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Examines the relationships between air-intelligence organizations and key decision-makers. The book's analysis spans from pre-war planning and doctrine development, through the Eighth Air Force's independent air campaign, and culminates with the formation of the US Strategic Air Forces and its 1944 pre-invasion preparations.

Chronicles the planning and conduct of Operation Inherent Resolve by US Central Command (CENTCOM) from August 2014 to mid-2018, with a principal focus on the contributions of US Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT).

Airpower in the War against ISIS chronicles the planning and conduct of Operation Inherent Resolve by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) from August 2014 to mid-2018, with a principal focus on the contributions of U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT). Benjamin S. Lambeth contends that the war's costly and excessive duration resulted from CENTCOM's inaccurate assessment of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), determining it was simply a resurrected Iraqi insurgency rather than recognizing it as the emerging proto-state that it actually was. This erroneous decision, Lambeth argues, saw the application of an inappropriate counterinsurgency strategy and use of rules of engagement that imposed needless restrictions on the most effective use of the precision air assets at CENTCOM's disposal. The author, through expert analysis of recent history, forcefully argues that CENTCOM erred badly by not using its ample air assets at the outset not merely for supporting Iraq's initially noncombat-ready ground troops but also in an independent and uncompromising strategic interdiction campaign against ISIS's most vital center-of-gravity targets in Syria from the effort's first moments onward.

During the first half of the1970s, two new fighter aircraft entered operational service in the United States: TheNavysGrumman F-14 Tomcatandthe AirForcesMcDonnell Douglas F-15Eagle. Thesetwo aircraftwere part ofthe backboneof the tactical air power of the UnitedStates;theirintroduction was accompanied by comprehensive reforms in pilottraining as well as new technologies and weapon systems.Inaddition to the tactical significance of the two aircraft as innovative fighting platforms,however,their development and deploymentshould be viewed within abroadgeopolitical and geostrategic context. Tovyexplains how the F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle were an integral part of the aerialcomponentof the conventional arms race within the Cold War.He argues that the trend of Soviet advanced weapon systems development created aperceptionof threat to the United States, challenging its conventional military power.Tomcats and Eaglesexplores how the Vietnam War accelerated the need for advanced fighter-interceptors, and that the lessons learned from aerial combat in Vietnam had a significant impact on the design and operational characteristics of the F-15.The author reveals that after F-14s were sold to Iran and F-15s to Israel in the second half of the 1970s, thesejets were integrated into their armed forces, leading to Israels use of the F-15 during the First Lebanese War. Finally,the authorprovides an in-depth look at the operation of the F-14 and F-15 in U.S. actions inSoutheast Asia, beginning with the Tanker Wars in the mid-1980s, throughOperationDesert Storm and Operation EnduringFreedom,andending with Operation Iraqi Freedom.