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Airpower can be considered a function of air supremacy and numbers. Roughly speaking, a combatant side that has 100% or near 100% control of the skies has air supremacy; an advantage of some 70–90% would indicate air superiority. A 50/50 split is air parity; lower than this, one side may be said to be air denied or air incapable.
St. Elmo's Fire and normal sparks both can appear when high electrical voltage affects a gas. St. Elmo's fire is seen during thunderstorms when the ground below the storm is electrically charged, and there is high voltage in the air between the cloud and the ground. The voltage tears apart the air molecules and the gas begins to glow.
AirPower or Air Power may also refer to: AirPower (charging mat) , a cancelled wireless charging mat developed by Apple Inc. Air Power (TV series) , a 1950s historical educational TV series
This led to what would later be called a strategy of deterrence and a "bomber gap", as nations measured air force power by number of bombers. [41] [42] Others, such as General Billy Mitchell in the United States, saw the potential of air power to augment the striking power of naval surface fleets. [43]
Air power history is the branch of military history that analyses and chronicles the activities of air forces as well as the other organisations, including the air branches of armies and navies, that undertake military aviation.
The incident McCabe refers to involved a mid-air collision between a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 and a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation that happened on the morning of ...
With the Air Force receiving its first KC-46 Pegasus (after a litany of delays and headaches) in 2019, the plan is to eventually have a 479-plane refueling fleet filled with 300 KC-135s and 179 KC ...
The air intake (inlet U.S. [6]) is an aerodynamic duct extending from an entry lip to the engine fan/compressor. For supersonic intakes with variable geometry it is called an intake system, referring to the need for shock-wave and internal duct flow management using variable position surfaces (ramps or cones) and bypass doors. [7]