Close air support

The first priority was to attain air superiority by destroying the Germany aircraft industry and operational fighters. The second priority was to destroy the German electrical power grid, transportation networks, and oil industry. The third priority was to provide tactical support for the ground invasion of Europe. The Allied success in the European theater depended on achieving air superiority. They wanted their air forces to have the ability to operate anywhere without opposition

opportunities to show leadership throughout his career in the Army Air Corps. He commanded many airlifts including the Air Transport Command (which became the Military Air Transport Service), Berlin Airlift, Korean Airlift, and the Inchon Invasion Airlift, as well as playing leadership roles in the Ferrying Division, Military Personnel Division, “Hump” operation, India-China Division, Atlantic Division, Combat Cargo Command, and the Air Material Command. Some of his accomplishments included implementing

analysis of Fire Support in the Ia Drang Valley and critical comparison to today’s United States Army Field Artillery Branch SGT Jonathon Frank, SSG Samuel Last, SGT Ryan Molaskey, SGT Jeremiah Schaller 13F Advanced Leader’s Course, Field Artillery Center of Excellence   The Battle of the Ia Drang Valley took place on November 14th, 1965. It is known for impressive boots-on-the-ground leadership, is hailed as the first employment of the helicopter as an effective fire support asset, and is the

mission and the commander’s intent. Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) Dagger originally developed the mission to rid Shah-i-Kot Valley of Al Qaeda and Taliban forces by using Afghan forces as the main element with preparatory air attacks and Close Air Support (CAS). Within a week, it became a joint operation with Task Force (TF) Mountain is taking the lead, becoming Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Mountain. This joint force consists of elements of the 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne

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Commander, General Alexander, failed to apply mission command and specifically the elements of commander’s intent, mutual trust, and understanding. Furthermore, the Allied Force Headquarters, and specifically the air component commander, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, poorly integrated the air component into the joint force. Though Operation Husky is considered an important Allied victory, the poor performance of the operational level commanders resulted in the Axis forces’ successful evacuation of over

five transportation rotary-wing companies to begin producing aircraft. Limitations of Army Helicopters In September, 1950, General J. Lawton Collins asked the Air Force to remove weight restrictions of 3,500 pounds, limiting what the Army could do with their helicopters. After a year of debates and meetings, a formal agreement between the Air Force and the Army removed the weight limitations. The United

others about the significance of air power led other to articulate, “Mitchell had allowed his vision of the potential of aviation to cost him his perspective.” Believing in his results from combat in WWI Mitchell set out to prove the importance of the air domain challenging the establishment on the significance of air power. Mitchell started out with a balanced approach regarding of this “new instrument of warfare” but as time progressed he and his pupils in the Air Service departed from a vision

Introduction While a commander’s staff conducts planning at any level, whether it is strategic, operational, or tactical, the importance of identifying both theirs and the adversary’s center of gravity (COG) is a critical part of the planning process. Three factors should be carefully analyzed in order to gain a full understanding of the COG; they are critical capabilities, critical requirements and critical vulnerabilities (U.S. Office of the CJCS 11 August 2011, III-24). Although a COG can be

Overwhelming odds at COP Kahler On the morning of 13 July 2014, American forces were dealt a devastating blow when Anti Afghan Forces attacked a remote joint US and Afghan outpost that was in the early days of construction. The result, nine US Army Soldiers KIA (killed in action), 27 US Army Soldiers WIA (wounded in action), and six Afghan Army Soldiers WIA. The complex attack consisted of RPG (rocket propelled grenade), PKM (light