European Air Power: Challenges and Opportunities


European Air Power examines the current state of eight separate European air forces and their prospective air power capabilities in a manner that will appeal to a wide audience of air force enthusiasts. Included are perspectives from independent air power experts reviewing the air forces of France, Germany, Turkey, and Great Britain as well as from the leaders of the air forces of the Nordic nations, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.


Within the national security framework of threats and challenges, and against the seemingly universal backdrop of lower budgets for defense, the contributors present varying views on the types of air power capability a state should have and those it does not need. The contributors consider each air force separately and how each is structured to remain sustainable and efficient in accordance with its national strategic infrastructure.


COL. JOHN ANDREAS OLSEN is currently assigned to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and is a visiting professor of operational art and tactics at the Swedish National Defence College. His previous publications with Potomac Books include John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power,A History of Air Warfare,Global Air Power, and Air Commanders.

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European Air Power: Challenges and Opportunities


European Air Power examines the current state of eight separate European air forces and their prospective air power capabilities in a manner that will appeal to a wide audience of air force enthusiasts. Included are perspectives from independent air power experts reviewing the air forces of France, Germany, Turkey, and Great Britain as well as from the leaders of the air forces of the Nordic nations, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.


Within the national security framework of threats and challenges, and against the seemingly universal backdrop of lower budgets for defense, the contributors present varying views on the types of air power capability a state should have and those it does not need. The contributors consider each air force separately and how each is structured to remain sustainable and efficient in accordance with its national strategic infrastructure.


COL. JOHN ANDREAS OLSEN is currently assigned to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and is a visiting professor of operational art and tactics at the Swedish National Defence College. His previous publications with Potomac Books include John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power,A History of Air Warfare,Global Air Power, and Air Commanders.

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European Air Power: Challenges and Opportunities

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European Air Power examines the current state of eight separate European air forces and their prospective air power capabilities in a manner that will appeal to a wide audience of air force enthusiasts. Included are perspectives from independent air power experts reviewing the air forces of France, Germany, Turkey, and Great Britain as well as from the leaders of the air forces of the Nordic nations, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.


Within the national security framework of threats and challenges, and against the seemingly universal backdrop of lower budgets for defense, the contributors present varying views on the types of air power capability a state should have and those it does not need. The contributors consider each air force separately and how each is structured to remain sustainable and efficient in accordance with its national strategic infrastructure.


COL. JOHN ANDREAS OLSEN is currently assigned to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and is a visiting professor of operational art and tactics at the Swedish National Defence College. His previous publications with Potomac Books include John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power,A History of Air Warfare,Global Air Power, and Air Commanders.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612346816
Publisher: Potomac Books
Publication date: 07/15/2014
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

COL. JOHN ANDREAS OLSEN is currently assigned to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and is a visiting professor of operational art and tactics at the Swedish National Defence College. His previous publications with Potomac Books include John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power,A History of Air Warfare,Global Air Power, and Air Commanders.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Prologue: The Fighter Pilot
Jostein Grønflaten

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Air Option
John Andreas Olsen

List of Abbreviations

Part 1. European Air Powers

1. French Air Power: Effectiveness through Constraints
Etienne de Durand

2. German Air Power: Ready to Participate in Joint and Combined Operations 
Holger H. Mey

3. Turkish Air Power: Toward Full-Spectrum Aerospace Forces
Christian F. Anrig

4. British Air Power: Allowing the UK to Punch above Its Weight 
Peter W. Gray

Part 2. Nordic Air Powers

5. Norwegian Air Power: Staying Relevant in a New Era
Finn Kristian Hannestad

6. Danish Air Power: From the Cold War to Contemporary Air Operations
Henrik Røboe Dam

7. Swedish Air Power: Delivering Independently, Joint, and Combined
Micael Bydén

8. Finnish Air Power: In Defense of the Homeland
Lauri Tapio Puranen

Part 3. Reflections: Where Do We Go from Here?

9. Approaching the End?
Martin van Creveld

10. The Response to Uncertainty
R. A. Mason

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index

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