United States Air Force jet fighter development and strategy in the post-World War II period is illustrative of the beginning stages of the strategy of annihilation that the United States has adopted in the late-20th and 21 st centuries. Development and procurement of fighters is a complex process that must take into account the potential mission and purpose of the aircraft in overall strategy, the impact of that technology upon existing forces and missions, and the continuum of costs versus performance. The Air Force chose a developmental path for jet fighters which concentrated on the assurance that qualitatively superior aircraft could outperform greater numbers of technologically comparable enemy aircraft.; The first section of this thesis provides documentary and secondary evidence concerning the transformation of air warfare due to jet technology. Section two argues the strategic significance of jet fighter development as a precursor of a strategy of annihilation.
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机译：第二次世界大战后美国空军喷气式战斗机的发展和战略说明了美国在20世纪20年代末和21世纪21世纪末采取的歼灭战略的初期阶段。 super> st 个世纪。战斗机的开发和采购是一个复杂的过程，必须在总体战略中考虑飞机的潜在任务和目的，该技术对现有部队和任务的影响以及成本与性能的连续性。空军为喷气式战斗机选择了一条发展道路，重点是保证质量上乘的飞机可以胜过更多技术上可比的敌机。本文的第一部分提供有关喷气技术引起的空战转变的文献和辅助证据。第二节论述了歼击机发展为歼灭战略的先驱的战略意义。
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