The Quest for Relevant Air Power

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EAG. See European Air Group
Eastern Europe, 8, 20, 153, 176, 246, 282
East German armed forces, 152, 165–66
East Germany, 165, 167, 172
East Timor, 39, 182
EATC. See European Air Transport Command
EBO. See effects-based operations
École supérieure de guerre aérienne (Advanced
School of Air Warfare), 116
ECR. See electronic combat/reconnaissance
EDA. See European Defence Agency
effects-based operations, 5, 41–42, 45–46,
190, 253, 311, 313
Eindhoven, 25–26, 173–74, 237, 260
electronic combat/reconnaissance, 99, 164,
178–80, 195, 197. See also Tornado ECR
electronic warfare, 130, 175, 320, 322
11 September, 4, 14, 21, 37, 39, 84, 86, 98, 111,
152, 154, 157, 162, 184, 223–24, 247, 283,
301, 341
Entebbe, 109
EPAF. See European Participating Air Forces
EPAF EAW. See European Participating Air
Forces’ Expeditionary Air Wing
Erhac, Turkey, 198
Eritrea, 231, 245
ESDI. See European Security and Defence
Identity
ESDP. See European Security and Defence
Policy
ESGA. See École supérieure de guerre aérienne
(Advanced School of Air Warfare)
Estonia, 21, 54, 185, 247, 286
Ethiopia, 231, 245, 304
EU. See European Union
EU Air Rapid Response Concept, 22, 96, 132,
171, 204, 348, 352
EU Air RRC. See EU Air Rapid Response
Concept
EU battle group, 22, 171, 286–87, 291, 313
EUFOR. See European Union Force
EU Force Catalogue 2006, 298
EURAC. See European Air Chiefs Conference
EU Rapid Response Air Initiative, 22, 171
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Security
Forum, 302
Eurofighter Typhoon. See under aircraft by
designation
Euro Hawk HALE RPA, 201
European Air Chiefs Conference, 98, 192
European Air Group, 24–26, 98, 132, 173,
175, 237, 348, 354
European Airlift Centre, 25–26, 173–74, 237
European Airlift Coordination Cell, 25–26,
99, 173
European Air Transport Command, 26, 56, 98,
132, 164, 173–74, 204, 237, 260, 342–43, 345
European Defence Agency, 55–56, 315
European Participating Air Forces, 235–36, 255
European Participating Air Forces’ Expeditionary
Air Wing, 234, 236, 243, 265
European Security and Defence Identity, 17,
19–20, 93–94, 232
European Security and Defence Policy, 3, 7,
16–19, 22, 24–26, 95–96, 115, 122, 132,
170, 190, 192, 233–34, 263, 295–97, 306,
321, 337, 345
European Union, 3, 6, 16–20, 22, 26, 39, 55–56,
93, 95–96, 109–10, 132–33, 158–59, 162,
169–71, 174, 181, 184, 187, 190, 194, 201,
204–6, 223, 225, 233–34, 260, 265, 281–83,
286–87, 291, 295–98, 301–3, 313, 319,
345, 348, 352, 356, 361
European Union Force, 109–10, 184
European Union Military Committee, 22
EU RRAI. See EU Rapid Response Air Initiative
extended air defence, 64, 202, 236, 240, 264
F-4F Phantom. See under aircraft by designation
F-5A. See under aircraft by designation
F-15. See under aircraft by designation
F-16. See under aircraft by designation
F-35. See under aircraft by designation
F-104 Starfighter. See under aircraft by designation
F/A-18. See under aircraft by designation
Facon, Patrick, 119
FBEAG. See Franco British European Air
Group
FBW. See fighter-bomber wing
Federal Constitutional Court (Germany), 178,
181, 184
Fifth Republic, 81
fighter-bomber wing, 151, 164
Finland, 17, 54, 279, 286, 293, 295
Finnish Military Academy, 311
FLA. See Future Large Aircraft
flexible response, 186–87
FLIR. See forward-looking infrared
Flygvapnet 2000, 289, 320–21
Fokker. See under aircraft by designation
Forces aériennes françaises (French Aerial
Forces), 112, 118
former Yugoslavia, 131, 234, 238, 266–67, 294
Fort Bliss, Texas, 174
Fort Hood, Texas, 237
Fort Rucker, Alabama, 237
forward-looking infrared, 256
Fourth Republic, 81