Eliot Cohen directed the 5 volume survey. Richard J. Blanchfield, et al. authored this V. 4. Consists of two reports. The first report, Weapons, Tactics, and Training, focuses on the impact of these three elements on the application of air power projected by the United States and Coalition forces in the Gulf War. The second report, Space Operations, was classified and reduced to a three page precis. Examines the planning and training for the use of space systems, space mobilization, military utility, command and control, and the role of commercial space systems and receiver equipment.
Author(s): Ph.D. Eliot Cohen, Gulf War Air Power Survey Review Committee (U.S.)
Publisher: Dept. of the Air Force
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 519
Front......Page 1
Foreword......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Security Review......Page 8
Contents......Page 11
Part 1: Weapons, Tactics, and Training......Page 15
Contents......Page 17
Figures......Page 18
Report Acknowledgements......Page 23
Introduction......Page 25
1 - Iraqi Weapons, Tactics, and Training......Page 29
2 - Aircraft and Weapons......Page 67
3 - Coalition Tactics - Fundamentals......Page 155
4 - Special Issues......Page 269
5 - Training......Page 371
6 - Conclusions......Page 387
A - Definition of Aerial Missions......Page 393
B - Examples of Psyops Leaflets......Page 397
C - The Aeronautical Rating......Page 411
D - Historical USCENTAF Exercises, 1985-1990......Page 419
E - Desert Shield Exercises......Page 437
F - Flag Exercises......Page 449
G - B-52 Training - The Diego Garcia Problem......Page 465
H - Special Operations Forces Training Considerations......Page 469
I - Navy/Marine Corps Desert Shield/Desert Storm Training......Page 471
Index......Page 483
Part 2: Space Operations......Page 497
Report Acknowledgements......Page 501
Precis of the Space Report......Page 503
Glossary......Page 507