Strategic Air Command

Close Air Support (CAS) is a complex mission due to the interaction of ground forces and airpower in short distance from the enemy. Historical examples evidenced that cultural differences and service rivalry affected the efficiency of CAS after World War II; while on the other hand, having a joint force with proper training improved its performance. The US Air Force and US Army argued about the property of the assets as the main factor limiting efficiency, conversely the Marine Corps exploited the

others about the significance of air power led other to articulate, “Mitchell had allowed his vision of the potential of aviation to cost him his perspective.” Believing in his results from combat in WWI Mitchell set out to prove the importance of the air domain challenging the establishment on the significance of air power. Mitchell started out with a balanced approach regarding of this “new instrument of warfare” but as time progressed he and his pupils in the Air Service departed from a vision

Joining Air War College (AWC) will remain one of my memorable things to have happened in my life because it marked the transition from being just a leader to being a Strategic Leader. In the military, once enlisted as an officer you assume leadership right from the beginning but through experience and training at different levels, officers continue to develop their leadership skills as well. As we started Joint Strategic Leadership Modules in AWC, we learned that a strategic leader combines the day

In change of command ceremonies held June 23, Colonel Dominic A. Setka succeeded Col. Michael J. Homola as commander of the 552nd Air Control Group. Colonel David M. Gaedecke, 552nd Air Control Wing commander, was the presiding officer for the ceremony. Colonel Setka’s previous assignment was as the Deputy Commander, 608th Air Operations Center, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., where he directed the U.S. Strategic Command’s Joint Air Operations Center responsible for planning, directing and assessing

The strategic goals settled upon were freedom of shipping in the Mediterranean, the opening of a new campaign to help relieve the Russian front, and pressuring Italy to exit the Axis. The operations to support these strategic objectives were endangered by Generals Eisenhower and Alexander’s pre-occupation with operations in North Africa and the British distrust of American combat capability. This led the Allied Strategic military leadership to violate important concepts in mission command by poorly

adaptations I believe best highlight the adaptability of America’s airpower are the strategic bombing changes regarding Japan, the addition of drop tanks on fighters and close air support. The first example of adaptability was the shift of bombing strategy regarding XXI Bomber Command’s B-29s, out of Guam, and how their new tactics achieved more impact to mainland Japan. In January 1945, XXI Bomber Command received a new leader when General

of General H. H. Arnold shortly after the Second World War: “The first essential of air power necessary for peace and security is the preeminence in research . . . . We must count on scientific advances requiring us to replace about one-fifth of existing Air Forces equipment each year and we must be sure that these additions are the most advanced in the whole world.” Furthermore, General N. F. Twining believed Air Force not to be bound to any fixed doctrine or concept, but its doctrine grows out

The United States Air Force has secured our country in the air, as well as space through the skills and talents of the brave Airmen of American. During the Cold War Era, the United States Air Force assumed control of the Strategic Air Command(SAC), which controlled America’s airborne strategic forces which were the B-29 bomber (Martin, 2015). During 1940, 1950 and,1960 the Bomber Mafia generals gave way to the Fighter Mafia of the 1970’s and the 1980’s that had a different mindset that had infiltrated

As a developing civilian pilot and a future naval officer, naval air power is the most significant aspect of the Navy. Since naval air power developed after numerous ship-to-ship altercations, it is believed that the ideas of naval air power developed from the theories of Alfred T. Mahan. According to Professor Rubel, the Dean of Naval Warfare Studies at the Naval Warfare College, Naval aviation has

commanders to integrate military capabilities for the achievement of desired goals. Operation Husky presents an opportunity to assess the joint functions of command and control and the integration of the other joint functions at the operational level. Specifically, this paper evaluates command and control using the three attributes of mission command, and then, integration of some of the joint functions as defined in Joint Publication 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States. Operation Husky