Air power theories tries to describe how air power should be implemented to reach strategical ends. Therefore, in those theories, the means of air power often consists of fighter jets and strategical bombers. At the same time there are no theories of how the attack helicopter, which is typically used at the tactical level, should be implemented. Attack helicopters as well as the tactical level of war are an unexplored aspect in research of air power. The aim of this study is to examine the tactical utility of attack helicopters by testing if Brett A. Friedman´s theory of tactical tenets can contribute to the explanation of the outcome in attack helicopter operations. The study was conducted by a qualitative content analysis of two attack helicopter operations in Iraq. One successful operation in 1991 and one failed operation in 2003. The results shows that more of the tactical tenets were fulfilled in the successful operation than in the unsuccessful one. This shows that Friedman´s theory can contribute to the explanation of attack helicopters and provides incentives to further use of the theory in research about attack helicopters. By extension, this could contribute to the development of the attack helicopter capability.

On May 31 in 1916, the battle of Jutland between Germany and Great Britain broke out in the North Sea. By the end of the battle, Great Britain had won at the strategic level of warfare while the Germans became victorious at the tactical level. Much research has been done on the battle, however, only from the British perspective. Germany emerged victorious at the tactical level, and despite solid research efforts of the battle, no one has made efforts to understand the German victory. The purpose of the study is to analyze the Battle of Jutland, which contributes to the research world with knowledge of how Germany could win at the tactical level. This will be done with a theory-consuming approach where the warring sides based on Geoffrey Till’s 11 perspectives were compared. By analyzing the two warring sides with the help of till’s theory and comparing their tactics, a greater understanding of the outcome of the battle has been created at the tactical level of warfare. The outcome of the analysis shows us that Germany was more successful than the British in six out of eight analyzed perspectives. The results contribute to existing research by highlighting the results of the tactical level of warfare.