The Air Force Role In Low Intensity Conflict

Author : David Dean
Publisher : University Press of the Pacific
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0898758920

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This book grew from an opportunity to study a third world air force fighting an externally supported insurgency. The players were the Royal Moroccan Air Force and the Polisario, the latter trying to wrest control of the Western Sahara from the Kingdom of Morocco. The United States has also been a player in the Morocco-Polisario war as the source of much of Moroccos war material, especially the weapons used by the Royal Moroccan Air Force. Help from the United States was especially important when the Polisario deployed Soviet-built SA-6 surface-to-air missiles to counter the growing effectiveness of the Royal Moroccan Air Force. For many reasons, the United States and the US Air Force were not able to assist the Moroccans effectively. The Moroccan-Polisario-US scenario that provides the basis for this study was a tiny aspect of US foreign and military policy in the early 1980s. But it shows a political-military problem that deserves a good deal of thought now. That problem simply stated is: How is the United States going to exert political-military influence in the third world during the next twenty years? Clearly, overall US influence in the third world will be a combination of political, military, economic, and social activity. But the military, in many cases, will be the most visible form of assistance, and one upon which the recipient nation will depend for immediate results. Are the military components as instruments of national policy able to act effectively in the third world? If not, what needs to be done? Colonel Deans study makes a significant contribution to the growing body of literature on low-intensity conflict.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428928275

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Author : Lieutenant Colonel Usaf David J Dean,USAF, David J., David Dean, Lieutenant , USAF
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1478379391

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The Air Force Role in Low-Intensity Conflict by Lieutenant Colonel Usaf David J Dean,USAF, David J., David Dean, Lieutenant , USAF Pdf

This book grew from an opportunity to study a third world air force fighting an externally supported insurgency. The players were the Royal Moroccan Air Force and the Polisario, the latter trying to wrest control of the Western Sahara from the Kingdom of Morocco. The United States has also been a player in the Morocco-Polisario war as the source of much of Morocco's war material, especially the weapons used by the Royal Moroccan Air Force. Help from the United States was especially important when the Polisario deployed Soviet-built SA-6 surface-to-air missiles to counter the growing effectiveness of the Royal Moroccan Air Force. For many reasons, the United States and the US Air Force were not able to assist the Moroccans effectively. The Morocco-Polisario-US scenario that provides the basis for this study was a tiny aspect of the US foreign and military policy in the early 1980s. But it shows a political-military problem that deserves a good deal of thought now. That problem simply stated is: How is the United States going to exert political-military influence in the third world during the next twenty years? Clearly, overall US influence in the third world will be a combination of political, military, economic, and social activity. But the military, in many cases, will be the most visible form of assistance, and one upon which the recipient nation will depend for immediate results. Are the military components as instruments of national policy able to act effectively in the third world? If not, what needs to be done? The US Air Force (and the other services) needs to consider the question of effective assistance to third world countries as part of a basic shift in strategic thinking. Our primary strategic planning effort has been to insert large numbers of US ground and air forces into an area such as the Persian Gulf to accomplish our policy objectives. That planning effort must continue, but with the understanding that inserting a major US force in any third world region is extremely unlikely, both for domestic political reasons and because potential host nations are reluctant to support large US forces. Our primary strategic focus for planning needs to shift to providing effective leverage for third world friends and allies. That leverage can be in the form of arms sales, training, doctrine, or even small specialized forces. But providing leverage depends on effective planning that builds the data base which allows us to pinpoint the host country's needs and capabilities. Developing that kind of expertise in the USAF, and in the other services, will be a difficult and frustrating long-term proposition. The Air Force must recognize the need for a change and must act upon it. Planning to exert effective political-military influence in the third world may not be a glamorous task, but it will be the name of the game for the next twenty years and beyond. This book offers some ideas in that regard.

Author : James S. Corum,Wray R. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056942314

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Airpower in Small Wars by James S. Corum,Wray R. Johnson Pdf

The use of airpower in wartime calls to mind the massive bombings of World War II, but airplanes have long been instrumental in small wars as well. Ever since its use by the French to put down rebellious Moroccan tribes in 1913, airpower has been employed to fight in limited but often lengthy small conflicts around the globe. This is the first comprehensive history of airpower in small wars-conflicts pitting states against non-state groups such as insurgents, bandits, factions, and terrorists-tracing it from the early years of the twentieth century to the present day. It examines dozens of conflicts with strikingly different scenarios: the Greek Civil War, the Philippine Anti-Huk campaign, French and British colonial wars, the war in South Vietnam before the American escalation, counterinsurgency in southern Africa, Latin American counterguerrilla operations, and counterinsurgency and counterterrorist campaigns in the Middle East over the last four decades. For each war, the authors describe the strategies employed on both sides of the conflict, the air forces engaged, and the specific airpower tactics employed. They discuss the ground campaigns and provide the political background necessary to understand the air campaigns, and in each case they judge the utility of airpower in its broadest sense. In their historic sweep, they show how forms of airpower evolved from planes to police helicopters, aircraft of the civilian air reserve, and today's unmanned aircraft. They also disclose how small wars after World War II required new strategies, operational solutions, and tactics. By taking this broad view of small-war airpower, the authors are able to make assessments about the most effective and least effective means of employing airpower. They offer specific conclusions ranging from the importance of comprehensive strategy to the need for the United States and its allies to expand small-wars training programs. Airpower in Small Wars will be invaluable for educating military professionals and policy makers in the subject as well as for providing a useful framework for developing more effective doctrine for employing airpower in the conflicts we are most likely to see in the twenty-first century.

