Air Power Anywhere.(the U.S. Air Force is focusing on innovations that will help it maintain its air superiority)(Brief Article)

Malcolm Davis, "Briefing: Future Air Strikes," Janes' Defense Weekly, January 15, 2003 (jdw.janes.com)

Since the early 1990s, the U.S. Air Force has been nearly invulnerable in war, partly thanks to stealth technology that lets planes vanish from enemy radar. As the downing of one American stealth aircraft during the Kosovo war shows, however, stealth technology has its limits. China and perhaps Iraq have systems that may be able to detect existing stealth aircraft, thus eroding America's advantage in the skies.

In a review of the future of American air power, British defense lecturer Malcolm Davis gives an Overview of the potential innovations ahead which are intended to ensure continued American air superiority. For one thing, thanks to targeting that uses the Global Positioning System, American aircraft are increasingly able to fly very high--much higher than during the Gulf War--and still deliver bombs and missiles effectively.

Also, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles, used in combat during the war on terror, will become more common, ...