The Birth of the École supérieure de guerre aérienne and the Strategic Education of the French Air Force

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Jérôme de Lespinois
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Military Education ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Air Force Academy ◽  
Popular Belief ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Strategic Bombing ◽  
Military Community ◽  
The Creation

This chapter endeavors to analyze the creation of the Regia Aeronautica in 1923, with a special focus on Italian military education and the Air Force academy, the Accademia Aeronautica. The creation of a third military service did not happen in a vacuum, but was heralded by important air power theorists. Among these, Giulio Douhet stands out as the most controversial. His book, The Command of the Air, heralded the study of airpower theory by underscoring the potentially revolutionary effect of heavier-than-air aircraft for military purposes, namely for strategic bombing. Contrary to popular belief Douhet's theories were critically debated during the 1920s and 1930s but were not universally endorsed in the Italian military community. In particular, his overarching view of the air force as an independent service ruffled more than a few feathers even in the newly-created Accademia Aeronautica.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Air Force ◽  
World War ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Strategic Bombing ◽  
The Us

This introduction describes the strategic bombing mission of the US Army Air Forces’ Eighth Air Force against the Fock-Wulfe plant at Bremen, Germany, on April 17, 1943, assessing the use of high-altitude daylight precision bombing,. The introduction then reviews American strategic bombing theory from its origins in World War I to the thinking of three great interwar air power theorists―the Italian Giulio Douhet, the Briton Hugh Trenchard, and the American Billy Mitchell―to the founding of the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), the development of the Norden bombsight and B-17 bomber, and the genesis of HADPB theory at the Air Corps Tactical School.

The U.S. Air Force Academy Library An Academic, Aeronautics History and Air Power Resource Center

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-107
Author(s):  
Donald J. Barrett ◽  
James W. Hopkins ◽  
M. Douglas Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Air Force Academy ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Power Resource ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
The U.S

Visionary Leadership

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Le Roy ◽  
Drew Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Visionary Leadership ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Sense Of Direction ◽  
Strategic Bombing ◽  
Operating Environments ◽  
Leadership Success ◽  
The Status ◽  
Modern Warfare

Visionary leaders craft clear and compelling visions that motivate followers through a shared sense of direction. Unlike institutional leaders, who draw on managerial and administrative skills, visionary leaders must identify long-term objectives and maintain their organizations’ focus and momentum. By steadfastly pursuing deliberate objectives, leaders such as Arnold change the status quo and provide their organizations with control over their operating environments. Along with other pioneering aviators of the early twentieth century such as General Billy Mitchell, Arnold developed an appreciation for the potential role of air power in modern warfare. His vision was to create a massive, technically advanced air force that was organizationally independent of the army and thus operationally capable of strategic bombing campaigns. Research and development were central to Arnold’s conception of building and sustaining America’s air dominance, and he envisioned close and continuous collaboration between air force personnel and civilian scientists in academia and industry. Unlike other air power visionaries, Mitchell included, Arnold demonstrated considerable political skill to oversee the transformation of America’s air power. His leadership success was defined by the clear articulation of a comprehensive vision, an extensive knowledge of aeronautics and logistics, and a fierce resolve to achieve his objectives.

Conclusions

Super Bomb ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 151-166
Author(s):  
Ken Young ◽  
Warner R. Schilling
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Strategic Bombing ◽  
The World ◽  
Massive Retaliation

This concluding chapter returns to the alignment of forces that worked to sideline those scientists who opposed the then-predominant doctrine of strategic bombing. It stresses the confusion and the acrimony of the brief but decisive period in which the Super's potential for U.S. security or global insecurity was contested. With distance, it becomes possible to understand the vigor and passion with which the Super, and the deployment of nuclear weapons for massive retaliation, was resisted, as well as the organizational imperatives of air force leaders to outwit that resistance, the better to protect the deeply embedded air power doctrines that prevailed at that time. The result is that the world was left with the proliferation of nuclear and thermonuclear weaponry. The question remains, however, as to whether that proliferation would bring stability or fragility.

Air University

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Laslie
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Military Education ◽  
College Level ◽  
World War ◽  
Senior Leaders ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Air Power ◽  
Professional Military Education ◽  
The U.S

As commander of the Air University, This was Kuter’s second assignment to Maxwell. Here, General Kuter set about improving officer education. He raised the Air Command and Staff School, formally ACTS, to a college level that instructed mid-grade officers in the application of air power. He also oversaw the Squadron Officer's Course for development of company-grade officers as well. Kuter developed the Air University along the models of actual colleges with a staff and faculty to handle all levels of professional military education in the U.S. Air Force. This proved to be somewhat of a golden age of education as Kuter helped bring back many of the senior leaders of World War II to speak to the student body.

Prevention of Unwanted Sexual Contact Among Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy: A Brief Small-Group Intervention

2021 ◽  
pp. e1-e3
Author(s):  
Kenneth W. Griffin ◽  
Christopher Williams ◽  
Wendy Travis ◽  
Andra Tharp
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Preventive Intervention ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Air Force Academy ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Contact

This study tested the effectiveness of a small-group preventive intervention designed to prevent unwanted sexual contact among cadets at the US Air Force Academy. Among cadets in the incoming class of 2021, unwanted sexual contact was cut by nearly half in the intervention group relative to the control group. This study is one of the first rigorously designed trials to demonstrate a significant impact on unwanted sexual contact among students attending a US military service academy. Trial Registration. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03839797. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print January 21, 2021: e1–e3. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306050 )

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