US AAF Doctrine - FM 1-15 (1940) Tactics and Technique of Air Fighting

US AAC/AAF Doctrine: FM 1-15, Air Fighting, 1940

Air Corps Field Manual FM 1-15, Tactics and Technique of Air Fighting, War Department, Washington September 9, 1940; Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. Objectives of air fighting.	Sections	Paragraph
	I. General	1-4
	II. Pursuit aviation in defense	5-8
	III. Penetrations of pursuit defense	9-10
CHAPTER 2. Tactical plans		11-15
CHAPTER 3. Factors affecting air fighting	General	16-20
CHAPTER 4. Air tactics of pursuit aviation.
	I. General	21-22
	II. Pursuit Formations	23-28
	III. Combat Tactics	29-30
	IV. Individual offensive tactics	31-37
	V. Flight offensive tactics	38-34
	VI. Squadron offensive tactics	44-48
	VII. Group offensive tactics	49-55
	VIII. Pursuit offensive tactics	56-61
CHAPTER 5. Employment of pursuit aviation.
	I. General	62-65
.	II. Methods of pursuit defense	66-68
	III. Pursuit aviation in local defense	69-75
	IV. Pursuit aviation in general defense	76-84
	V. Interception	85-91
	VI. Technique of interception	92-96
	VII. Support of air striking forces	97-98
	VIII. Support of ground forces	99-103
	IX. Pursuit in night operations	104-107
CHAPTER 6. Tactics of Aircraft fighting defensively		108-112

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