Airhead operations have been an important feature of modern warfare since Gen Francisco Franco, in 1936, air-landed his Moroccan forces in southern Spain during the opening phase of the Spanish Civil War. The concept gained currency during World War II, especially as an element of airborne operations. In that context it denoted an assault zone(s) employed during vertical envelopment maneuvers. In current usage airhead is defined in Joint Pub 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, this way: 1. A designated area in a hostile or threatened territory which, when seized and held, ensures the continuous air landing of troops and materiel and provides the maneuver space necessary for projected operations. Normally it Is the area seized in the assault phase of an airborne operation. 2. A designated location in an area of operations used as a base for supply and evacuation by air.
Airhead Operations - Where AMC Delivers: The Linchpin of Rapid Force Projection
1995
110 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Airmobile operations , Military operations , Logistics support , Warfare , Lessons learned , Assault , Airborne , Operation , Somalia , Spain , Evacuation , Spanish language , Landing , Civil disturbances , Second world war , Air mobility command , Restore hope operation , C-17 aircraft , Kc-10 aircraft
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