Thesis (M.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. / Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 31, 2006). "June 2005." Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67). Also issued in paper format.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Daniel Moran. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy)--Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, 2007. / Title from title screen; viewed on July 9, 2007. "17 May 2007." Electronic version of original print document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-177).

Eagles Overhead provides a critical history of US Air Force Forward Air Controllers and examines their role, status, and performance in the Air Force's history. It begins by examining the US's initial adoption of air power, and American participation in aerial combat during World War I and traces the FACs' contributions to every US Air Force air campaign from the Marne in 1918 to Mosul in 2017. However, since 2001 FACs' contributions have been sporadic. Eagles Overhead asks why, despite the critical importance of FACs, have they not been heavily used on US battlefields since 2001? It examines the Air Force FAC's theoretical, doctrinal, institutional, and historical frameworks in the first nine chapters to assess if the nature of air warfare has changed so significantly that the concept and utility of the FAC has been left behind. Or, has the FAC been neglected since 2001 because the Air Force dislikes the capability as it clouds the service's doctrinal preferences? From these examinations, Eagles Overhead draws conclusions about the potential future of Air Force FACs.

Under första hälften av 2000-talet blev det aktuellt för svenska flygvapnet att öva för att utföraflygunderstöd till markförband, bl.a. genom skapande av ett s.k. ”accelerationsspår CAS”. Det harframkommit att utförande av CAS i den konflikt som för närvarande pågår i Afghanistan har tidvishaft svårt att förhålla sig till folkrätten på ett positivt sätt. Föreliggande uppsats syfte är attundersöka vilka åtgärder som nuvarande forskning förespråkar avseende nyttjande av CAS för attden ska bli utförd med så hög kvalitet som möjligt utifrån målval och målträff, och därigenom vadsom det svenska flygvapnet eventuellt kan vidta utifrån denna forskning för att minimera risken attinte följa folkrätten vid utövande av CAS under operationer vid internationella fredsfrämjandeinsatser. För att kunna uppnå syftet har tre delfrågor ställts och besvarats, dessa är vilkafolkrättsliga regler som är tillämpliga för svenska förband vid internationella fredsfrämjandeinsatser, vilka åtgärder är möjliga att vidta för att minska risken för oavsiktlig skada påcivilpersoner eller civil infrastruktur vid genomförande av CAS, samt vilka åtgärder bör detsvenska flygvapnet vidta för att minimera risken att bryta mot folkrätten vid genomförande avCAS under internationella fredsfrämjande insatser.Uppsatsen har kommit fram till att de åtgärder svenska flygvapnet bör vidta för att följa folkrättenär i ett utbildningshänseende träning i en verklighetstrogen och ändamålsenlig miljö med aktuellskarp ammunition samt moralisk och etisk varseblivning ur ett humanistiskt perspektiv. Ur ettverkanshänseende bör det finnas vapen med graderad verkan samt med hög precision och slutligenur ett kommunikationshänseende ska det vara god teknisk utrustning mellan pilot och FAC. / In the beginning of the 21st century, Sweden started to develop the capability to perform CAS insupport to ground troops. It has been clarified that CAS performed in the present Afghanistanconflict sometimes has been accused of not coinciding with international law. The purpose of thisthesis is to examine what measures the contemporary research advocate regarding the use of CASso it will be performed in the highest possible quality regarding target acquisition and target hit,and by that what the Swedish Air Force possibly could do in order to minimize the risk ofviolating international law when implementing CAS in international Peace Support Operations.The research is formed around three main questions. First, what international laws are applicableto Swedish units during an international operation? Second, what actions might be taken in orderto reduce the risk for unintended damage to civilians or civilian infrastructure when conductingCAS and finally what measures should the Swedish air force take to minimize the risk to violatethe international law while conducting CAS in peace support/peace keeping operations.The result of this research shows that the Swedish Air Force, in order to operate within theframework of international law, needs to conduct training in a similar and realistic environmentwith live ammunition. The training needs to be entailing a moral and ethical view from ahumanistic perspective. Furthermore, regarding the effect, there need to be weapons with bothnon-lethal to lethal effects with high precision. Finally, the communication between the pilots andthe Forward Air Controller (FAC) needs to be built upon technical equipment with high standard. / Avdelning: ALB – Slutet Mag. 3 C-upps. Hylla: Upps. ChP 07-09

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies. / Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 27, 2003). "June 1993." Includes bibliographical references.

Utviklingen innen UAV er stor og bruken av slike systemer har fått stor oppmerksomhet.Spesielt etter at de er nyttet til bekjempning av mål under de seneste konfliktene. Samtidigpågår det nå en begynnende utvikling av offensive systemer, såkalte UCAV’er som skal kunnebekjempe mål blant annet på bakken.Landoperasjonen krever systemer med høyt tempo, fleksibilitet og systemer som har evne til åvirke kombinert for å få størst mulig effekt på motstanderen. Forfatteren henter krav til slikesystemer gjennom å beskrive landoperasjoner og hvordan nærstøtten utføres. Nærstøtten iform av CAS kontrolleres i dag av FAC’er som leder bemannede plattformer og deresvåpensystemer. Oppsatsen beskriver dessuten UCAV systemer og deres komponenter medvekt på autonomi, sensorer, kommunikasjon og våpensystemer. Hensikten med denneoppsatsen er å knytte sammen utførelsen av nærstøtte generelt og CAS spesielt medbeskrivelsen av UCAV systemer for å finne frem til hvordan nærstøtte tillandoperasjonene best kan utføres med UCAV. Oppsatsen svarer derfor på spørsmålenehvordan CAS kan ledes og utføres med UCAV og hvordan en slik UCAV bør konfigureres oghvilke krav som kan stilles til denne. / The development in the field of UAVs is extensive and gaining in focus andinterest as their mission catalogue is widened. The recent use of weaponizedUAVs in Afghansistan and Iraq to combat an array of targets has shown theirpotential. At the same time there is an ongoing development of offensivesystemes known as UCAVs, designed to strike targets all throughout thebattlespace.Land operations demands systems which allow tempo, flexibility and the useof combined effects to achieve the maximum possible dislocation of theopponent. The author arrives at preconditions for such systems to partakeeffectively by outlining land operations and describing the conduct of closesupport of land formations. Today, the air to ground support part of it iscontrolled by a forward air controller who controls manned platforms andtheir weapon systems. This thesis also describes UCAV systems and theircomponents with focus on authonomy, sensors, communications and weaponsystems.By connecting the conduct of landoperations, close support in general andclose air support (CAS) especially with the description of UCAV systems, thepurpose of the thesis is to outline how CAS to land operations can beconducted with UCAVs. The thesis does this by answering the questions as tohow to control CAS with UCAV and which demands that must be met by theUCAV system. / Avdelning: ALB - Slutet Mag 3 C-upps.Hylla: Upps. ChP T 01-03

This thesis deals with the current role of airpower in contemporary warfare. In last 100 years, the aircraft became an indisputable part of today's armed conflict. The aim of this work is to determine the mechanics behind airpower's functions in conflicts and to critically assess airpower's performance. The analyzed conflicts - Persian Gulf 1991, Kosovo 1999, Afghanistan 2001 and U. S.-led counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan - provide the diversity that is needed to reveal the position of airpower in contemporary strategy. The thesis is divided in three parts. The first part follows the evolution of airpower and its theory, providing context to further analysis of contemporary environment. The second part of the thesis identifies key theoretical concepts and modalities connected to airpower and analysis them on a general, theoretical basis. The third part of this thesis applies the concepts and modalities on the picked case studies in order to reach the suggested objectives by analyzing the conflicts and deriving empirical data. The conclusions of the thesis suggest that while slightly exaggerated, airpower grew to vital importance and became one of the key elements in today's conflicts.

Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Jan 12, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.