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Air Mobility - A Brief History of the American Experience (Hardcover, New)
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Air Mobility - A Brief History of the American Experience (Hardcover, New)
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Global air mobility is an American invention. During the twentieth
century, other nations developed capabilities to transport supplies
and personnel by air to support deployed military forces. But only
the United States mustered the resources and will to create a
global transport force and aerial refuelling aircraft capable of
moving air and ground combat forces of all types to anywhere in the
world and supporting them in continuous combat operations. Whether
contemplating a bomber campaign or halting another surprise attack,
American war planners have depended on transport and tanker
aircraft to launch, reinforce, and sustain operations. Air mobility
has also changed the way the United States relates to the world.
American leaders use air mobility to signal friends and enemies of
their intent and ability to intervene, attack, or defend on short
notice and powerfully. Stateside air wings and armoured brigades on
Sunday can be patrolling the air of any continent on Wednesday and
taking up defensive positions on a friend's borders by Friday. This
capability affects the diplomacy and the calculations of America
and its friends and enemies alike. Moreover, such global mobility
has made America the world's philanthropist. From their earliest
days, American airlift forces have performed thousands of
humanitarian missions, dropping hay to snow-bound cattle, taking
stranded pilgrims to Mecca, and delivering food and medicine to
tsunami-stricken towns. Air Mobility examines how air power
elevated the American military's penchant for speed and ability to
maneuver to an art unequalled by any other nation.
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