Air Force, Navy to Explore Role of Air Power for Counterinsurgencies, Global Terror War

By Jason Sherman / March 10, 2005 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force and Navy are convening a classified conference later this month to examine how best to employ air power against insurgencies and in the global war on terrorism. The "2005 Air and Space Power Strategy Conference," set to take place in Northern Virginia March 22 to 25, is an annual event hosted by the Air Force's Checkmate division -- a staff that focuses on optimizing air power to support operational units -- which brings together air component strategists...

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