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Introduction -.:: GEOCITIES.Ws Introduction “As I fly through the air at speeds of sound, Whilst shattering through clouds new mirth I have found, Like a new way of life for a boy who is lost Wants to be a hero in glory but unsure of the cost. Civilian life, you know, was just no fun, Now what I have as I wanted, is my plane and my gun Through all the briefings, the odds were for me, I thought this would just be another cake piece. Suddenly, from nowhere, a MiG on my six, I flicked with the controls, this was not as I fixed. He fires his missile, no time to fret, I fire my countermeasures, my palms covered with sweat. He misses, a momentary win, and as just a little mock, I try to turn around him and let my cannon do the talk. But, through all the gunfire, his bullet hits my wing, As I fall to the ground, I hear my ear ring As if t’were God saying as I triggered the self eject, “Yes, my son, this is the art of war, don’t deject.” -Venkat Krishnaraj All through this book, we would be running along facts enveloping the current air forces, air planes, fighters and missiles. “Complete Air Dominance-A flight of a lifetime” explains the various aspects of air-forces from the strategic as well as the technical point of view. It covers almost the entire spectrum: right from the evolution of the first airplane to a sneak peek of the near future. This book explains the role of each airplane within the airforce, the strategic advantages and disadvantages associated with each plane. This book also explains the balance of power currently existing between the two major air forces, that is, United States Air Force and Russian Air Force, on basis of an online poll conducted on the “Federation of American Scientists” website. We have also packed in a survey as to which airplane would be dominating the air in the future explaining the due reasons. Along with that, we also analysed the companies which develop such airplanes, their economic position and future economic possibilities. This book is like a timeless adventure, which never ceases to entertain the minds of the readers. Throughout this book, I would be referring to the Soviet Union as Russia and this shouldn’t cause any confusion in the minds of the readers, since for all practical purposes, the Soviet Union is same as Russia. RT I A Walk Down Memory Lane…. PA A Walk Down Memory Lane…. A few decades ago, no man on earth would have imagined that he would be able to fly. Able to fly like all those birds that chased the clouds driven by the winds. It was only his dream. However, the current century has made this dream a reality, and while doing so, technology evolved slowly but steadily. It all started with gliders which has not electrical or electronic parts and it has not yet ended with airplanes travelling faster than speed of sounds, travelling higher than the atmosphere to discover the heights above the stratosphere. Where do we go from here on? No one has an answer to that. No matter how the future evolves, it is very important that one knows the past. Lets take a chronological look at the evolution of the airplanes. Lets see whether the discovery of the airplane was coincidence or pure genius. Lets find out whether it would be discovery of the millenium. Lets take a walk down this memory lane… Invention of the Airplanes As we go down the memory lane, we see two youngsters fiddling with what was supposed to be the first unmanned glider. It was an attempt at creating a human carrying “heavier than air” machine. This means that the machine was to remain aloft by its aerodynamic properties rather than by a bag of gas which was lighter than air. Upon closer observation, we find that they are brothers who took active interest in aeronautics. They were non other than Wilbur and Orville Wright. These men, who were about to teleport the future in to such a dimension unheard of, were born in the United States in the late 19 th century (1867 and 1871 respectively). Later on, they opened a small bicycle manufacturing shop and their only dream was to build the “Flying Machine” capable of carrying humans on it. The Wright Brothers had built their first unmanned glider in 1896, and between 1900 and 1902 they tested a series of , manned gliders at Kill Devil Hill on North I Carolina's windswept Kitty Hawk Peninsula. They recognized that the key to successful powered flight would be the degree of control which the pilot could exercise over his craft. They looked upon their project as an aircraft rather than as a modified I kite or as a machine that would be controlled in the air as a boat was in the water. The first Wright Flyer was a fabric-covered biplane with a wooden frame driven by the Wrights' own 12hp water-cooled engine connected to two contra -rotating propellers by means of belts. Wilbur and Orville completed their Flyer during the summer of 1903 and took it to Kitty Hawk in December. On the 13th, Wilbur took the first turn and succeeded only in nosing the Flyer into a dune. On December 17, however, Orville took to the air for 12 seconds, covering 120 feet (37 meters) in the first powered flight of a manned heavier-than-air craft in history. By the end of the day, each had made two successful flights, with Wilbur covering 852 feet (260 meters) in his last turn at the controls. Starting on May 13, 1904, their Flyer 2 made a number of successful flights over the next seven months. Like the original Flyer, however, it manifested a tendency to stall in turns, and the Wrights went back to the drawing board. The result was the larger Flyer 3, which proved to be a much more reliable airplane, and was able to fly successfully over a distance of 34 miles (55 km). On October 5, 1905, it set an endurance record of 38 minutes aloft. The brothers made numerous demonstration flights in the United States and Europe and founded the American Wright Company in 1909. Wilbur died of typhoid fever in 1912 and Orville sold his interest in 1915 to devote himself to his work as director of the Wright Aeronautical Laboratory in Dayton. (An early Wright Flyer) From the invention of the first Wright Flyer, there was really no looking back. With the sophistication of technology as time progressed, everything converged together to revolutionise this revolution making invention by the Wright brothers. With also the integration of computers and artificial intelligence, the growth has been in the exponential increase and will continue to do so. So far, so good. But why do we need such sophisticated airplanes? For the purpose of travel, anything faster than the fastest car would do. Then why did we seek to break the various physical barriers such as speed of sound et all? The answer is obvious. Using such sophisticated machines enhance defense and offense of a country. That is why, all countries who had the necessary resources, started runnin g to acquire more and more sophisticated air technology as they knew air superiority was the key to a easy win in a war as we shall see ahead when we analyze the various strategies employed during wars. The Arms Race: Need for Air Superiority Lets have a closer look at World War II. Germany has newly acquired airplanes which had massive firepower and could destroy a small town in minutes. They implemented the use of their sophisticated technology in their “Blitz Krieg” strategy. The strategy was simple but very efficient. During World War II, most machines were confined to the ground and infantry surpassed the number of such tanks. Thus, the first round of attack would be heavy duty German bombers making an almost clean sweep of the areas with their very destructive Napalm bombs. The friendly tanks would follow suit and clean up the remains. This strategy was quick and very efficient indeed. When America came into the picture of World War II, they completely destroyed two main towns Hiroshima and Nagasaki with their nuclear missiles deployed by their fighter airplanes (bombers). The entire city was destroyed in a matter of 3 to 4 seconds. In both these cases it is important to note that airplanes were so effective as they provided heavy firepower in a short span of time. They served as excellent weapon delivery systems and hence became an integral part of any countries’ defense system. Later on, we will be investigating on various air forces in the world, some of the airplanes (fighters and multi-utility). Also, another important thing to note is that Airplanes were tough going for the enemies as one cannot get an airplane down with the usage of ordinary bullets. If no proper defense is there for airplanes, all you can do is pray. Before I move on, I would like to tell you about the various classes of airplanes. Firstly, come the fighters, usually used for air to air combat. Then come the bombers for air to ground combats and lastly come the utility planes (air borne RADAR, or Mid – Air Refuellers, Cargo Transportation etc.). The Cold War Thus, it is clearly evident than airplanes gave the best delivery of sophisticated arms. Hence, it was important to improve air technology to gain superiority.
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