The attack helicopter battalions within the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) sequentially transition to the AH-64D beginning January 1999 and lasting through May 2002. During this period, air assault operations will be conducted with three...
Attack and reconnaissance helicopters must continue to be a force multiplier for future ground maneuver commanders. The problem is that attack and reconnaissance pilots have lost the skills of performing close combat attack and air-ground...
This monograph answers the question, "Can unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) supplant manned United States Army attack and reconnaissance helicopters in the conduct of future urban operations " and the answer is, "not completely. " The future of US...
This study investigates the potential role of Navy Seahawk helicopters, armed with the AGM-114 Hellfire missile system, in overland strike operations. Navy H-60 aircraft have only recently been upgraded to include forward-looking infrared (FLIR)...
Over the past thirty years, the attack helicopter has matured as an integral part of the U. S. Army's warfighting team. Operation Desert Storm put the stamp of success on three decades of attack helicopter development, beginning during the Vietnam...
Major Eric Puls deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003-2004, as first the aviation aircraft maintenance troop commander in 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, part of the 4th Infantry Division, and then as commander of Delta Troop - an...
During his 2003-2004 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Eric Puls served initially as commander of the aviation aircraft maintenance troop in 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment (4th Infantry Division) and, later, as commander...
Munoz, Roberto; Turk, Goran; Nichols, Kyong; Stone, David; Pickett, Michael
Thesis Statement: The incorporation of airmobile operations into our combat structure led to decisive victories in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Haiti. Discussion: Air mobile operations have contributed significantly in all conflicts. The...
This monograph answers the research question: do published Army aviation doctrine, tactics, and techniques adequately address the infusion of attack aviation, on a conventional or unconventional low intensity conflict battlefield, in support of...
Martin van Creveld, a noted theorist, contends that the concept of operational art did not take off in the United States (US) until after the Vietnam War. Conversely, James Schneider, a prominent military theorist, asserts that operational art...
Over the last eight years, combat operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) have put a tremendous strain on the US Army's aviation fleet. In February 2004, the Army canceled the cornerstone of Army Aviation Transformation, the $48...
The U.S. Army finds itself at a crossroad in the development and fielding of both unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter to fulfill the armed reconnaissance role for its future Objective Force (OF). Ever-increasing UAV...
This study investigates the likely optimal force structure for the 82nd Airborne Division in 2010, in light of future doctrinal and strategic requirements. As the United States strategic reserve, the 82nd Airborne Division has a requirement to be...
This thesis in an assessment of attack helicopter gunnery training and the adequacy of that training as the Army fields the AH-64D Longbow attack helicopter starting in 1997. The problem confronted by this study is both institutional and unit...
In this interview, MAJ Paul Moreshead, US Army, Aviation; discusses his deployment to Iraq as the Deputy Brigade S3 in 2006 through 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). MAJ Moreshead discusses a the role of an aviation assault...
American Indians have participated with distinction in the United States Army for more than 200 years. Many American military leaders recognized their courage, determination, and fighting spirit as early as the 18th century. General George...
A three-year veteran of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Major Vincent Torza served as the 4th Squadron's operations officer during most of his Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment. During the fall of 2003, his unit prepared for and executed...
The lightning campaign that toppled the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq in the spring of 2003 seemed to herald the arrival of a new way of war, as Germany's blitzkrieg had done at the beginning of World War II. But the initial victory soon devolved...
Colonel Dyfierd Harris commanded 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2003 until July 2004. This brigade - the division's aviation brigade - had operational responsibilities throughout the division's area of...