Directorate of Historical Services, Office of the Air Adjutant General Headquarters, Air Defense Command
The present volume is a history of the evolution of an air defense system in the United States from approximately the end of World War II through June 1951. The decision to include in the present work an account of the pioneer air defense efforts...
The USAAF responded to the requirement to keep China engaged against Japan by conducting two distinct air supply operations, a tactical air supply mission to Burma and a strategic air supply effort over the Himalayas to China. The tactical air...
The command and control of today's intratheater airlift system, as seen in doctrine and in application, is complicated and conflicted. As the Army continues its transformation to the modular force, requirements for responsive and flexible...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine what institutional challenges exist within the Air Force that prevent the service from producing leaders competitive for Geographic Combatant Command positions. The author proposes the Joint Force Air...
Sanctuary has been a factor in war throughout history. The availability of sanctuary to an enemy can often limit the ability of friendly forces to achieve tactical success in military operations. Prior to the advent of airpower, combatants could...
Throughout the history of close air support (CAS) there exists a consistent theme of friction and interservice rivalry. There are periods where close coordination and cooperation led to extremely effective CAS. Experiences in North Africa during...
Contains a staff study of Army tactical air support requirements, a general review of U.S. tactical air support in Korea, 28 June 1950 through 8 September 1950, infantry battalion Tactical Air Control Party, a plan for the coordination of...
This study investigates the formulation and implementation of U.S. military strategy to conduct joint and combined operations in the China Theater, concentrating on the period 1944-1945. Focusing on the interaction between the U.S. Joint Chiefs of...
This study undertakes to examine the aerial interdiction activities conducted against the enemy railway system by United Nations' forces during the Korean War, June 1950-July 1953. It has three goals: (1) to compile a concise history of these...
Modern US Army rotary wing aeromedical evacuation operations and doctrinal concepts can be traced back to the Korean and Vietnam Wars. These early concepts have formed the foundation for the current doctrine, structure, and employment of...
Operation DESERT STORM proved the criticality of effective joint operational targeting. Over three years later Joint Doctrine is still vague on this subject, and heated debate continues between the Services over which element in the theater should...
This monograph examines the operational level of war, a concept rediscovered by the United States Army with the publication of the 1982 version of FM 100-5 and reinforced by the appearance of the succeeding version in 1986. Military doctrine and...
Five years after emerging victorious from World War II, the United States became embroiled in the Korean War. In August of 1950, despite the relative industrial and technological disadvantages suffered by the enemy North Korean Peoples’ Army, the...
Air defense of the U.S: its present status. LT GEN G. E. Stratemeyer, US Air ForcePost-war organization of the Marine Corps. MAJ GEN P. A. Del Valle, USMC
Guided missiles and future warfare. MAJ GEN J. L. Homer, US Army
This study investigates the roles that each Service played in support of the successful evacuation of the U.S. X Corps from the port of Hungnam in December of 1950. The concept presented is one that emphasizes the unique capabilities of each...
Women in the United States served their country in numerous wars, failing to receive recognition for the parts that they played, often denied benefits received by males. It was not until Congresswoman Rogers pursued legislation to petition congress...
This study focuses on tactical airpower in south Vietnam between 1961-1968. Some of the issues examined are command and control of airpower, the use of airpower at the tactical and the operational-strategic level of war, the role of helicopters,...