Future Of Air Power Research Articles

The failures of Russian Aerospace Forces in the Russia–Ukraine war and the future of air power

ABSTRACT In the prelude to the 2022 Russia–Ukraine War, American intelligence had concluded the invasion ‘might take a few days longer’ than Russians expected, but not much longer. The Russian Aerospace Forces was expected to eliminate Ukraine’s air defense and pave the way for Russian troops. What explains the failures of the Russian Aerospace Forces to acquire air superiority? I explore three causal factors to understand these failures – Russian military history and its impact on Russia’s air doctrine, Russian intelligence failures, and Ukrainian resolve and innovativeness. I also highlight the causal role played by the United States in sharing critical intelligence.

100 Years of the RAF: Perspectives on the Past and Future of Airpower

100 Years of the RAF: Perspectives on the Past and Future of Airpower

Douhet, Trenchard, Mitchell, and the Future of Airpower

(2011). Douhet, Trenchard, Mitchell, and the Future of Airpower. Defense & Security Analysis: Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 389-393.

The future of air power

The future of air power

Strategies of coercion: Denial, punishment, and the future of air power

(1998). Strategies of coercion: Denial, punishment, and the future of air power. Security Studies: Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 182-228.

Disarmament and airpower, 1932–1934: Clipping the bomber's wings

From 1932 to 1934, the Geneva disarmament conference held the future of airpower in its hands. Not only was a ban on aerial bombardment considered, but the entire future of military aviation came into question. British officials were amongst the foremost advocates of total aerial disarmament, spelling the effective end of the RAF. In addition to the fear of bombing of British cities, airpower was not Britain's military strong‐point. There were however, stumbling‐blocks in the way for complete disarmament, which in the end were to save the future of the RAF. The development of military aviation could not be restrained while the civil aircraft industry developed unimpeded. Meanwhile the French were increasingly concerned with developments in Germany where with the coming to power of Hitler rearmament ather that disarmament was the order of the day. Colonel Meilinger here argues that there are clear parallels between the trials of the airmen of the 1930s and the situation in the post‐Cold War era. We are currently grappling with the problems of shrinking defence bedgets. The airmen of today must learn from the near‐debacle which occurred in Geneva in the early 1930s, otherwise the bomber's wings may indeed be clipped.

The influence of space power upon history

The future of air power was clearly discernible in 1918; the future of space power is similarly discernible today, following the experience of Desert Storm. Space power, in common with sensible approaches to sea power and air power, can and should aspire to make the critical strategic difference in war. Despite its growing importance, no comprehensive theory of space power has been formulated.

The meaning and future of air power

The meaning and future of air power

The future of air power

The future of air power

P. A. Fischer von Poturzyn: “Luftmacht” (Air Power). Present and Future of Air Power as seen abroad. With collaboration of E. Billeb. 176 pp. with 35 figs., 30 tables and maps. Published by Verlag Kurt Vowinckel. Heidelberg-Berlin 1938. R.M. 5.80.

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