Aerial Interdiction

Aerial Interdiction

Author: Mark

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1995-07

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 0788119664

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Examines the practice of air interdiction in three wars: World War II, the Korean War, & the war in Southeast Asia. The author proposes a realistic objective for interdiction: preventing men, equipment, & supplies from reaching the combat area when the enemy needs them & in the amount he requires. Bibliography & index. Contains over 100 charts, tables, maps, & photos.


A Study Of The Aerial Interdiction of Railways During The Korean War

A Study Of The Aerial Interdiction of Railways During The Korean War

Author: Major Frank J. Merrill USAF

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1786251949

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This study undertakes to examine the aerial interdiction activities conducted against the enemy railway system by United Nations’ forces during the Korean War, June 1950-July 1953. It has three major goals: (1) to compile a concise history of these interdiction activities; (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of these efforts as it might relate to the conduct of the total war effort; and (3) to make recommendations pertaining to the future conduct of aerial interdiction.


Aerial Interdiction

Aerial Interdiction

Author: Eduard Maximilian Mark

Publisher: Air Force History & Museums Program

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13:

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Published by Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9328 for the Pacific Air Forces Office of History, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


The War Against Trucks

The War Against Trucks

Author: Bernard C. Nalty

Publisher: Department of the Air Force

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 9780160724947

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Tells the story of the efforts of the United States military to stop the flow of trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail ferrying supplies from North Vietnam to its forces in South Vietnam.


The Air Campaign

The Air Campaign

Author: John A. Warden, III

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994-05

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0788108093

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One of the first analyses of the pure art of planning the aerial dimensions of war. Explores the complicated connection between air superiority and victory in war. Focuses on the use of air forces at the operational level in a theater of war. Presents fascinating historical examples, stressing that the mastery of operational-level strategy can be the key to winning future wars. 20 photos. Bibliography.


A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force

A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force

Author: Stephen Lee McFarland

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.


Within Limits

Within Limits

Author: Wayne Thompson

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997-07

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 0788140094

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Despite American success in preventing the conquest of South Korea by communist North Korea, the Korean War of 1950-1953 did not satisfy Americans who expected the kind of total victory they had experienced in WW II. In Korea, the U.S. limited itself to conventional weapons. Even after communist China entered the war, Americans put China off-limits to conventional bombing as well as nuclear bombing. Operating within these limits, the U.S. Air Force helped to repel 2 invasions of South Korea while securing control of the skies so decisively that other U.N. forces could fight without fear of air attack.