Close air support

This report will contain strategic methods for allowing ground troops to properly evaluate a target on the combat field. The report will also contain a logical method for equipping all combat aircrafts with similar munitions as to help provide Close Air Support of any magnitude. CAS has tedious procedures and techniques like evaluating targets, understanding what type of munitions are needed for certain targets, time critical targets, immediate threat targets, and targets of opportunity. The fundamentals

Close Air Support (CAS) is a complex mission due to the interaction of ground forces and airpower in short distance from the enemy. Historical examples evidenced that cultural differences and service rivalry affected the efficiency of CAS after World War II; while on the other hand, having a joint force with proper training improved its performance. The US Air Force and US Army argued about the property of the assets as the main factor limiting efficiency, conversely the Marine Corps exploited the

warfighting practices currently overtaken by time. A case in purpose is that the contestation encompassing retirement of the Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II, a plane formed throughout the warfare with one mission in mind: providing shut air support to forces on the bottom. At the time, troopers were querulous that the Air Force wasn’t sufficiently committed to shut air support, therefore the service came up with a plane that did solely that — a slow however extremely survivable tank killer engineered

Coordination for Close Air Support and the Lack of Operational- and Strategic-level Coordination. The first error that occurred was poor intelligence preparation of the battlefield. The

The incorporation of aviation assets to help support ground operations has created many benefits. Close air support for joint operations provides over watch and security with great firepower and precision. Another great benefit is the ability for medical evacuation, support, and resupply. The combination of air assets with ground forces aids in battlefield momentum and domination over the enemy when performed without hesitation. An example of air and ground forces complimenting each other would

situation, I shouted to my squad to get down. “The insurgents were hitting us in overwhelming numbers. I had Joker reach for his radio and give HQ a Sitrep. He was also to call for Close Air Support. They would soon respond, delivering overwhelming reality.” “Two Six Romeo, this is Geronimo Forward Operating Base, air support is 10 Mikes out from your nearest L.Z.” ‘Ten minutes,’ I remember thinking. ‘That’s an eternity.’ “Again, I shouted to the men to dig in. Scanning the field I watched another one

Pearl Harbor The movie Pearl Harbor is historically inaccurate because of the fact that it doesn’t have a correct order of events, appropriate weaponry and because of it’s usage of props that were unavailable at the time. First of all in the movie Pearl Harbor, the actual sequence of events that occured on December 7, 1941 was that the japanese sent two seperate waves of fighter planes to attack the U.S Naval base of Pearl Harbor. (Memorials) However in the movie Pearl Harbor the attack on the naval

Being an 8-year-old at a garage sale has a certain smell to it. Sure, there are other senses, the ugly flowery vase teetering on the edge of a plastic folding table. Cigarette smoke everywhere, (it was 1994, smoking was way cooler back then). The early-morning swampy, humid feeling only Southeast Georgia can give you. For me, the only stuff eye-level and remotely interesting were the boxes beneath the tables (and sawhorses with plywood used as tables). Sometimes you could find a handheld game, other

operation. Even though it was a joint operation, this does not necessarily mean cohesive. This is especially true of the air operations. Poorly executed joint functions, primarily air operations, resulted in diminished close air support capabilities during Operation Anaconda due to confusion of control of aviation assets, lack of proper communication equipment, and available air coordination personnel were overwhelmed. Confusion of control of Aviation Assets The first reason for the diminished capabilities

(1) Fifth Air Force (Major General Earle E. Partridge) provided general air support for the invasion by isolating the objective area. As part of this effort commencing on D-10, a major numerous efforts was launched against the rail network north Seoul. Fifth Air Force was also charged with furnishing air-ground support to the Eighth Army in the south and width the on-order mission of air delivery of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team. The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, the lead element of