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Chapter 1 - an introduction to air power

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Overview of UK air power.
Outlining its enduring utility
Introduces attributes, roles and defines air power

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Chapter 3 - the foundations of air power

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More detail of attributes & roles

Overview of conceptual, moral and physical components of fighting power

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Chapter 4 - the employment of power

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Full spectrum application of UK air power
Highlights how it integrates with other elements of military power
Overview of key air power enablers
Highlights air powers contribution to defence tasks

4
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What does the Joint Doctrine Publication 0-30 cover?

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UK Air and Space Power

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Chapter 1, what are the four roles of air power?

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Control of the air
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
Attack
Air mobility

6
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Define Control of the air

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Secures our freedom of action within the air environment

7
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Define Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

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Informs the development of understanding across all environments

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Define Attack

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Can coerce and influence actors into changing or maintaining behaviour

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Define Air mobility

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Enables movements, manoeuvre and sustainment

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What are the 5 fundamental characteristics of Air power?

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Height, speed, reach, agility and ubiquity

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Define Height

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Enables the observation and domination of activities in other domains

12
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Define Speed

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Enables the rapid and responsive projection of power

13
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Define Reach

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Enables adversaries to be influenced, regardless of location.

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Define Agility and Ubiquity

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Combining height, speed and reach with agility of multi-role capabilities, provide air power with ubiquity, as threats can be posed or countered across a wide area.

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What is Power?

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Capacity to influence the behaviour of people or the course of events and underpins the ability to influence.
Power is sub-divided into hard and soft variants.

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Define Hard Power

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The threat/use of coercion or a physical effect to achieve influence.
e.g. achieved through a precision guided weapon by a combat A/C employed in the attack role.

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Define Soft Power

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Persuade or encourage others without resourcing to hard power.
e.g. achieved through a humanitarian aid delivery by A/C employed in the air mobility role.

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What is the definition of Air Power?

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Using air capabilities to influence the behaviour of actors and the course of events