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INDEX<br />

role <strong>of</strong>: 165-166<br />

Union <strong>of</strong> Soviet Socialist Republics<br />

(USSR): 51, 627. See also <strong>Air</strong><br />

superiority; Red Army; Soviet <strong>Air</strong><br />

<strong>Force</strong><br />

aircraft production <strong>in</strong>: 180-181. 183.<br />

201 -204<br />

aircraft strength, Far East: 477. 491<br />

on eve <strong>of</strong> World War 11: 28<br />

faces possibility <strong>of</strong> nuclear strike:<br />

494-495<br />

foreign policy <strong>of</strong>, 1930s: 181<br />

German attacks on: 124<br />

<strong>in</strong>tervention <strong>in</strong> Korea: 454. 462, 465<br />

moves aircraft <strong>in</strong>dustry westward 190<br />

pilots engage IAF 584-586<br />

pilots <strong>in</strong> Korea: 472<br />

protests UN border violation: 462,464<br />

provides war materiel to North<br />

Vietnam: 515<br />

strength <strong>of</strong>. 1945: 208<br />

supplies parts and aircraft to Korea:<br />

476<br />

supports Arab military potential: 569,<br />

582, 583, 586. 592<br />

United K<strong>in</strong>gdom. See Great Brita<strong>in</strong>.<br />

United Nations. See also <strong>Air</strong><br />

superiority; United States <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>.<br />

advantages <strong>in</strong> Korea: 455. 464<br />

air assets: 461<br />

air units: 454, 486, 491. 497<br />

airfield defense <strong>in</strong> South Korea: 492<br />

dom<strong>in</strong>ates escalation: 494<br />

fight for terra<strong>in</strong> advantage: 478<br />

forces threatened by Ch<strong>in</strong>a: 465<br />

forces withdraw below 38th parallel:<br />

466<br />

ground forces assessed: 474-475<br />

pressure on Israel to give up S<strong>in</strong>ai:<br />

575<br />

United States: 51<br />

aircraft production <strong>in</strong>: 274<br />

aircraft production, World War II: 416<br />

assessment <strong>of</strong> confrontation with<br />

Japan: 14, 384<br />

assistance to Israel: 589<br />

development <strong>of</strong> electronic warfare <strong>in</strong>:<br />

618<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> Great Depression <strong>in</strong>: 44-45<br />

impasse with Japan: 389<br />

<strong>in</strong>terests threatened: 385<br />

objectives <strong>in</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia: 507-509,<br />

555-556, 611<br />

observations <strong>of</strong>, on Japanese aviation:<br />

43-44<br />

pressures Israel to give up S<strong>in</strong>ai: 575<br />

priorities <strong>of</strong>, 1950s: 623<br />

strategy, World War 11: 324. 338,<br />

384-385<br />

supplies aviation parts to Japan: 41<br />

war production, Korean War: 496<br />

weakness <strong>in</strong> air power: 328<br />

United States <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>. See also <strong>Air</strong><br />

superiority; United States <strong>Air</strong><br />

Service; United States Army <strong>Air</strong><br />

corps; united states Army <strong>Air</strong><br />

<strong>Force</strong>s.<br />

air refuel<strong>in</strong>g operations. Sou<strong>the</strong>ast<br />

Asia: 520. 534<br />

air superiority doctr<strong>in</strong>e, Korea: 454,<br />

467<br />

air superiority over NVAF 505-506,<br />

525-526, 544-547, 551<br />

air-to-air missiles <strong>in</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia:<br />

526. 528, 533<br />

aircraft advantages and disadvantages,<br />

Korea: 468-470<br />

aircraft equipped with external<br />

jamm<strong>in</strong>g pods: 536, 537<br />

allowed to strike more targets <strong>in</strong><br />

North Vietnam: 507-508<br />

comparison <strong>of</strong> aircraft with North<br />

Vietnam: 526-527, 553, 554-556<br />

dom<strong>in</strong>ates operations <strong>in</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast<br />

Asia: 505-506<br />

efforts <strong>in</strong> Korea compared: 475, 494,<br />

497-498<br />

expansion <strong>of</strong> forces <strong>in</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia:<br />

518, 546-547<br />

forces <strong>in</strong>evitability <strong>of</strong> armistice: 494<br />

<strong>in</strong>tegrates air battle management<br />

system: 539. 541. 543<br />

<strong>in</strong>troduces electronic warfare aircraft<br />

<strong>in</strong>to Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia: 526<br />

launches Operation ROLLING<br />

THUNDER: 510-512<br />

lessons <strong>of</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia: 554-556,<br />

619, 623<br />

limited role <strong>in</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia: 508.<br />

509. 514, 539, 540<br />

losses<br />

Korea: 485-486<br />

near North Vietnam: 517. 524<br />

North Vietnam, 1965-1967: 539,550<br />

North Vietnam, 1966-1971: 525<br />

operations <strong>in</strong> Korea: 453-454.<br />

673

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