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INDEX<br />

priorities <strong>of</strong>: 227<br />

weekly casualty reports <strong>of</strong>: 151-152<br />

AIRNORSOLS (<strong>Air</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Solomons), created 355<br />

<strong>Air</strong> Prov<strong>in</strong>g Ground Command, copes<br />

with problems <strong>of</strong> automatic radar<br />

gunsights: 490. See also <strong>Air</strong><br />

Materiel Command.<br />

<strong>Air</strong> Research and Development<br />

Command 476<br />

improves F-86 performance: 489<br />

<strong>Air</strong> Staff (RAF)<br />

assessment <strong>of</strong> strength, 1937-1938:<br />

143. 144<br />

refuses to use Blenheims: 162<br />

<strong>Air</strong> Staff (U.S.), plans retaliation aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />

Japan: 389-390<br />

<strong>Air</strong> superiority. See also FM 100-20;<br />

Operation LINEBACKER, Operation<br />

ROLLING THUNDER.<br />

achievements <strong>of</strong> aga<strong>in</strong>st Japan: 383,<br />

404-407, 414-416, 426-429,<br />

438-442<br />

conclud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>sights on: 609-625<br />

conclusions, Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia: 553-556<br />

confrontation <strong>of</strong> two systems <strong>in</strong>: 537<br />

def<strong>in</strong>ed: vi-ix, 453<br />

doctr<strong>in</strong>e <strong>of</strong>: 47, 49, 52, 225-227, 263,<br />

325, 454<br />

over Eastern New Gu<strong>in</strong>ea: 339<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> wea<strong>the</strong>r on: 455-457<br />

<strong>in</strong> England: 278-279<br />

<strong>in</strong> France, 1940: 23-26<br />

at Guadalcanal: 335<br />

at Hollandia: 357. 366<br />

Israeli doctr<strong>in</strong>e <strong>of</strong>: 570, 601, 614<br />

Japanese: 41-44, 328, 389, 407<br />

and kamikaze pilots: 359<br />

over Korea: 459, 461, 464, 467.<br />

474-475, 495-498, 509-510<br />

at Kursk 201-202<br />

limitations <strong>in</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia: 508,551<br />

<strong>in</strong> Low Countries: 278, 613<br />

tufrwaffe: 31-36, 65-66, 71, 75, 81,<br />

83, 85. 87, 89, 90, 91. 101, 103,<br />

140, 179, 188-192<br />

Luftwaffe. over Polish <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>: 77,<br />

612<br />

<strong>in</strong> Mediterranean: 246<br />

at Midway: 331<br />

at M<strong>in</strong>danao: 360<br />

naval: 330-331<br />

over New Brita<strong>in</strong>: 348, 366<br />

<strong>in</strong> North Africa: 223-224, 225-227.<br />

231, 232, 233, 239. 240, 243,<br />

244-245, 248-250. 251, 256-261<br />

aga<strong>in</strong>st North Vietnamese <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>:<br />

505-506, 536-537. 539, 544-547,<br />

552<br />

orig<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong>: 1-2, 48<br />

<strong>in</strong> OVERLORD 271-273, 294-296,<br />

302, 304, 307, 313-314<br />

at Papua: 338, 339<br />

at Philipp<strong>in</strong>es: 366<br />

<strong>in</strong> POINTBLANK 283, 294, 296, 300<br />

post-World War I; 9-18. 29<br />

pr<strong>in</strong>ciples <strong>of</strong> 611-621<br />

with radio direction Tid<strong>in</strong>g: 142, 161,<br />

278-279<br />

RAF 142, 161, 278-279<br />

role <strong>of</strong>: v-vi, 51-53, 168-171<br />

role <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>telligence <strong>in</strong>: 309-313, 340<br />

<strong>in</strong> Russia, 1920s: 26-30<br />

<strong>in</strong> Russo-Japanese conflict, 1939: 28<br />

<strong>in</strong> Six-Day War: 580-582<br />

<strong>in</strong> Solomons: 342<br />

Soviet: 187, 190, 206-207. 210-213<br />

<strong>in</strong> Soviet-Japanese War: 209<br />

<strong>in</strong> SWPA 323-325, 328, 341-342,<br />

366-371<br />

through <strong>in</strong>teraction <strong>in</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia:<br />

510-513, 523, 525-526, 551<br />

at Wewak: 351<br />

<strong>in</strong> World War I: 2-9, 65-66,<br />

<strong>in</strong> Yom Kippur War: 595, 598<br />

<strong>Air</strong>-to-air combat. See <strong>Air</strong> superiority;<br />

Dogfights; Interdiction.<br />

<strong>Air</strong>-to-air missiles<br />

Antiradiation missiles (ARM): 545<br />

Falcon: 528, 553, 554<br />

heat-seek<strong>in</strong>g: 550<br />

impact on air superiority: 624<br />

<strong>in</strong>effectiveness <strong>of</strong> U.S.: 553<br />

Sidew<strong>in</strong>der: 526, 528, 539, 553, 554,<br />

600<br />

Sparrow: 526, 528, 553. 554. 595<br />

success rate <strong>of</strong>: 554<br />

<strong>Air</strong>-to-ground missiles (AGM)<br />

Bullpup: 597<br />

Kelt: 589<br />

Maverick 597, 599<br />

Rockeye: 597<br />

Shrike: 533, 545, 591, 597, 599<br />

Walleye: 597<br />

<strong>Air</strong> Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Army (Japanese), formed:<br />

408<br />

637

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