Gulf War Air Power Survey
- Gulf War Air Power Survey
The Gulf War Air Power Survey is a report commissioned by the United States Air Force in 1993 to document and analyze its performance during the 1991 Gulf War. It consists of five sections each averaging over 700 pages, and a 276 summary report. It was one of the most popular reports issued by the U.S. military at the time.
On 22 August 1991, then Secretary of the Air Force Donald B. Rice commissioned an independent study "to review all aspects of air warfare in the Persian Gulf". Rather than a historical account, it analyses the operational level of the air war, in which 52,788 sorties were carried out, resulting in 41,309 strikes. The study was directed by Eliot A. Cohen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and the research and writing was carried out by teams consisting of civilians and retired and active military officers.
In 2002, the Air Force removed links to the study from its websites in what the Federation of American Scientists called "merely one instance of a continuing government-wide trend of removing unclassified information from public access on the web". In response, FAS posted copies of the report to its own website. The study was subsequently put back on the military sites.
External links
* [https://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/Annotations/gwaps.htm Downloadable files of the summary and five sections] , Air Force Historical Studies Office
* [http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/ Downloadable files of the summary and five sections in the Secrecy and Security Library] , Federation of American Scientists
* [http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/2003/09/091003.html AIR FORCE TAKES GULF WAR STUDY OFFLINE] , FAS Project on Government Secrecy, 10 September 2003
* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28633601 WorldCat library database entry]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Gulf War — This article is about the war in 1990/91. For other wars of that name, see Persian Gulf War (disambiguation). Operation Desert Storm redirects here. For the video game, see Operation: Desert Storm (video game). Gulf War … Wikipedia
Soviet support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war — During the Iran–Iraq War, the Soviet Union sold or gave the greatest amount of military equipment and supplies to Iraq, Fact|date=May 2008 as well as providing military advisers. Their public position, especially in the early phases of the war,… … Wikipedia
French support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war — French support for Iraq during the Iran Iraq war was an important element to strengthen Iraq for the Iran Iraq war. Starting in roughly 1975, leading up to the Iran Iraq War, as well as the war itself, the greatest amount of military equipment… … Wikipedia
Ali Air Base — Coordinates: 30°56′08.73″N 46°05′24.40″E / 30.9357583°N 46.090111°E / 30.9357583; 46.090111 … Wikipedia
Al-Taqaddum Air Base — Al Taqaddum Airbase Habbaniyah Plateau IATA: none – ICAO: ORAT / KQEZ – LID: MAT Summary Airport type Military: Airbase Operator … Wikipedia
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — War in Afghanistan Part of the Afghan civil war and the War on Terror … Wikipedia
Air Force Research Laboratory — Emblem of AFRL … Wikipedia
War on Terrorism — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War on Terrorism caption=U.S. Soldiers boarding a CH 47 Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda in the Shahi Kot Valley and Arma Mountains southeast of Zormat. date=October 7 2001cite web… … Wikipedia
War on Terror — This article is about the international military campaign. For the board game, see War on Terror (game). War on Terror … Wikipedia
air warfare — Military operations conducted by airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft against aircraft or targets on the ground and in the water. Air warfare did not become important until World War I (1914–18). The British, French, German, Russian, and… … Universalium
