Abstract
The anti-surface force air campaign — the second of the air campaigns defined in Chapter 3 — involves the use of air power, in joint action with friendly surface and sub-surface forces to deter, contain or defeat the enemy’s army and/or navy. Its strategic aim is to deprive the enemy of the military power needed to win ground or exploit the seas.
The root of the whole trouble was [Allied] air power.
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, on the failure of the Ardennes offensive, 1945
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O’Rourke, Ronald, ‘Aircraft Carrier Force Levels and Deployment Patterns — Issues and Options’, Congressional Research Service Report 91–516F, dated 28 June 1991.
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Vallance, A.G.B. (1996). Direct Action: The Anti-Surface Force Air Campaign. In: The Air Weapon. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24420-1_5
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