Luftvåben og luftkrigsførelse

Hvor lang er en forsyningslinje? Hvad er en black hat?Siden Ruslands invasion af Ukraine i februar 2021 har søofficer og militæranalytiker Anders Puck Nielsen slået sit navn fast i den danske offentlighed. Med stor erfaring, konkret viden og særlige formidlingsegenskaber klæder han dagligt danskerne på til at forstå en ny, kompleks virkelighed, der indbefatter ufred i Europa – og en fremtid, hvor ingen længere kan lade, som om kunsten at føre krig hører til i en en anden tidsalder.I denne veloplagte bog, der er skrevet i samarbejde med forsvarsjournalist og tidligere overkonstabel Kasper Wester, giver Anders Puck Nielsen en introduktion til krig anno 2022, hvor alle kan være med. Gennem konkrete eksempler får læseren indblik i krigens domæner – til lands, vil vands, i luften, i rummet og på nettet. Læseren bliver også klogere på moderne begreber som oprørskrig, informationskrig og atomkrig. Og ikke mindst den krig, alle frygter, nemlig en 3. verdenskrig.Uden at være dommedagsprofet forsøger Anders Puck Nielsen med sin bog at udbrede menigmands kendskab til krig. Som Anders Puck Nielsen slår fast i bogen: Det stærkeste våben mod krig er viden.

Der styrtede mere end 1000 flyvemaskiner ned i Danmark under Anden Verdenskrig, britiske, amerikanske, tyske – og en enkelt dansk. Her er historien om en række af de vigtigste krigen igennem.Ole Steen Hansen tager os med på farefulde minelægningsoperationer i lav højde over danske farvande. På nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen og med bombefly på vej til mål i Tyskland.Læseren får overblik over krigen i luften, er med når nedskudte flyvere forsøger at flygte, og møder også de barske konsekvenser af de mange styrt. Bogen er rigt illustreret med historiske billeder og med nutidige fotos af mindesmærker, krigsgrave og historiske fly, som stadig kan ses i luften eller på museer.

Den 17. september 1944 hørte generaloberst Kurt Student, grundlæggeren af Nazitysklands faldskærmstropper, det voksende brøl af flymotorer. Han gik ud på sin altan med udsigt over det flade landskab i det sydlige Holland for at se de allieredes Dakotaer og svævefly nærme sig. Og han kiggede misundeligt op på den massive demonstration af faldskærmstroppernes overmagt. Operation Market Garden skulle have afsluttet krigen ved at indtage broerne over Rhinens nedre løb. Det var en dristig plan, der slog fejl. Tabstallene var store, især for hollænderne, som satte alt på spil for at hjælpe. De tyske gengældelsesaktioner var ubarmhjertige og fortsatte, indtil krigen var ovre. Antony Beevor fortæller her den sande historie om kampene ved Arnhem. Det er en uforglemmelig og gribende beretning, der handler om meget mere end et enkelt dramatisk slag - den undersøger også, hvad krig egentlig handler om.

Den egentlige historie tager sin begyndelse i 1919, hvor Igor Sikorsky – i den spæde start af hans karriere i Rusland – bliver besat af idéen om vertikal flyvning. I første omgang må han dog nødtvungent skrinlægge denne drøm, men genoptager den igen 30 år senere, efter han er emigreret til Amerika. I den mellemliggende periode gør han to andre revolutionerende opfindelser – nemlig den første flermotorers flyvemaskine og den berømte amfibieflyvemaskine. Historien fortsætter i Danmark, hvor de første Sikorsky helikoptere dukker op i 1956 og senere bliver skiftet ud med de modeller, vi kender i dag: S-61A. Vi følger helikopternes færden i Danmark, og går tæt på Eskadrille 722. De fleste af os kender sikket de danske redningshelikoptere – men ved vi egentlig, hvad de laver, og hvor barsk deres dagligdag kan være? En af de fornemmeste opgaver, Eskadrille 722 har, er at redde mennesker i nød, men for ingen af dem bliver det nogensinde rutine at redde et andet menneskes liv i et frådende hav med 15 meter høje bølger. Hver eneste redningsmission er fyldt med faremomenter, og en sjælden gang er opgaven så risikofyldt, at kun alle seks besætningsmedlemmers enestående mod og ukuelige vilje giver operationen en lykkelig udgang.

