Lessons from the First Deployment of Expeditionary Airpower

摘要

The lens of history speaks to many of the issues that are significant in today's expeditionary airpower environment. Particularly relevant are the lessons learned during first deployment of expeditionary airpower by the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. These include: 1.The use of airpower is an expensive proposition. 2.Maintaining aircraft away from home station demands considerable resources. 3.Attrition from active operations is often very high.