Historians have overlooked the important role played by airpower in combined arms during the Palestine Campaign, 1917–1918. This article argues the Egyptian Expeditionary Force adopted Western Front command structures, successfully integrating airpower within their command and control systems. Tactical and strategic airpower provided intelligence which allowed Corps and Army Headquarters to control the tempo of operations, while ground attack operations disrupted Ottoman command and control arrangements. This integration made a clear contribution to the success of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force at the crucial battles of Third Gaza and Megiddo.
my valuLed friend, Dr. J. M. Martin. I trust the profession is going to scrutinize every one of the proposals in each of these documents before committing itself to the great changes whiclh are only vaguely indicated in wlhat we may call their " argument." May I be allowed to suggest some points for consideration?
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