Air Power Royal Air Force Produced by Sgt
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Air Power Royal Air Force Produced by Sgt Howard 739 (Scarborough) Sqn
What Is Air Power? "The ability to project military force in air or space by or from a platform or missile operating above the surface of the earth. Air platforms are defined as any aircraft, helicopter or unmanned air vehicle. "
Strike Command has a lot of assets which it can use to wage a war, these include: • Tornado F 3 • C-17 A • Tornado GR 4 • VC 10 • Harrier GR 7 • Tristar • Typhoon F 2 • Chinook • E-3 D Sentry • Merlin • Nimrod R 1 • Puma • C-130
Tornado F 3 Air Defence Interceptor
Tornado GR 4 All Weather Strike or Reconnaissance
Harrier GR 7 V/STOL Multi-Role Combat
Typhoon F 2 Fighter High Performance, Multi-Role
E-3 D Sentry Survailence and Airborne Command Control
Nimrod R 1 – Reconnaissance and Electronic Information Gathering MRA 4 – Anti-Submarine and Anti-Surface Warfare
Hercules C-130 Tactical Support and Transport
C-17 A Globemaster III C-17 A Long Range, Strategic Heavy-Lift Transport
VC 10 Passenger/Freight Transport or Air-to-Air Refuelling
Tristar Long-range passenger/freight or Air to Air Refuelling
Chinook Troop and load carrying heavy-lift support
Merlin HC 3 Ground force tactical and strategic support
Puma HC 1 Twin-engined battlefield tactical support
Weapon Systems Air-to-Air Air-To-Ground • Sidewinder • Paveway LGB • AMRAAM • CRV-7 Rocket • ASRAAM • ALARM • Storm Shadow • Maveric • Brimstone • Harpoon
Sidewinder Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile Carried by: Tornado F 3 / Tornado GR 4 / Harrier GR 7 / Typhoon F 2
AMRAAM Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Carried by: Tornado F 3 / Typhoon F 2
ASRAAM Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile Carried by: Tornado F 3 / Typhoon F 2
Paveway LGB Precision Laser Guided Bomb • 2000 lb Laser guided bomb • Hardened-target-penetrator warhead Carried by: Tornado GR 4 / Harrier GR 7 / Typhoon F 2
CRV-7 Rocket Multiple-Function Rocket Weapon Used to support ground forces. Carried by: Harrier GR 7
ALARM Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile Used to destroy ground infrastructure – e. g. Air Defence Systems and or Radars Carried by: Tornado F 3 / Tornado GR 4 / Typhoon F 2
Storm Shadow Long-Range, Stand-Off, Air-to-Ground Missile Able to destroy highly protected and hardened shelters. Has a very long range (250 KM) Carried by: Tornado GR 4 / Typhoon F 2
Maverick Anti-Armour, Fire-and-Forget Missile • Used to destroy tanks and other armour. • Has a fire-and-forget capability Carried by: Harrier GR 7
Brimstone Fully Autonomous, Fire-and-Forget, Anti-Armour Missile • Used to destroy tanks and other armour. • Has a fire-and-forget capability Carried by: Tornado GR 4 / Harrier GR 7 / Typhoon F 2
Harpoon Autonomous, Over-the-Horizon, All Weather, Anti-Ship Missile Used to sink ships Carried by: Nimrod MRA 4
RAF Regiment The RAF Regiment use many different weapons and their primary role is to defend RAF Airfields.
Rapier SAM System The RAF Regt. Also control Rapier Surface-to-Air Missiles to defend airfields.
Support • Catering • Air Traffic Controller • Logistics • Survival Equipment Fitter • Administration • Weapons System technicians • Engineers • Medical Branch • Intelligence Analyst
Strengths of Airpower • Height • Speed • Reach • All-Encompassing • Flexibility • Response • Concentration
Limitations of Air Power • Airborne Time • Limited Payloads • Fragility
Control of The Air • Unfavourable Air Situation • Favourable Air Situation • Air Superiority • Air Supremacy
