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Aerial warfare

Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare. Aerial warfare includes bombers attacking enemy installations or a concentration of enemy troops or strategic targets; fighter aircraft battling for control of airspace; attack aircraft engaging in close air support against ground targets; naval aviation flying against sea and nearby land targets; gliders, helicopters and other aircraft to carry airborne forces such as paratroopers; aerial refueling tankers to extend operation time or range; and military transport aircraft to move cargo and personnel.[1]

For military aviation forces and equipment, see Military aviation. For strategic theory on the use of air forces, see Airpower.

Historically, military aircraft have included lighter-than-air balloons carrying artillery observers; lighter-than-air airships for bombing cities; various sorts of reconnaissance, surveillance, and early warning aircraft carrying observers, cameras, and radar equipment; torpedo bombers to attack enemy vessels; and military air-sea rescue aircraft for saving downed airmen. Modern aerial warfare includes missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. Surface forces are likely to respond to enemy air activity with anti-aircraft warfare.

Aerial bombing of cities

Air force

Airlift

Airstrike

Dogfight

Loss of Strength Gradient

Timeline of military aviation

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Lockee, Garette E. (April 1969), PIRAZ, United States Naval Institute Proceedings

Middle Eastern Air Power 2009

Aerial Warfare Quotations

Jones, Johnny R.: , Air & Space Power Journal

Air power

Historic films showing aerial warfare during World War I at

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