Not open to students who elect this as concentration in the MA in Military Studies

Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

• Explain the advent of air power on the conduct of war and role in revolutionizing the battlefield by expanding the scale and scope of conflict from two to three dimensions.
• Discern and assess the effectiveness of strategic air power in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Gulf conflict.
• Distinguish the evolving role of fighter aircraft in combat to include doctrine, weaponry, and airframe capabilities through actual combat examples involving various air forces in several wars and conflicts, including Desert Storm.
• Appraise the technology (airframes, weapons, avionics), that influences current strategic concepts and aerial combat tactical doctrine.
• Assess the conventional and unconventional air warfare of the future in light of technological change and the information age, non-state military threats, rogue regimes, and clashes of culture between regions.

AW500 / MIL 550 - Air Power
AW514 / MIL 553 - Strategic Air Power Theory
AW505 / MIL 554 - Tactical Airpower Theory
AW506 / MIL 556 - Air Warfare in the 21st Century
LC505 / MIL 620 - Studies in Future War