Aerial warfare tactics

aerial warfare mission directly supporting friendly ground forces

military movement of ground forces by air into combat or unsecured areas

military tactic

passive collection of radar beams

military flying mission conducted by fighter aircraft to deny enemy aircraft use of a specified airspace

offensive military flying mission aimed at striking enemy ground targets beyond the immediate battlefield area

aerial warning shot practice used by Israel Defense Forces

300px|thumb|Curtiss JN-4|Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" formation

frame|Four F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16s of the USAF [[457th Fighter Squadron flying in a "Finger-four" formation]]

thumb|A-10 Thunderbolt-II 30mm GAU-8 cannon conducting a strafing run against suspected Taliban machine-gun crew, footage captured by overhead U.S military-operated reconnaissance drone, Afghanistan thumb|A German vehicle column destroyed by ground-attack aircraft close to [[Arnhem, 23 September 1944]]

helicopter designed to carry and employ weaponry

list of aerial combat maneuvers

thumb|upright=1.35|Helicopter using treetops as cover Nap-of-the-earth (NOE) is a type of very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. Other, mostly older terms include "contour flying", "ground-hugging", "terrain masking", "flying under the radar" and "hedgehopping".

aerial combat formation

radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a force

thumb|320px|right|A lineup of Albatros D.III fighters of Jagdstaffel 50 - mid to late 1917. The subdued staffel scheme of black and white stripes and chevrons can be seen on the fuselage and tailplanes of most machines, which are otherwise in factory finish. thumb|320px|right|An Albatros DIII wreck Flanders 1917 A Jagdstaffel (plural Jagdstaffeln, abbreviated to Jasta) was a fighter Staffel (squadron) of the German Imperial Luftstreitkräfte during World War I.

Military tactic in World War II

A radar system has look-down/shoot-down capability if it can detect, track and guide a weapon to an air target that (as seen by the radar) is silhouetted against the ground.

heavy bomber formation used by the USAAF in WW2 to concentrate offensive and defensive firepower

air warfare conducted to actively destroy enemy aircraft and ability to wage aerial warfare

system for intercepting hoatile aircraft

Air defense system

air fighting tactic