Air Policing

<p>Air Policing lessons are being lost through the generations. Air Policing is a forgotten concept in the modern day thinking and military planning within the United States Air Force. A modern Air Policing interpretation and approach may just provide the valuable capabilities needed to assist the often neglected Phase IV and Phase V campaign phases that focus on the transition between war and peace. Through case study analysis of several military conflicts over the last hundred years it can be determined that Air Policing if understood fully and applied properly may fulfill a niche requirement in these circumstances. Air Policing principles may prove invaluable in finding both a militarily viable and politically acceptable path towards peace in future conflicts. Through analysis of the conflicts involving the British Air Control of Mesopotamia the US withdrawal from Vietnam Operation SOUTHERN WATCH Operation NOBLE EAGLE and Alaska NORAD Region Homeland Defense Alert Operations the basic principles of modern day Air Policing at the operational and tactical levels were distilled.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>