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Flight Plan Africa - Airpower portugaise en contre-insurrection, 1961-1974

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Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Type
Academic History
Title
Flight Plan Africa
Subjects
History & Military
Subject
Military & War
Special Attributes
Illustrated
ISBN
9781909982062
Book Title
Flight Plan Africa : Portuguese Airpower in Counterinsurgency, 1961-1974
Book Series
Wolverhampton Military Studies
Publisher
Helion & Company, The Limited
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2015
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Author
John P. Cann
Genre
History, Political Science
Topic
Africa / General, World / European, Military / Aviation, Modern / General, World / African
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
480 Pages

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Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment. As it proceeded to develop a competence in modern multiengine and jet fighter aircraft for its NATO role and train a professional corps of pilots, it was suddenly confronted in 1961 with fighting insurgencies in all three of its African possessions. This development forced it to acquire an entirely new and separate air force, the African air force, to address this emerging danger. This is the story of just how Portuguese leadership anticipated and dealt with this threat, and how it assembled an air force from scratch to meet it. The aircraft available at the time were largely castoffs from the larger, richer, and more sophisticated air forces of its NATO partners and not designed for counterinsurgency. Yet Portugal adapted them to the task and effectively crafted the appropriate strategies and tactics for their successful employment. The book explores the vicissitudes of procurement, an exercise fraught with anti-colonial political undercurrents, the imaginative modification and adaptation of the aircraft to fight in the African theaters, and the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures for their effective employment against an elusive, clever, and dangerous enemy. Advances in weaponry, such as the helicopter gun ship, were the outgrowth of combat needs. The acquired logistic competences assured that the needed fuel typ es and lubricants, spare parts, and qualified maintenance personnel were available in even the most remote African landing sites. The advanced flying skills, such as visual reconnaissance and air-ground coordinated fire support, were honed and perfected. All of these aspects and more are explored and hold lessons in the application of airpower in any insurgency today.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Helion & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1909982067
ISBN-13
9781909982062
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219320643

Product Key Features

Book Title
Flight Plan Africa : Portuguese Airpower in Counterinsurgency, 1961-1974
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Africa / General, World / European, Military / Aviation, Modern / General, World / African
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Political Science
Author
John P. Cann
Book Series
Wolverhampton Military Studies
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
... Cann has accomplished a remarkable feat of historical investigation. This is in fact a trailblazing book, the first in-depth English language study of a central but long-neglected aspect of Portugal's African wars ... Airpower professionals and aficionados should also find it exceptionally useful for its novel contributions to an increasingly noteworthy field of military history, ... Aviation enthusiasts will delight in the exhaustive detail on the aircraft the Portuguese air force, the Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP), used in the decade-plus it was on the front lines, but there are lessons here for today's policymakers as well., a significant contribution to the study of counterinsurgency, irregular warfare, airpower, and military leadership., vital volume. Dozens of photos, maps and annotations augment Cann's account. Interested in low-intensity warfare? Grab this one.
Lccn
2015-413377
Series Volume Number
4
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
967.3/03
Lc Classification Number
Dt1405
Copyright Date
2014

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