Breaking the Paradigm: The Challenge of Close Air Support in the Future Joint Operating Environment

Abstract

In this time of transformation, the U.S. military faces many uncertainties. Its current enemies are elusive and a near peer competitor is non-existent. One certainty for the military however, is it will continue to deploy expeditionary forces to regions around the globe to support U.S. national interests. These continued deployments have forced the Army to become a lighter and more deployable expeditionary force. The future Army brigade unit of action will depend upon more joint capabilities to provide a greater amount of support. The Army's increase joint interdependency will require the Air Force to be more prepared than ever to provide CAS. Based upon Air Force history there is a danger the Army's increased reliance on joint capabilities will go unanswered if the Air Force fails to prepare sufficiently.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 2005
Accession Number
ADA436601

Entities

People

  • Matthew S. Deyo

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.