Evaluation of the Army's Plan for Tailoring Its Forces for Air Movement

Abstract

This study analyzes and evaluates: The Army's objective of strategic mobility of its forces and its resultant implementation in the tailoring of its forces and equipment for movement by air; Documents which state, or directly contribute to, the overall Army objective for strategic mobility and the tailoring of its forces to achieve this mobility; and The Army's position including doctrine and concepts, for the air movement of airborne, infantry, mechanized, armored and air assault divisions to an overseas objective area, and method of employment, and relative combat effectiveness when movement is by airlift solely or in conjunction with prestocking or surface movement of heavy equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
ADA050373

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force Aircraft
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Aircraft
  • Combat Support
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Maintenance
  • Military Aircraft
  • Organizational Structure
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Recovery Vehicles
  • Surface Transportation
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation