Airpower in a Fragmented Battlespace

摘要

The Bomb Control Line, the Forward Line of Own Troops, the Fire Support Coordination Line—in one form or another, lines on the battlefield have challenged airmen since World War I. Those lines were essential to controlling maneuver and fires for massed armies in the field. Airmen, for their part, needed to know where the friendly and enemy forces were, where they should attack, and where to hold back. While airmen often chafed at the limits, learning how to mesh airpower and the ground force's lines of operations became the highest test of combined arms warfare.