Joint Training for Night Air Warfare
Abstract
As the United States enters the decade of the 1990s, we are faced with a world substantially different from that which our fathers faced in the middle decades of the twentieth century. The near paranoia and fear of a global war between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact have been reduced to the point of nonexistence. The 40-year cold war has been "won." Victory in the cold war has not, however, totally eliminated the need for American military involvement outside the NATO/Warsaw Pact area. The reality of conflict requiring the use of military forces has changed only in scale and locale, not in kind. As this book is being written (January 1991), American and allied forces are deeply committed in Operation Desert Storm, a war to liberate Kuwait from Iraq's unprovoked aggression and to bring peace and stability to the region. Operation Desert Storm is the most obvious and visible conflict involving US forces; by no means is it the only part of the world in which armed conflict may occur. The border between North and South Korea is still some of the most heavily fortified terrain in history. Fidel Castro's demonstrated predilection for generating tension throughout Latin America is still a reality, and the continuing war in Cambodia has the potential of overflowing into the territory of America's ally, Thailand.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA421930
Entities
People
- Brian W. Mclean
Organizations
- Air University