Author : Barry Leonard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 0788178946

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Military Operations in Low Intensity Conflict by Barry Leonard Pdf

This manual establishes Army and Air Force guidance for planning, coordinating, and executing operations in low intensity conflict (LIC). It provides direction to Army and Air Force commanders and staffs charged with duties related to these operations. This manual applies to all Army and Air Force units participating in joint and combined operations in LIC. Foreign governments receiving security assistance from the U.S. may also use it with appropriate modification. The proponents of this publication are the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and the U.S. Air Force Plans Directorate.

Author : U S Dept of the Army,Dept of the Army and the Air Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 141020040X

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Military Operations in Low Intensity Conflict by U S Dept of the Army,Dept of the Army and the Air Force Pdf

Military Operations in Low Intensity Conflict was jointly prepared by the United States Army and the United States Air Force to develop comprehensive military doctrine and guidance to support the U. S. government?s activities in an environment of low intensity conflict (LIC). This publication provides the basic foundation for Army and Air Force personnel to understand the complexities of operating in the LIC environment. It discusses the four major types of operations typically found in LIC - support for insurgencies and counterinsurgencies, combating terrorism, peacekeeping operations, and peacetime contingency operations - and it explains the subtle yet critical differences between LIC and other conventional operations.Low intensity conflicts have been a predominant form of engagement for the military over the past 45 years. In all likelihood, this will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. All military personnel must understand the characteristics of low intensity conflict if we are to conduct military operations successfully in this environment.

Author : Stephen Blank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112105110743

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Low-intensity Conflict in the Third World by Stephen Blank Pdf

A common thread ties together the five case studies of this book: the persistence with which the bilateral relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union continues to dominate American foreign and regional policies. These essays analyze the LIC environment in Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Loren B. Thompson
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015016919022

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Low-intensity Conflict by Loren B. Thompson Pdf

Begrænset krig. 9 essays.

Author : Lewis Ware
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1478356049

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Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World by Lewis Ware Pdf

The study of low-intensity conflict (LIC) has been beset by problems of definition. This manuscript represents five studies by members of the Political-Military Affairs Division of the Air Force. Each study views the persistence with the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. These studies analyze LIC environments in Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa. For each region, history, politics, economics, and ideological currents are emphasized so as to illustrate best the wide variety of LIC phenomena that affect the societies under scrutiny. A final study puts into the perspective of a long-term strategy the implications each contribution draws for U.S. policies. Air University Press. United States Air Force.

Author : Robert L. Pfaltzgraff,Richard H. Shultz
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Air power
ISBN : 9781428992818

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The Future of Air Power in the Aftermath of the Gulf War by Robert L. Pfaltzgraff,Richard H. Shultz Pdf

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.

Author : Alan Stephens,RAAF Air Power Studies Centre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Air power
ISBN : 0642193150

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The Transformation of "low Intensity" Conflict by Alan Stephens,RAAF Air Power Studies Centre Pdf

In summary, if the original definition of Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) as a phenomenon associated with instability in the Third World could be applied comfortably to insurgencies and guerilla uprisings during the post-Colonial /Cold War era, its common application is now much broader. It is suggested the LIC will exclude advanced technology collective weapons has become highly questionable. Those developments have profound implications for the development of defence strategies, concepts of operations and force structures.

Author : Alex Buchan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Logistics
ISBN : OCLC:18055455

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Logistic Support for Low Intensity Conflict by Alex Buchan Pdf

Author : General Giulio Douhet
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782898528

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Command Of The Air by General Giulio Douhet Pdf

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.

Author : James J. Gallagher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0811725529

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Low-intensity Conflict by James J. Gallagher Pdf

Drawn from current Army doctrine, this concise and readable manual offers combat leaders and staff officers tactical-level guidance for commanding, planning, coordinating, and controlling operations in a low-intensity environment.

Author : Stephen Blank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : OCLC:230978999

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Low-intensity Conflict in the Third World by Stephen Blank Pdf