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SEE THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AIR POWER REVIEW ON-LINE VISIT: www.raf.mod.uk Published quarterly, Air Power Review is the professional flagship publication of the Royal Air Force Cover picture: A Tornado F3 having just refuelled during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Crown copywright
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AIR POWER REVIEW The Royal Air Force Air Power Review is published quarterly under the auspices of the Director of Defence Studies (RAF) and has the sponsorship of the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff. It is intended to provide an open forum for study which stimulates discussion and thought on air power in its broadest context. This publication is also intended to support the British armed forces in general and the Royal Air Force in particular with respect to the development and application of air power. article presentation on the printed page will be at the discretion of the Editor. Send articles to: Director of Defence Studies (RAF) Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre Shrivenham Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 8RF Email: defs-raf@netcomuk.co.uk Contributions from both Service and civilian authors are sought which will contribute to existing knowledge and understanding of the subject. Any topic will be considered by the Air Power Review Management Board and a payment of £200 will be made for each article published. Articles should be original and preferably not previously published, although those of sufficient merit will not be precluded. Between 2,000 and 10,000 words in length, articles should list bibliographical references as end notes, and state a word count. Lengthy articles may be published in installments. Contributions from serving military personnel should be in accordance with DCI GEN 313 dated 26 November 1999. Material should be submitted in Microsoft word, on floppy disk, Zip or CD and should be accompanied by numbered page copy plus any photographs and illustrations. Digital pictures should be saved as TIFFs or JPEGs @ 300dpi. Final design format for
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Page 7 and 8: AIR POWER Review Editor Jay Myers P
Page 9 and 10: 1 Air Aspects of Operation Iraqi Fr
Page 11 and 12: 3 Crown Copyright The night of 21/2
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Page 15 and 16: 7 On 13 April, less than 800 sortie
Page 17 and 18: 9 The best measure of the tempo of
Page 19 and 20: DMPIs by Op Cat Qty 11 Counter Air
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Page 23 and 24: As with Operation DESERT STORM, the
Page 25 and 26: Air power can still be employed aut
Page 27 and 28: 19 or non-kinetic. Furthermore, the
Page 29 and 30: 21 60 ‘By the Numbers’. 90 Op c
Page 31 and 32: 23 By Air Marshal ‘Black’ Rober
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Page 37 and 38: 29 The schneider Trophy was won thr
Page 39 and 40: 31 AHB (RAF) The first flight of a
Page 41 and 42: 33 Probably the most controversial
Page 43 and 44: Dr Paul McReady, claimed the second
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44 One’s passport was dusted off
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46 Advances in computing power and
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48 find and strike precisely target
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50 of JCA in 2012 will provide the
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Lt Col Prof Dr Dimitar Nedyalkov al
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54 subsonic Soviet MiG-15s and MiG-
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56 No MiG-21 pilot would forget the
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58 Gaining height after acceleratin
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61 Russian Air Power in Central Asi
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63 Can Moscow find no other way of
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65 Reported structure and aircraft
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In case of aggression against Kyrgy
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There remain open questions as to e
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71 Afghanistan, and damage to the i
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the verge of collapse, as no traini
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76 Since 1960 the number of airline
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78 protect our economic security. T
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80 Warfare has changed. Stealth, pr
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82 for all of our air and space ass
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84 It is apparent that US foreign p
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A 3 Squadron Henry Farman 20 comes
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88 The Bleriot of Lieutenant Jouber
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90 The Bleriots were tractor monopl
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92 Captain Allen, Commander of ‘A
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94 3 Squadron aircrew involved in t
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96 their support arrangements. Ther
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98 AIR POWER IN SMALL WARS: FIGHTIN
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100 The Last Escape By John Nichol
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102 marches, and those who were lef
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106 ST. CLEMENT DANES, STRAND, LOND
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