The Impact of Faulty Environmental Doctrine
Abstract
United States Army Air Forces' (USAAF) environmental doctrine, formulated during the interwar years and based on the bomber will always get through philosophy, produced faulty USAAF organizational doctrine and the resulting World War II USAAF operational military strategy. As a direct result, airmen conducting strategic bombing missions in the European and Pacific theaters had to use tactics and technology to overcome this flawed, doctrinally- based, strategy. This operational strategy was the consequence of an untested, unofficial doctrine that took on a life of its own. It became the environmental doctrine for the use of USAAF aircraft.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA280577
Entities
People
- Bruce F. Mcconnell
Organizations
- Air War College