Army Aviation Strike Force: A New Strategic Asset for the 21st Century

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Abstract:

This essay recommends the establishment of an Army Aviation Strike Force ASF consisting of a mobile airborne Command and Control platform, AH-64 Longbow Apaches, RAH-66 Comanches, and tactical UAVs. The ASF will be a highly mobile, early entry unit designed for rapid strategic deployment worldwide. The capabilities of the ASF will include joint and combined mobile C2, battlefield synchronization, precision attack, multi-target destruction, anti-armortank, stealth armed reconnaissance, unmanned aerial reconnaissance, counter-air, and tactical missile defense. The ASF is designed to provide the National Command Authority with a new joint and combined air mechanized decisive force capability. The Aviation Strike Force should be developed in conjunction with the Armys Force XXI program.

Author(s):
Madden, Craig K.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
Descriptive Note:
Research project
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA345790
Pagination:
0046

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USAWC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_7_Protection; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_7.1.1_Prevent Kinetic Attack; JCA_7.1_Prevent; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_1.2.2_Exercising; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation
Modernization Areas:
Space; Autonomy; 5G
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*ARMY AVIATION, ATTACK HELICOPTERS, MILITARY STRATEGY, ARMY OPERATIONS, ARMY PLANNING, STRIKE WARFARE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Helicopters, Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
Keyword(s):
AH 64 AIRCRAFT, RAH 66 AIRCRAFT
Report Date:
1998 Apr 12
Creation Date:
1998 Jun 17