Al Ataque-The Experience and Lessons of the Fifteenth Air Force in World War II

Abstract

The fight against the Axis powers in Europe was the last time that the United Sates faced off directly against nations which could compete technologically, industrially, and tactically to field an air force that could be considered comparable to the that of the United States. The paper uses the Fifteenth Air Force as a case study and investigates six different areas to explore how the realities of each compared to the expectations that planners had based on the doctrine and information that they had available prior to the U.S. entry into the war, and their applicability to future conflicts

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 2021
Accession Number
AD1178071

Entities

People

  • Brian A. Kursawe

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Bomb Trucks
  • Bombing
  • Case Studies
  • Department Of Defense
  • Guidance
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • Strategic Bombing
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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