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First published in Great Britain in 2013 by
Pen & Sword Aviation
an imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AS

ISBN: 978 1 78159 192 5
PDF ISBN: 978 1 47382 934 3
EPUB ISBN: 978 1 47382 848 3
PRC ISBN: 978 1 47382 891 9

The right of Dr Dave Sloggett to be identified as the Author
of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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British Library.

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Contents

Foreword

A rguably, in the first century of air power, the single most significant act was the bombing of London by the Gotha bombers of the Kaisers fledging air force in 1917. This raid, coming on the back of the increasing use and determinant of air power over the battlefields of Northern Europe during the First World War, identified the key and enduring characteristics of air power: range, speed, agility and adaptability. If contemporary proof was required, it was these same aspects of the capability of air power that enabled the Royal Air Force and its sister air forces, from Europe, the United States and the Middle East, to rapidly launch the highly-effective operation into Libya in the spring of 2011. This multi-faceted action saw a major extraction of entitled personnel from under the nose of a potentially very hostile and militarily capable nation. The subsequent kinetic missions precisely and discriminately nullified the regimes military capability with the absolute minimum of deaths, injuries and damage to the regimes fighters, the civilian population and that countrys infrastructure.

Air power has grown rapidly from an observer capability operating over the trenches of Northern France to a wide range of capabilities that give politicians enormous scope of action undreamt of at the start of the twentieth century. The projection, sustainment and application of military force would be almost unthinkable today without the fundamentals of control of the air, over the operational theatre, the ability to project and sustain deployed forces and the critical roles of providing intelligence, knowledge of what is happening in and around the operational area, and increasingly, through the Combat ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) concept, ability to rapidly, precisely and effectively use that knowledge to bound and coerce the adversary and very much limit their options.

In this book, A Century of Air Power, Dr Sloggett provides a first-class analysis of the many varied, challenging and innovative uses to which air-minded commanders have put this third dimensional capability in the last 100 years. He ably and lucidly describes why and in what ways air power, commanded and controlled by experienced professionals, has fundamentally changed the nature of warfare and combat operations more broadly on the land, at sea and in the air. As we enter the second century of air power, that range of capability continues to increase. The use of space as the medium from which to observe; the adaptation of Remotely Piloted Air Systems and their potential for unparalleled persistence and reliability; and the precision, penetration and provability of air-delivered weapons continue to give political leaders and military commanders more options by which to achieve their aims. But, equally, the ability to project resources over long distances, rapidly and reliably, has given us the capability to react more effectively to natural disasters, be they caused by earthquakes, floods or any other means.

In this book Dr Sloggett has, yet again, demonstrated his mastery of analysis, synthesis and the ability to describe insightfully and effectively the use of air power. He does so clearly, dispassionately, but in a most readable style. He is to be congratulated on bringing the reader a comprehensive, thoughtful and incisive account of the first century of air power and I commend it to you.

The last 100 years have yielded many challenges in the air, innovations and lessons mostly hard-won and many brave and talented people have given their lives to the development of modern air power. Capturing all of this in such an effective work is no mean achievement. True to his character and his background, Sloggett presents the facts, the issues and some deductions but leaves the reader to draw the necessary conclusions. The challenge for those that follow, as the author knows well, is to translate these conclusions on the use of air power in its first century into its usage, capabilities and application for the next century!

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton

GCB ADC LLD(Hon) BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF

Preface

T he Royal Air Force emerged from the end of the First World War as one of the pre-eminent organizations applying the new-found science of air power. During the Second World War that reputation became significantly enhanced as the Royal Air Force held off the might of the Luftwaffe during the dark days of the summer of 1940. Over Germany years later it was to provide the main instrument of the application of military power as the allied nations fought back against the Axis powers.

This was the point at which the baton for leading the western world left London and moved to Washington. The United States Air Force now comprises the greatest air force in the world. Russia and China are striving to catch up. China particularly is making huge strides with the rapid development of its fifth-generation fighter jets. As an economic powerhouse China is increasingly investing in its military forces. Within a decade it will have a formidable capability.

The Royal Air Force and the French Air Forces still retain a significant capability as they showed over Libya in 2011. Of the other countries in the world that recognize the application of air power, Israel is probably the leading advocate of its capabilities. Its experiences, forged in war, show the classic characteristics of air power when used in conjunction with forces manoeuvring on the ground. Through sheer experience in the kind of military operations it has had to conduct, the Israeli Air Force remains among the most pre-eminent in the world from a tactical perspective.

However, as defence budgets across the world come under pressure, the flexibility and agility of air power may help it to win increased spending at the cost of investment in land-based forces. The era of the air-land battle in Western Europe and in the Middle East may now shift to the development of the air-sea battle doctrine in light of the American pivot towards the Pacific Rim. This shift perceptibly changes the geo-strategic context in which air power will be applied. Maritime air power will inevitably feature more strongly in the Pacific. Those familiar with the nature of the warfare conducted in the area of the Second World War will no doubt draw some interesting parallels.

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