Two's In
Would Airpower have worked down the Falls or Shankhill Road?
The simple answer to that one is yes it did; but - referring to my previous post on this thread - not the delivery of kenetic weapons but in the ISTAR role. Heli-tele was frequently deployed and used to assist in the direction forces on the ground.
Now if the question is could 'air power do it alone?' the answer is no. Mind you no-one argues that it could. Even the use of air policing over Iraq between the wars relied on the use of ground forces - the strength of air power was that it could reduce the number of ground forces required because those that remained could be used effectively.