A lighter ACE: Marine Corps Aviation in Future Warfare

Abstract

The current state of weapons development and procurement have pushed the costs of outfitting the service to budget busting limits. Efficiencies in cost and capabilities must be considered not only in individual services but across the entire Joint Force. Many capabilities of Marine Corps aviation are unnecessarily duplicated functions found in both the U.S. Navy and Air Force. In concert with the Joint Force, the Marine Corps' Aviation Combat Element must jettison redundant aviation function capabilities and embrace anew its role as a tactical air force within a service, making Assault Support and Close Air Support the most important functions in order to increase the lethality and decrease the cost of support it provides to the Marine Air Ground Task Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2017
Accession Number
AD1179020

Entities

People

  • Jose L. Castillo

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Operations
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Aviation
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Tactical Air Support
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.