Airpower
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Airpower or air power comprises the application of military strategy and strategic theory to the realm of aerial warfare. Airpower is difficult to define[1] and lacks a widely agreed definition as it represents a "complex operating environment that has been subjected to considerable debate".[2]
British doctrine defines airpower as "the ability to project power from the air and space to influence the behaviour of people or the course of events."[1]
Significant contributors are Giulio Douhet, Billy Mitchell, John Boyd and John A. Warden III.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Royal Air Force: Role of Air Power. Accessed on March 13, 2011.
- ^ *Jordan, David: Air and Space Warfare, in: Jordan, David et al.: Understanding Modern Warfare, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009, p.219
[edit] References
- Jordan, David: Air and Space Warfare, in: Jordan, David et al.: Understanding Modern Warfare, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009, pp. 182–223, ISBN 978-0-521-70038-2.
- Gray, Colin Spencer: Understanding Airpower, AFRI: Maxwell, March 2009.
[edit] External links
- Baner, Carl: Defining Aerospace Power, Air and Space Power Journal, March 11, 1999
- Meilinger, Philip S.: Ten Propositions Regarding Airpower, 1992
- Mueller, Karl P.: Air Power, Santa Barbara: RAND Corporation 2010