"Experience all 135 NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts themselves in this spectacularly illustrated volume"--

I 1944 faldt et engelsk Mosquito jagerfly ned i Gribskov efter at piloten var fløjet over Esrum Sø. Noget på flyet kappede toppen af nogle høje træer og flyet styrtede ned og brød i brand. Begge piloter omkom. Dette er historien om denne flyvning, som startede i England under 2. verdenskrig. Baggrunden om piloterne og fly-typen, og om de kampe flyet var involveret i tidligere på dagen i Aalborg-området og på Sjælland.

"Finally, the level of detail is EXACTLY what most modelers are looking for-- clear, close-up photos for scratch-building hydraulics, cockpits and little bits and bobs that many other books overlook." -- AeroscaleA close-up view of the iconic Swedish fighter jet that was active in the air forces of Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Finland. Nothing is overlooked in this very detailed book, including the cockpits of the different versions: single & two-seat aircraft.

Richard Dunn adds a third dimension to the history of the New Guinea and Solomon Island campaigns by detailing the pivotal role of airpower.

An exciting account of the aerial battles fought by the USAAF's P38 Lightnings and the Jagdflieger's Bf 109Gs for dominance over North Africa and the Mediterranean.USAAF fighter pilots experienced a baptism of fire when flying the technically advanced but fragile P-38 Lightning over North Africa in the wake of 1942's Operation Torch. Their opponents were battle-hardened jagdflieger of the Jadgwaffe, flying the tried and tested Bf 109 in its very lastest Gustav iteration. Responsible primarily for escorting USAAF bombers attacking Afrika Korps installations in Tunisia, the P-38 units in North Africa had to develop effective tactics to defend the bombers against Luftwaffe fighter attacks. For several months the Lightning squadrons had to also cope with shortages of aircraft and spare parts, steady losses and a lack of replacement pilots. To survive, American aviators had to learn quickly. While it is difficult to definitively attribute victories in air combat, in the air battles over Tunisia and later over Sicily and Italy, the claims made by Lightning pilots were comparable to Luftwaffe claims for P-38s destroyed. Edward M. Young turns his attention to the bitterly fought air war in North Africa and the Mediterranean in 1942-43. Using original archival sources, official records and first-hand accounts from both USAAF and Luftwaffe veterans, as well as newly commissioned artwork and 50 carefully selected photographs from official and personal archives, this book sees two of the most iconic piston-engined fighters of their era pitted head-to-head for control of the skies in a key theatre of World War II.

A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific. After the devastating Japanese blows of December 1941, the Allies found themselves reeling with defeat everywhere in the Pacific. Although stripped of his battleships and outnumbered 10:3 in carriers, the US Navy commander-in-chief Admiral Ernest J. King decided to hit back at Japan's rapidly expanding Pacific empire immediately, in an effort to keep the Japanese off-balance. On February 1, 1942, Vice Admiral Bill Halsey led the US Pacific Fleet carriers on their first raid, using high-speed hit-and-run tactics to strike at the Japanese, at a time when most of the Japanese carrier fleet was in the Indian Ocean. Halsey's aggressive commitment inspired its American participants to invent the mythical "Haul Ass With Halsey" club. The last of the 1942 US carrier raids in March 1942 would form a defining moment in the Pacific War, prior to a new phase of high-seas battles between the opposing fleets.This superbly illustrated book documents for the first time in a single volume this little-known but important World War II naval campaign. The fabulous illustrations, including maps and colour artworks, bring to life the US air and naval raids on the Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, Rabaul, Wake Island, Marcus Island, and Lae and Salamaua in northern New Guinea.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: "Beautifully told."-CNN • "A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating."-USA Today • "Oh, it's a good one!"-Fox News A "beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies" emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Spearhead. December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber's tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler-and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger...What happened next would defy imagination and later be called "the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II."The U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as "top secret." It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.

