Turning the Vertical Flank: Airpower as a Maneuver Force in the Theater Campaign

Abstract

While maneuver is the key to victory, it is maneuver of the units of firepower and not of masses of cannon fodder We must learn to depend for success, not on the physical weight of the infantry attack, but on skillful offensive used in combination of all available weapons, based on the principle of maneuver

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA403006

Entities

People

  • Robert P. Givens

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil War
  • Combat Forces
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science