Before the Korean War, the primary mission of Lt. General George E. Stratemeyer's Far East Air Forces (FEAF) was air defense of the Japanese homeland. Most of the aircraft constituting Stratemeyer's inventory were interceptors, not designed for the type of combat that would be required now that the United States was joining in the United Nations effort to end the war in Korea. The Joint Army/USAAF doctrine of 1946, known as Field Manual 31-35, Air Ground Operations, was also considered outdated in the present circumstance. A new approach to warfighting had to be developed in response to the strong influence of General Douglas MacArthur and other of his air officers in the Army-dominated General Headquarters Far East Command. Close air support of the ground forces as provided by the Fifth Air Force came at some cost, and tempers flared in the process, but the air commanders in Korea never deprived the ground commanders of close air support if it was needed. Indeed, without the close air support provided to the airmen, the ground campaign would have been a much more bloody and difficult affair than it was.
Down in the Weeds: Close Air Support in Korea
2002
54 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Education, Law, & Humanities , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Tactical air support , Air power , Korean war , Air force operations , North korea , Fighter aircraft , Air force , South korea , Squadrons , Fighter bombers , Bomber aircraft , Interceptors , Military commanders , Military forces(Foreign) , Air force personnel , Air strikes , Close air support , Feaf(Far east air forces) , F-80 aircraft , F- 51 aircraft , Rok(Republic of korea) , Fbs(Fighter bomber squadron) , Fbg(Fighter bomber group) , Fig(Fighter interceptor group) , Fis(Fighter interceptor squadron) , F-82 aircraft , T-6 aircraft , B-29 aircraft , B-26 aircraft , F-84 aircraft
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