Close Air Support After Vietnam

Abstract

Close Air Support was one of the most important tactics used by the U.S. military in fighting the war in Vietnam. A sizeable portion of future defense dollars will be allocated for forces and equipment to insure America maintains a credible capability for close air support. A major obstacle to establishing this capability, however, is a conflict over roles and missions for individual services especially between the Army and Air Force. This essay discusses some of these obstacles, the status of the present debate, and suggests some way how the issues might be resolved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 07, 1970
Accession Number
AD0773539

Entities

People

  • Norman G. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Operations
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Combat Operations
  • Doctrine
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Helicopters
  • Tactical Air Support
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies