Airpower against an army : challenge and response in CENTAF's duel with the Republican Guard / William F. Andrews.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Andrews, William F., author.

Contributor:

Air University (U.S.). College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education, issuing body.

Air University (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Series:

CADRE paper

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Air Force--History--Persian Gulf War, 1991.

United States.

United States. Air Force.

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Aerial operations, American.

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Campaigns--Kuwait.

Military operations, Aerial--American.

Military campaigns.

Kuwait.

Genre:

Online resources.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 132 pages).

Other Title:

Challenge and response in CENTAF's duel with the Republican Guard

Place of Publication:

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, 1998.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Colonel Andrews concentrates on tactical innovation during war. He examines the extent to which USAF doctrine prepared the US Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) for its mission against the Republican Guard Forces Command (RGFC). He describes how CENTAF adjusted air operations against Iraq's RGFC in the 1990-91 invasion of Kuwait. CENTAF instituted six significant tactical innovations in one week that required its aviators to create new tactics in the midst of combat operations. Colonel Andrews evaluates those innovations because they enabled CENTAF to satisfy theater objectives. He recommends that the Air Force identify means to measure air operations against land forces during peacetime because the press of war does not provide time for reflection and analysis.

Notes:

"February 1998."

"This paper was originally submitted as a thesis by Maj (now lieutenant colonel) William F. Andrews to the faculty of Air University's School of Advanced Airpower Studies for completion of graduation requirements, academic year 1995-96"--Page vii.

At head of title: College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education, Air University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-132).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (AUP, viewed February 14, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version: Andrews, William F. Airpower against an army

OCLC:

645885005

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