”Der var sus i luften af store vingeslag. Menneskeånden vandrede på Kløvermarksvej, beredt til at beundre en af sine sejre. Vi mærkede vort eget hjertes hastige slag, følte, hvorledes det er gennem de store mænds udholdende og målbevidste arbejde, at menneskehedens fremtid skabes.”Således blev luftskibet, ”Hansa” med dets skaber, den tyske greve von Zeppelin om bord, modtaget og en halv million københavnere jublede. I England derimod betragtede man zeppelinerne med frygt og bæven.Kun få år efter viste det sig berettiget, da zeppelinerne under 1. Verdenskrig kastede bomber ned over byerne. Et nyt krigsvåben var skabt.Da krigen blev luftbåren fortæller om det militære og politiske magtspil, der udfoldede sig under 1. Verdenskrig omkring Danmark. I dette kom zeppelinerbasen i Tønder i daværende tyske Nordslesvig til at spille en tragisk rolle for Danmark.I ”Da krigen blev luftbåren” møder man H. G. Wells, Conan Doyle, marineminister Winston Churchill, forsvarsminister Munch, prins Heinrich og hans storebroder, kejser Wilhelm II, admiral Kofod-Hansen, krigsminister Christian Tuxen, udenrigsminister Erik Scavenius, strandfoged Mads Villadsen, W. O. Bentley og mange andre, der den gang kom til at øve indflydelse på begivenhederne.Men hovedpersonerne er grev von Zeppelin, zeppelinerkaptajn, von Buttlar Bradendenfels og søløjtnant, Walter Yeulett fra den engelske flåde.Von Zeppelin døde som olding i 1917, von Buttlar Bradensfels fik en lang karriere, mens Walter Yeulett kun blev 19 år. Men han bidrog til at udslette zeppelineren som et terrorvåben.

Vivid memoir of Marine gunship missions in Vietnam.

The story of the United States Air Force stretches back to aerial operations prior to the First World War-well before the USAF became a separate service-and looks forward to a new era of air power in space. Fighting from Above presents a concise account of this expansive history, offering a new perspective on how the air forces of the United States created an independent way of warfare over time.From the earliest battles of the USAF's predecessor organizations to its modern incarnation, Brian D. Laslie identifies four distinct and observable ways of war that developed over four distinct epochs. Beginning with the development of early air power (1906-1941), he highlights the creation of roles and missions, with bombardment theory and practice ascendant. An era of strategic dominance (1942-1975) followed, in which the ideas of strategic bombardment ruled the United States Air Force; when such notions were unceremoniously proven false during the Vietnam-era conflicts, a period of tactical ascendancy (1975-2019) began. Finally, Laslie considers the current environment, where much of the story of the USAF remains unwritten, as we are still grappling with the challenges posed by an unmanned future with drones and realization of the promises of a final frontier.While detailing combat operations, Fighting from Above also pays close attention to technology, politics, rivalries, logistics, policy, organization, equipping, and training. Thorough, concise, and innovative in its approach, it is an authoritative, exceptionally readable history of the development of American air power.

This 1941 War Department Technical Manual has six main sections: General Resistance Power Requirements Stability Control Aerodynamic Stress ¿It was designed as a text for the instruction of airship student pilots and as a reference text for the rated pilot in lighter-than-air aircraft operation.

In September 1939, the Henschel Hs 126 was the main tactical reconnaissance aircraft of the Luftwaffe but the Polish campaign did not see its operational debut. In late 1938, the Legión Cóndor had decided to replace its ageing Heinkel He 45s and He 46s with this new type, which was used in combat in the final stages of the Spanish civil war and two were lost in operations. The last Henschel was struck off charge in the Spanish inventory in 1953, sixteen years after the maiden flight of an Hs 126. This book includes numerous unpublished photos, the first correct line drawings of the Hs 126 A-1 version and colour profiles by Erik Pilawskii, plus artwork by Txetxu Rubio.

The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings By the critically acclaimed author of bestselling biographies of John Monash, Banjo Paterson, Joseph Banks, Lachlan Macquarie and Henry Lawson, this is a fascinating, lively and thoroughly researched portrait of a modest, resolute family man with a steady hand during turbulence, a man who guided Australia's national airline from its humble beginnings through the dark days of the Great Depression, the perilous years of World War II, when the airline flew dangerous missions for the Allies, and into the great boom in international tourism that followed with the jet age.Hudson Fysh was a decorated World War I hero who not only founded Australia's national airline, Qantas, but steered it for almost half a century from its humble beginnings with two rickety biplanes to the age of the jumbo jets. More than anyone, Fysh shaped the way that Australians saw the world.A sickly boy traumatised by his parents' broken marriage, Fysh was a poor student, but the courage and determination he developed playing sport propelled him through his toughest challenges and became the foundations of this great Australian life.One of Australia's celebrated Light Horsemen at Gallipoli, Fysh went on to fly death-defying missions for Lawrence of Arabia with the Australian Flying Corps and battle Germans in deadly dogfights in the skies over Palestine. On his return from the Great War, Fysh launched his bush airline, the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (Qantas), with the help of a wartime pilot friend and some western Queensland graziers. After flying the first scheduled Qantas passenger flight in 1922, he ushered in the Flying Doctor Service that still assists remote communities and the first Qantas international airmail services, which revolutionised Australian communications. Fysh went on to guide Qantas through the dark days of the Great Depression, the perilous years of World War II, when the airline flew dangerous missions for the Allies, and into the great boom in international tourism that followed with the jet age, giving millions of Australians their first experience of international travel.

