDED FORCES: POST-VIETNAM TO KOSOV...

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...Airpower versus a Fielded ForceMisty FACs of Vietnam and A-10 FACs of Kosovo—A Comparative Analysis PHIL M. ... ...sis PHIL M. “GOLDIE” HAUN, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY O... ...dies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR... ... dictated the need fordirect attack on armies. Airmen with little previous training or doctrine haveimprovised tactics to use the equipment at hand to... ...10 FACs, the recommendations presentedhere focus on equipment, tactics and training, and doctrine. However, Airmenshould understand that there is no s... ...niversity and received his commissionthrough the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1986. Upon completionof undergraduate pilot training in 1... ...ef of standards and evaluation with the 52d Fighter Wing atSpangdahlem AB, Germany. Following graduation in 1997 from the US Air ForceWeapons School, ... ... France and Belgium. However significant air operations in thevictory over Germany, air interdiction was not the postwar talisman thatUS airmen desire... ...lified FAC accompanied by hiswingman, Cub 32. A total of four A-10 FAC two-ships are required, two inthe east and two in the west, to cover Kosovo for...

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...This study examines the development of military night aviation from its origins through the First World War. Emphasis is on the evolution of night flying in those countries which fought on the Western Front, namely France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United...

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... ".` , , .wi~ . . : . , . , . . .Library of Congress Catalogiing-in-Publication DataFischer, William Edward . The d... ...ss Catalogiing-in-Publication DataFischer, William Edward . The development of military night aviation to 1919 / William Edward Fischer, Jr. p. cm ... ...nclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthor and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University,... ...MBARDMENT . . . . . . . . 41 Germany's Opening Offensive . . . . . . .... ...NG . . . . 115 French Bombardment Training . . . . . . . . . 116 B... ...ing . . . . . . . . . 116 British Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 German Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...rsky'sgiant four-engine Ilya Murometes airplanes into the Squadronof Flying Ships.3 With the exception of Sikorsky's large aircraft, earlybom... ...ung(Rea) was established at Doberitz with three SSW R-planetraining ships . The R-Schulabteilung at Vilna closed aroundJanuary 1918, b...

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...This paper examines the long development of precision guided bombs to show that the accuracy attained in Desert Storm was an evolution not a revolution in aerial warfare. This evolution continues and gives offensive airpower the advantage over the defense. Guided bo...

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...Most countries and peoples of Europe and Asia are grouped in the spheres of direct geopolitical influence of Russia, Germany, Serbia, Iraq and China. Repetition of relationship (defined by ethnic and religious proximity) between countries from these sp...

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...It is natural to consider the following countries as belonging or having once belonged to the zone of direct geopolitical influence of Germany: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark. The reasons (e...

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... words Chapter 2. Resemblances between different geographical regions Chapter 3. Resemblance between historical events Chapter 4. The five spheres of direct geopolitical influence in the Old World Chapter 5. The rules of the American history Chapter 6. The rules of the Russian history...

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... a force structure that includes strike and transport aircraft specialized for the region, an Air Force organization tailored to the peculiar demands of the continent, and specialized cultural training for Airmen. Spaven concludes that “only by accepting the risk of stepping beyond tactical and operational thinking can the Air Force do great things for the poorest of conti...

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...1 THE GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 2 AIRPOWER IN AFRICA: LESSONS FROM THE PAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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... Air Force Research InstituteJohn A. Shaud, Gen, PhD, USAF, Retired, DirectorSchool of Advanced Air and Space Studies Gerald S. Gorman, Col, PhD... ...Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthor and do not necessarily represent the views of Air... ...arily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force,the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. Cleared for pub... ...ganization tailored to the peculiar demands of the con-tinent, and specialized cultural training for Airmen. Spavenconcludes that “only by accepting t... ...ived a bachelor’s de-gree in electrical engineering. Graduating from UndergraduatePilot Training in 1996, he went on to fly F-15Cs in Okinawa,Idaho, a... ...in this study’sconcluding chapter, may once again hitch a ride to the fightonboard Navy ships. Another British lesson dealt with the importance of ai... ... three-tiered strategy. Tier one focused on whatAmericans now call security cooperation—training and equippingfriendly partner-nation military capabil... ...ns,transferring more than 82 million pounds of fuel. The initialcargo went by air until ships could arrive. Once they did, sealiftquickly surpassed ai... ...8 as part of his invasion of Egypt. The equip-ment was lost, however, aboard two French ships sunk by British admiralHoratio Nelson at the Battle of t...

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...Minelaying by the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) had to overcome the absence of doctrine, serious questions of service autonomy, and preconceptions about naval and air force traditional roles. Though this initially unappreciated weapon gained considerable acceptance during the years of World War II, m...

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...INE 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 Laid Mines Air Operations Minelaying by Naval Aviation ...

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... Disclaimer The views in this paper are entirely those of the author expressed under Air University prin... ...uthor expressed under Air University principlesof academic freedom and do not reflect official views of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies, AirUn... ...ews of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies, AirUniversity, the U.S. Air Force, or the Department of Defense. In accordance with Air Force Regulati... ...anese warships and commerce. Sea mines--explosive underwater devices that damaged, sank, or deterred ships--were weapons that had difficultygaining th... ...home islands by AAF B-29s, made a dramatic contribution to the blockade of Japan and mines sunk more ships than alliedsubmarines in the war/s final mo... ...f the 462nd Bomb Group thundered down the Moesi River only 500feet above the water, strafed Japanese ships and unleashed a cargo of mines. The "Hellbi... ... the armed services developed some mines, but the bulk of themining effort focused on mine defenses, training, and research. Highly important to futur... ...ocused on mine defenses, training, and research. Highly important to future miningoperations was the training of personnel--from technicians to aircre... ...f the wing and group staffs and command headquarters had already been through themining course. This training saved many hours of indoctrination in th...