{"id":3603,"date":"2021-07-04T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T00:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:49:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:19:13","slug":"celebrating-150th-post-with-back-to-the-basics-of-airpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/07\/04\/celebrating-150th-post-with-back-to-the-basics-of-airpower\/","title":{"rendered":"150: Basics of Airpower Application"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is always good to remember the basics<\/strong> at all the times.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the ongoing debate about proposed organisational changes, it will be worthwhile revisiting the basics related to application of airpower.<\/span><\/p>\n

Effective airpower application requires a unique perspective. This perspective has been formed through a century of air operations experience<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following quotes, principles, guidelines and tenets are part of\u00a0 doctrinal publications of the air Forces world over.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Air warfare cannot be separated into little packets<\/strong>; it knows no boundaries on land and sea other than those imposed by the radius of action of the aircraft; it is a unity and demands unity of command.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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-Air Marshal Arthur Tedder<\/span><\/p>\n

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The other Services have air arms\u2014magnificent air arms\u2014but their air arms must fit within their Services, each with a fundamentally different focus. So those air arms, when in competition with the primary focus of their Services, will often end up on the short end, where the priorities for resources may lead to shortfalls or decisions that are suboptimum. It is therefore important to understand that the core competencies of [airpower] are optional for the other Services<\/strong>. They can elect to play or not play in that arena. But if the nation is to remain capable and competent in air and space [sic], someone must pay attention across the whole spectrum; that is why there is an Air Force.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

-General Ronald R. Fogleman, <\/span><\/p>\n

15th Chief of Staff, USAF<\/span><\/p>\n

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Air power has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and in the eventuality of war as the devastating force to destroy an enemy’s potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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-General Omar Bradley<\/span><\/p>\n

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Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal<\/strong> in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust defenses or recuperate.<\/span><\/p>\n

– Henry H. Arnold,\u00a0\u00a0General of the Air Force<\/span><\/p>\n

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Basics of Airpower Application<\/span><\/p>\n

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