The Quest for Relevant Air Power

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nuclear deterrence, 14, 81, 85, 90, 92
nuclear doctrine, 85, 112, 120, 131, 133
nuclear task, 88, 226
Ohio Air National Guard, 237
Olsen, John, 189, 312
Operations Command (Bundeswehr), 159, 184
Our Future Defence (Swedish Government
Bill 2004/05:5), 283, 287, 295–96, 322
Owen, Robert, 253
P-3C Orion. See under aircraft by designation
Palliser (Operation), 38
Pape, Robert A., 40, 189, 253, 311
parallel warfare, 5, 28, 40–41, 106, 114, 133, 308
Partnership for Peace, 20, 54, 296–99, 306, 321
Pascallon, Pierre, 118
Patriot PAC-3 SAM, 202, 228, 264
Patriot SAM, 63, 164–65, 202–3, 228, 236,
238–40, 244, 263–64, 266, 268
Paveway LGB, 124, 318
peace dividend, 5, 167, 338
peacekeeping, 3, 17, 19, 224–25, 227, 285, 293
peace support and crisis management operations,
19
peace support operation, 303
Penser les ailes françaises (To Think of French
Wings), 114, 116–19, 133–34, 192, 351
Petersberg Tasks, 17, 295
PfP. See Partnership for Peace
PGM. See precision-guided munition
Polisario rebels, 101
Portugal, 17, 23, 37, 231, 236, 341
Potsdam, 159, 184, 190, 193
power projection, 9–10, 21, 38–39, 86–87,
89–90, 103, 108, 133, 157–58, 164, 198–99,
205, 286, 295, 304, 314, 319, 323, 325, 337,
359
Prague Capabilities Commitment, 55
precision-guided munition, 28, 33, 36, 41, 44,
56–57, 59, 105, 124–25, 195, 197, 243, 257,
355, 358
Prinsjesdag Letter, 222–24, 226, 229, 233–34,
262, 265
Prix de l’Armée de l’Air (prize of the FAF), 120
Provide Comfort (Operation), 103–5
Qatar, 243
QRA. See quick reaction alert
quick reaction alert, 111, 151, 247
RAAF. See Royal Australian Air Force
RAAF Air Power Studies Centre, 45, 353
RAAF Fairbairn, 45
RAF air power doctrine. See British air power
doctrine
Rafale. See under aircraft by designation
Ramstein AB, Germany, 23
RAND, 10, 36, 46, 88, 167, 186, 292, 357
rapid reaction force, 26, 34, 179, 297
RBS 15F anti-ship missile, 316–17
RC-135 Rivet Joint. See under aircraft by designation
Reaction Forces Air Staff, 172–73
Red Flag (multinational integrated air exercise),
26, 100, 175, 179, 205, 238, 299, 348
Regional Command North (GAF), 161
Regional Command South (GAF), 161
remotely piloted aircraft, 54, 61–62, 130–31,
201, 204, 263
Rencontres air et espace du CESA (aerospace
meetings), 118
Republican Guard, 31, 102
reunification (Germany). See German reunification
RFAS. See Reaction Forces Air Staff
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 304
RNLAF air power doctrine, 112, 177, 253–54,
267, 351–52
ROEs. See rules of engagement
Roland SAM system, 91, 163–64, 167–68, 202
Roving Sands (multinational integrated air
exercise), 175
Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies, 49
Royal Australian Air Force, 31, 40, 45–49,
249, 352–53
Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, 232
Royal Norwegian Air Force, 189
RPA. See remotely piloted aircraft
RRC. See Rapid Response Concept
RRF. See rapid reaction force
rules of engagement, 32, 179, 302
Russia, 35, 52, 58, 84, 153–54, 177, 198, 280–81,
283–84, 291, 296, 325
Russian intervention in Georgia, 281, 294
Rwanda, 38, 108–9, 182, 246, 305
Ryan, Michael E., 42
S 100 Argus. See under aircraft by designation
S 100B Argus. See under aircraft by designation
S 102B Korpen. See under aircraft by designation
Saab, 314–17, 321
SAASS. See School of Advanced Air and
Space Studies
SACEUR. See Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe
SACT. See Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation
SALIS. See Strategic Airlift Interim Solution
SAM. See surface-to-air missile