Air Force Combat Organizations: Tactical Air Forces
Air Force Combat Organizations: Tactical Air Forces.Tactical air forces are air combat forces that are organized to conduct operations within a theater of war in support of military campaign and possibly national objectives. The traditional view of these forces is that they provide offensive and defensive support to ground and naval surface forces. However, after its creation in 1947, the United States Air Force (USAF) increasingly viewed tactical air power as a potentially decisive factor in modern warfare that should be organized and used as an independent combat force whenever possible. The differing views on the proper roles of air power have often generated significant debates between the USAF (and its predecessors) and the other three armed services. The other services—army, navy, and Marines—tend to view air power as a subordinate and supporting...
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