American carrier air power at the dawn of a new century
The terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, heralded the start of a fundamentally new era for American carrier-based air power. The ensuing war in Afghanistan required a deep-strike capability in the remotest part of Southwest Asia where the United States maintained virtua...
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| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND, National Defense Research Institute
2005, 2005
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Carrier air over Afghanistan
- Operation Iraqi freedom
- A new carrier operating concept
- The next-generation carrier
- The changing face of American carrier air power
- Conclusions
- Includes bibliographical references