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Episode 189 – Fighting the Air Base: Decisive Combat Sortie Generation Under Fire

The Aerospace Advantage

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Air Force Combat Sortie Generation Challenges and Defense Strategies

The chapter discusses the Air Force's challenges in generating combat sorties and defending theater bases for potential conflicts with China. It explores China's threats to US airbases in the Western Pacific, the need for effective air base defense strategies like agile combat employment and dense active defenses, and the potential use of promising technologies for defense against incoming threats.

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