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Air Power Fundamentals Flashcards

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What are the fundamentals of Air Power?

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Intelligence and Situational Awareness, Air Mobility, Attack, Control of the Air

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Which Aircraft Does the RAF use to achieve Intelligence and Situational Awareness?

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E-3D - Waddington
Sentinel - Waddington
Poseidon - Lossiemouth

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Which Aircraft Does the RAF use to achieve Air Mobility?

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Atlas - Brize Norton
Globemaster - Brize Norton
Voyager - Brize Norton
Chinook - Benson/Odiham

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Which Aircraft Does the RAF use to achieve Attack?

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F35 - Marham
Typhoon - Lossiemouth/Conningsby
Reaper - Waddington

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Which Aircraft Does the RAF use to achieve Control of the Air?

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F35 - Marham

Typhoon - Lossiemouth/Conningsby

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What are the three ‘essences’ of Air Power?

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Height, Speed and Reach

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How does the RAF achieve Height?

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Typhoon - 55,000 feet
F35 - 50,000 feet
Globemaster - 45,000 feet
Zephyr pseudo satellite - 70,000 feet

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How does the RAF achieve Speed?

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Typhoon - Mach 1.8

F35 - Mach 1.6

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How does the RAF achieve Reach?

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Globemaster - 8300km

Voayager in air refueling - 8300km

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What is the correct term for Air Power?

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Air and Space Power

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Who is the secretary of Defence?

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Ben Wallace (previous, to be confirmed)

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What has the MOD done regarding a small satellite demonstrator?

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Committed £30 million to fast track the launch. This will be supported by a UK and US team named Team Artemis

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What is Operation Olympic Defender?

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US Led International coalition to strengthen deterrence against hostile actors

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What is the name of the US Led space operation?

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Operation Olympic Defender

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Where has the RAF sent a test Pilot?

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Virgin Orbits small satellite program

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What are the five war-fighting domains?

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Air, Land, Sea, Cyber, Space

17
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Why is space important?

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China - hit to kill interceptor missiles

Russia - conducted successful flight trials of anti-satellite missile systems

18
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Quote from Field Marshall Montgomery and good example

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‘If we lose the war in the air, we lose the war and we lose it quickly’
Operation Shader - Daesh had almost complete control on the ground but we had control of the air.

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Define Air Power

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the ability to use air capabilities in and from the air to influence the behaviour of actors and alter the course of events.

20
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HG Wells quote

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Once command of the air is obtained the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind

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