Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
Slap,

Was this concept proved though? If so please enlighten me, where?

Sounds like the Imperial British 'air policing' model used in the Middle East, notably in Iraq and less certain now on he North-west Frontier between the wars.

Afghanistan invasion 2001.

The concept's description does indeed sound conspicuously like the British aerial 'policing' over Iraq around 1930, though.


The idea of running a small war with the air force is q highly questionable one. Air force and even more so naval air operations are insanely expensive (especially if you don't want to have troops in the country to run and guard bases and supply convoys). Small wars' utility is rather small, so the means employed should have rather low variable costs.