As the United States transitions towards a national military strategy based on power projection instead of forward deployed armed forces, contingency forces and their capabilities will become increasingly more important. A key capability required to successfully implement a force projection defense strategy is the ability to conduct a forcible entry. In a forcible entry situation, either airborne or amphibious forces could secure a lodgment and prepare for the introduction of follow-on combat forces. This study investigates the requirements USAF airlift forces must meet to successfully support airborne forcible entry operations. It reviews airlift contributions to past airborne operations in World War II, Grenada, and Panama. Then this study surveys the current world situation to determine what distances airlift forces must cover and the threat environments they must penetrate to successfully deliver airborne forces to potential target areas. Potential airborne forcible entry targets are developed by listing countries involved in armed conflict, drug trafficking, or state-sponsored terrorism, and removing littoral areas. This study then determines lift, distance, threat survivability, and training requirements for USAF airlift forces to successfully support airborne forcible entry operations. Airlift, Airborne operations, Parachute operations, Forcible entry, Airfield seizure.
Airborne Forcible Entry Operations: USAF Airlift Requirements
1994
141 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Military strategy , Military doctrine , Unconventional warfare , Air force operations , Airborne , Combat forces , Grenada , Landing fields , Panama , Parachutes , Surveys , Survivability , Targets , Terrorism , Threats , Transitions , United states , Warfare , Military forces(United states) , Amphibious operations , Threat evaluation , Lessons learned , Forecasting , Air force planning , Transport aircraft , Airlift operations , Covert operations , Contingency operations , Forcible entry operations , Airborne forcible entry operations , Post Cold War era , National military strategy , Power projection , Forward deployment , Contingency forces , Parachute seizures , Airlift forces , Theses
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