Air Warfare

Aerial warfare is the battlespace use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare. Aerial warfare includes bombers attacking enemy installations or a concentration of enemy troops or strategic targets; fighter aircraft battling for control of airspace; attack aircraft engaging in close air support against ground targets; naval aviation flying against sea and nearby land targets; gliders, helicopters and other aircraft to carry airborne forces such as paratroopers; aerial refueling tankers to extend operation time or range; and military transport aircraft to move cargo and personnel. Historically, military aircraft have included lighter-than-air balloons carrying artillery observers; lighter-than-air airships for …

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CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 14 October 2024 English

The country’s northern and eastern borders are dominated by the formidable Himalayas, while the western expanses stretch across the flat Indo-Gangetic plains of Punjab, extending to the Thar Desert in …

as a proud chapter in the annals of India’s air warfare chronicles. Notes: 1 Maxwell, Neville, India's


DPG: Delhi Policy Group · 9 October 2024 English

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. …

focus on anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-air warfare. “The intent of these exercises is not to ruffle


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 7 October 2024 English

Whether it was Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the UK, dismissing the possibility of war with Germany in 1938, or the now-deleted press release from President Zelensky of Ukraine on …

06, 2024. 6 Olsen A John, ed., A History of Air Warfare (Potomac Books, 2010), P. 370. 7 “Address By


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 4 October 2024 English

over 27 countries comprising 50 delegates, However, there is an essential difference spanning all the continents of the world, the between the two that needs to be understood symposium generated …

of it is essential to broaden the concept of 'air warfare due to their speed, range, and versatility. power'


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 8 August 2024 English

They were listed as a limitation to the employment of air power under the term ‘Base Dependency’ in the previous edition of the Basic Doctrine of the Indian Air Force …

Power Employing Guerrilla Warfare Principles in Air Warfare Pichipoo Raja* Technology is a key driver of has shown decisive results in the history of air warfare. It is evident in any war that US air power has Flying (Pilot) Directing Staff at the College of Air Warfare, Telangana, India. ISSN 0976-1004 (print); 2583-7567 created the possibility of full-fledged guerrilla air warfare. They have democratised the employment of air of Defence Studies support from the masses in air warfare. In Ukraine, this second principle is evident


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 8 August 2024 English

The first article titled “Exploring and Evaluating the Need of a Space Warfare Operations Readiness Division (SWORD) for an Emerging Space Superpower like India”, is by Mr John Vivian Prashant …

Power: Employing Guerrilla Warfare Principles in Air Warfare”, in which Wing Commander Pichipoo Raja examines


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 26 July 2024 English

PLA Army on Chinese military strategy and decision-making. The PLAAF also feels disadvantaged in air warfare because it is excluded from key bilateral and multilateral air exercises organised by Western air

decision-making. The PLAAF also feels disadvantaged in air warfare because it is excluded from key bilateral and


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 25 July 2024 English

At that point, the Pakistani army had firmly established itself within the Indian territories.³ The Indian Army had already detected the presence of Pakistani forces on Indian soil on May …

its aerospace might at the in the annals of air warfare. The Indian Air Force highest known altitude


RAND Corporation · 25 June 2024 English

In this report, the authors assess mathematical strategies for quantifying complexity in wartime environments. By specifying ways to accurately measure complexity and by defining strategies for identifying parts of a …


Lowy Institute for International Policy · 24 June 2024 English

Executive summary As China’s massive military build-up drives rising regional security anxieties, Australia is contributing to a more favourable balance of power through AUKUS. This technology-sharing agreement with the United …

of Defence, “Air Warfare Destroyer”, https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/projects/air-warfare-destroyer; Eric


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