Airpower
Encyclopedia
Airpower or air power comprises the application of military strategy
and strategic theory to the realm of aerial warfare
. Airpower is difficult to define and lacks a widely agreed definition as it represents a "complex operating environment that has been subjected to considerable debate".
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."
Significant contributors are Giulio Douhet
, Billy Mitchell, John Boyd
and John A. Warden III
.
Military strategy
Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. Derived from the Greek strategos, strategy when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", 'the art of arrangement' of troops...
and strategic theory to the realm of aerial warfare
Aerial warfare
Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare, including military airlift of cargo to further the national interests as was demonstrated in the Berlin Airlift...
. Airpower is difficult to define and lacks a widely agreed definition as it represents a "complex operating environment that has been subjected to considerable debate".
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."
Significant contributors are Giulio Douhet
Giulio Douhet
General Giulio Douhet was an Italian general and air power theorist. He was a key proponent of strategic bombing in aerial warfare...
, Billy Mitchell, John Boyd
John Boyd
John Boyd may refer to:*John Boyd , American actor*Sir John Boyd , British ambassador and former master of Churchill College, Cambridge*John Boyd , science fiction author...
and John A. Warden III
John A. Warden III
John Ashley Warden III is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Warden is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. His Air Force career spanned 30 years, from 1965 to 1995, and included tours in Vietnam, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Korea, as well as many assignments within...
.
External links
- Baner, Carl: Defining Aerospace Power, Air and Space Power JournalAir and Space Power JournalThe US Air Force publishes six different language editions of Air & Space Power Journal . They currently publish in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish...
, March 11, 1999 - Meilinger, Philip S.: Ten Propositions Regarding Airpower, 1992
- Mueller, Karl P.: Air Power, Santa Barbara: RAND Corporation 2010