Unmanned aerial vehicle

General Trenchard, the first commander of Royal Air Force (RAF) (and ‘Chief of Staff’ of world’s first independent air force) also continued to develop Britain’s AP Doctrine after the war. He strongly advocated the importance of an offensive role of A. He also believed AP’s primary mission is to annihilate the enemy from the air. He also believed that if that was his strategy, it will be so for other countries as well. Therefore they needed to dedicated resources to air development. He stress…

to be false. Despite of excessive aerial bombing of vital centers, cities and industrial facilities,…

“It may be said that Douhet was the theorist of the air power, Mitchell the publicist and catalytic agent, and Trenchard the organizational genius.” -Harry H. Ransom. Air power generates a new revolution in thought, making way for air power theorist like Giulio Douhet, Hugh Trenchard, and Billy Mitchell, and they established the basics of strategic, operational, and tactical employment that will generate influences until our time. The airpower theorists over emphasized the long range…

country's infantry and navy. Up to this time in history, aerial warfare had played no significant role in military strategy. Balloons had been used for observation and propaganda distribution during the Napoleonic wars and the Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870-1871 (Balloons in the Military). The airplane had also been used in a limited role for bombardment missions during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 (Wilkin). World War One was the first time aerial warfare was used on an immense scale,…

Grainne Kieran Strategic bombing since its inception, has evoked a powerful and emotional response and has become a subject of much debate. Throughout history there has been a tendency to regard airpower, specifically strategic bombing , as a revolutionary advance in warfare and a weapon that would push the boundary and create new principles and policies of war. While some scholars see this advance as a positive and advocate strategic bombing for it reduction of cost, manpower and causalities,…

against the Germans and combat their advance through the air. The Battle of Britain was also the proving ground for many new innovations and tactics that were newly introduced to air warfare. This created a new dimension to the ever complex view of aerial combat and forced Allied and Axis leaders to adapt to the changing landscape, a task the Dowding performed well enough to earn victory. One such technological innovation was the creation of the radio detection and ranging, or RADAR. This new…

troops, tanks and ships. This was because “the access [an airplane] provides makes it a faster, more flexible, and more precise than any other form of military power.” Before the 20th century, not a single nation had the efficient technology for aerial bombardments on a large scale. However, even before strategic bombing became a regular tactic used in war, generals were beginning to realize the calculated importance that these types of attacks would…

Apex Sketch takes a sketch export out of your assessing.net database and creates a GIS building shapefile map layer. From this sketch file you overlay a aerial photo and the sketch variances from the actual aerial photo stand out like a sore thumb when they are set at the same scale. Apex has a sketch technician that painstakingly reviews each property, parcel by parcel. I had previously done similar work while working in the Monroe County Equalization Department under Mike Woolford. Mike…

11 epic drone photographs (-- removed HTML --) With the use of drones we’re now able to take photographs like never before. These 11 drone photographs show what photography is now capable of. 1. Dubai, United Arab Emirates Since Dubai is within the Arabian Desert sandstorms are quite common. This drone photograph shows a highway after one such storm. (-- removed HTML --) 2. Budapest, Hungary With a bird’s eye view of Budapest, this photograph captures the majesty of the sunrise and the…

Three out of four automotive transactions in the United States involve used pre-owned vehicles. The average previously owned vehicles will have three owners in its lifetime. Half the cars that have once been flood damaged are back on the road. Meaning, there was about 200,000 vehicles resold after being dried out. Some people lose about four billion dollars a year because of odometer fraud, with an average rollback of 15,000 miles. There…