Air Warfare

Aerial warfare is the battlespace use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare. Aerial warfare includes bombers attacking enemy installations or a concentration of enemy troops or strategic targets; fighter aircraft battling for control of airspace; attack aircraft engaging in close air support against ground targets; naval aviation flying against sea and nearby land targets; gliders, helicopters and other aircraft to carry airborne forces such as paratroopers; aerial refueling tankers to extend operation time or range; and military transport aircraft to move cargo and personnel. Historically, military aircraft have included lighter-than-air balloons carrying artillery observers; lighter-than-air airships for …

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The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

6 f U l l y e f f e c t i v e a European air-warfare environment is doubtful. 4 . The air element ditiens to be fully effective in a European air-warfare environment is doubtful. 4 . The air element


The National Archives · 1 June 1974 English

A report written in 1974 describing the formation, functions, and activities of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC) from its formation in 1936 to the outbreak of the Second World War. …

intervals. It sprouted only two sub-committees, on air warfare In Spain, established in 1937, and in China examining all sixxHsrfEWavaiiable information on air warfare in Spain and the Far o a s t ^ 9 ) Again under forces, air attacks on industry, the effect of air warfare on internal communications and active and passive


The National Archives · 1972 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning Hungarian relations with the United States of America. The documents include a copy of a United Nations report featuring a statement delivered by …

our opinion, the need for rules restricting air warfare is particularly I pressing. The Second World


The National Archives · 1968 English

A file containing documents concerning Allied contingency planning for Berlin. The file includes a discussion of plans for an Allied military air probe in Berlin; notes about the costs associated …

pilot and one signaller. At the College of Air Warfare (CAW) the aircraft is operated by one pilot


The National Archives · 1966 English

A file of correspondence and reports concerning relations between the United States of America and Eastern Europe. Subjects covered in the file include American relations with the Soviet Union, with …

is possible escalation in the intensity of air warfare. (All this would of course fit in with the thesis


The National Archives · 1959 German

A file of correspondence, memoranda, and press material concerning East German propaganda. The documents contain a memorandum produced by the Committee for German Unity, a propagandist organisation controlled by the …

one-time head of the ballistic institute of the Air Warfare Academy in Berlin-Gatow, 100 leading West German


The National Archives · 1958 English

A file containing documents concerning Allied and Soviet policy in Berlin. The file includes comments on a statement made by the prime minister of East Germany at a press conference …

one-time head of the ballistic institute of the Air Warfare Academy in Berlin-Gatow, 100 leading West German


The National Archives · 1957 English

A file of correspondence, reports, and press material concerning foreign policy developments in the Soviet Union. The documents contain a copy of an article in the New York Times questioning …

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The National Archives · 1957 English

A file of correspondence concerning Soviet studies in Britain. The documents discuss the workings of the International Committee of Slavists, which contains "some very reputable people in the field of …

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The National Archives · 1956 English

A file on the command of the British forces in West Berlin. The file contains biographical details of the new British Commandant, Francis Rome, and notifications from Berlin of his …

1948 Assistant Commandant, School of Land-Air Warfare. 1950 Deputy Adjutant-General, GHQ Far East


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