This document is the Space Doctrine Publication 1-0 for the United States Space Force (USSF). It provides guidance for the development and employment of USSF personnel, covering topics such as organization, force development, resilience, and global perspective. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of various USSF commands and personnel organizations and emphasizes the importance of personnel readiness and resilience in supporting the USSF's mission. The document also discusses the USSF's approach to force development, including recruitment, training, education, and experience-based development, and the use of developmental teams. It also mentions the consideration of personal circumstances and aspirations in promotion and assignment decisions.This annotated edition illustrates the capabilities of the AI Lab for Book-Lovers to add context and ease-of-use to manuscripts. It includes three types of abstracts, including TLDR (one word), synopsis, and visual abstracts; plus Notable Passages and Nutshell Summaries for each page.

How Forward Air Controllers and Close Air Support fundamentally changed the American war machine in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Never before has such a comprehensive, detailed and at the same time exceptionally gripping written work about aerial warfare over Europe been available. The author himself is now publishing a thoroughly revised, new edition of his book.Manuel Wolf describes the aerial war which was fought over all of Europe's major theatres of war. With his flowing, lively narrative style the author explains each sequence of events in a wholly innovative way, basing his chapters on themes and life histories as well as chronological events. The wealth of extraordinarily detailed information helps the reader to comprehend the overall military context, both on the ground and in the air. All the important types of aircraft are compared in a unique, never before published summary of the technical data. Identification markings on the aircraft involved in the incidents are illustrated and the losses on individual battle days listed in a table. The book describes pioneering, technical developments comprehensibly and depicts aerial combat in a precise and exciting way. Impressive, colourful images reveal to the reader the drama of the dogfights.For twelve years Manuel Wolf conducted research worldwide and made an extensive study of the relevant literature. He interviewed surviving pilots and contemporary witnesses, gained access to the personal archives of the deceased and exchanged views with aerial combat experts from all over Europe.No reader with an interest in military history can afford to miss this masterpiece with more than 700 photos, aircraft profiles in colour, maps and accurately detailed scenarios.

This is the fascinating story of one wartime bomber crew and the part they played in supporting Special Operations Executive's work in Occupied Europe.

An unusual autobiography of one man's wartime service as a member of RAF groundcrew.

The third in an eight-volume history of the Battle of Britain.

The first book devoted exclusively to exploring the development and use of aircraft designed specifically for high-altitude operations in WW2.

Wing Commander Eric Benjamin was no stranger to danger or excitement. In an action-packed career as part of the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice for his bravery under fire. He flew Fairey Battles with No. 150 Squadron during the Battle of France, Main Force Avro Lancasters with No. 61 Squadron during the Battle of Berlin, and De Havilland Mosquitoes as an elite Pathfinder Master Bomber in the latter stages of the war. He survived being shot down on his first operation, when his air gunner was severely wounded, and was among the last RAF aircrew to be evacuated from France in the summer of 1940. He was pulled clear of the mangled wreckage of a Vickers Wellington that crashed in flames during a spell as an instructor, narrowly escaping with his life for a second time, and 'starred' as a Flight Commander interviewed for Pathé News after a successful raid on Berlin in 1943. Towards the end of 1944, he achieved his ambition of flying Mosquitoes, and was selected and trained as a Master Bomber, operating as part of No. 54 Base in No. 5 Group and helping to mop up what was left of German industry and military might. It was from one of these sorties that his aircraft failed to return.Authored by Sean Feast and Eric's daughter Jeannie, the book includes numerous previously unpublished photographs of Eric, his colleagues, and the aircraft he flew. An inveterate letter writer, Eric once said of flying that there was 'no greater sport'. He died as he had lived, doing what he loved best.

Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically this is Mach 5 and higher. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close links to supersonics and engine design.Within this field, many of the most important results have been experimental. The principal facilities have been wind tunnels and related devices, which have produced flows with speeds up to orbital velocity.

This report provides findings on U.S. locations where unidentified aerial phenomena are being reported to increase awareness about the types of activities that might be mistaken for unexplained phenomena or that point to potential threats.