The Future of Airborne Forces in the Objective Force

Abstract

This paper will examine United States Army airborne forces as they relate to the Objective Force. It will address the need for the United States to retain a strategic airborne force for forcible entry operations and will explain why this force should remain a consolidated airborne division and not some distributed capability scattered across the Army at the Unit of Employment level. As part of this discussion, the paper will address facilities, training, command and control, and modernization issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415669

Entities

People

  • David A. Mcbride

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • Force Structure
  • Health Services
  • Information Operations
  • National Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control