Army Aviation Force Structure in Support of Counter Insurgency Operations

Abstract

Army Aviation, specifically rotary wing and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are extremely effective in the counter insurgency (COIN) environment. Army Aviation serves as a combat multiplier by providing intelligence, precision fires, mobility to the force, and a presence over the battlefield. The correct organizational template of personnel, airframes, and maintenance within the combat Aviation Brigades is essential to our continued success in the COIN environment. This essay describes the capabilities, structure, employment of aircraft types, and explores the overall effectiveness of aviation operations in support of COIN. In order to continue aviation's success in COIN the Army must complete transformation of all combat aviation brigades to the medium design and recapitalize the attrition in airframes over the last eight years of war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA518060

Entities

People

  • Terry J. Jamison

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Army Aviation
  • Command And Control
  • Education
  • Force Structure
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Reconnaissance
  • Reconnaissance Aircraft
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs