British Air Power demonstrates how the Royal Air Force sought to adapt
in regard to the roles it could play and the conflicts in which it could
be used, as well as the evolution of air power doctrine at a time of
rapid changes in national politics and in the international arena. The
development of new concepts and theories, the evaluation of operational
experience, the political environment and budgetary cuts, and the role
of academics and personalities in development of doctrine are thus all
explored to show changes in strategic thinking regarding air power.
Fedorchak further examines the influence of jointery - the process of
co-operation between the army, navy and air force - on thinking,
conceptualising, teaching and using air power in recent operations in
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. A contemporary complement to more
historical studies, British Air Power provides a very detailed look at
the development of air-land doctrine in the RAF since the turn of the
century.