But some key members of Congress said air power alone cannot end the conflict.
He refused to use our air power to destroy any Serbian military buildup or offense.
Offensive operations will still rely upon outside support for air power, intelligence and logistics.
Air power is to be used only when there is no significant risk of civilian deaths.
Such a transient but decisive use of air power would be supported by the many valid U.N.
Air power and sea power are central to its plans for preserving U.S. presence in the Pacific.
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The drone strikes are part of a tradition for American forces, which rely heavily on air power.
It's like saying Napoleon was a lousy general because he didn't know how to deploy air power.
American air power is now truly achieving the vision its original advocates formulated between 1915 and 1925.
Dug in around the city are more than 30, 000 government troops, backed by armor, artillery and air power.
The F-35 is supposed to become the backbone of American air power, but its costs have been rising.
The alliance has spent two months polishing a broad range of options, including the use of air power.
The Malian army, backed by French air power, then moved against the militants.
In this war, air power also played a bigger role in intelligence gathering.
It is a belief that is deeply held by the US military, who were among the first advocates of strategic air power.
They represent a unique warfare capability that can quickly arrive at a trouble spot and provide robust, and sustainable combat air power.
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Perry attributed this latest, and perhaps strongest, chance for peace in the Balkans in part to the success of NATO air power.
The army, backed by French air power, then moved against the Islamists.
But from Day One, NATO's promise of victory by air power has seemed a limp match for the human costs of the campaign.
As the target list widens, air power, though a bluntish instrument, can clearly inflict a lot more damage on Mr Milosevic's war machine.
B-2, is on the other hand offered as evidence that this was a pretty good war for air power of the longer-range sort.
Barak believes too readily in the efficacy of air power and in the ability of elite ground units to rapidly seize and hold land.
Most experts say that air power alone never has been sufficient.
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The alliance as a whole agreed on the desirability of closing the gap, and some countries, especially Britain, set out to smarten up their air power.
However, many US supporters of air power have called for precision bombing which would not be aimed directly against civilians but only military and industrial targets.
The Cold War was over, but in two successive military campaigns during the 1990s, air power had done the heavy lifting required to defeat aggressive dictators.
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Nor, as some are claiming, has the bombing opened a new chapter in the history of warfare by showing that air power alone can produce victory.
Instead, the Clintonites are hoping that air power will break Serbia's defiance, and they are prepared to bomb for weeks in order to be proved right.
But the MoD said last year that it had access to "a range of international bases which allow us to project our air power around the world".
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