This brief history of Marine aviation from 1912 to 1940 describes the efforts of Marines to secure their own air arm and recounts the early development of the Marine air-ground team. The story is drawn from official reports, documents, and personal...
This monograph explores the implications of AirLand Battle's concept of command and control for combat aviation at the tactical level. It proceeds by first defining AirLand Battle doctrine's concept of command and control. Next, it reviews the...
The monograph examines the position held by the Air Force that a single manager of all aviation assets -- an Air Component Commander -- is required for the effective and efficient employment of joint aviation. This concept of an Air Component...
Recent trends indicate that today’s aviation commissioned officer lacks the requisite flight skills necessary to successfully lead aviation units. This thesis examines the changes that have taken place in doctrinal aviation training manuals,...
This study examines a theoretical aviation formation to determine if it offers the operational commander in the Central Region of NATO advantages over a conventional heavy corps in operational maneuver. The aviation organization consists of three...
This study will first analyze the Brigade Aviation Element (BAE) and determine if the BAE can provide the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) commander with a staff component capable of integrating aviation assets into the BCT scheme of maneuver. Next, it...
This study is a comparative analysis of the sustainment system for the Aviation Brigade as it currently exists and the proposed Division Aviation Support Battalion concept. This concept introduces a support system for the Aviation Brigade that is...
The United States Army is transforming into a lighter force while simultaneously becoming involved in a growing worldwide spectrum of joint operations. The problem is that future warfare may not permit the marshalling of large fixed-wing air...
This monograph analyzes the capability of the division aviation brigade to be used as an operational instrument--at the army group level. A current unclassified scenario from the Command and General Staff College is examined to determine the...
The objective of this thesis is to provide the reader with a record of the most important developments in the evolution of doctrine for the command and control of organic divisional aviation between 1942 and 1961, and to provide a source of...
Operational maneuver is a key element of operational art and AirLand Battle Doctrine. Some prominent theorists have argued that our modern mechanized forces do not possess the requisite characteristics for modern operational maneuver. Brigadier...
Since the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Eric K. Shinseki, announced to the Army that it would transform or become irrelevant, there has been much discussion and debate as to what direction this transformation should head. The initial tumult...
The attack helicopter battalions within the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) sequentially transition to the AH-64D beginning January 1999 and lasting through May 2002. During this period, air assault operations will be conducted with three...
With the current fielding of the AH-64 Apache and the Light Helicopter (LH) on the horizon, Army aviation will possess some of the finest tools of war ever known to mankind. To capitalize on our quality equipment, we must develop sound doctrine...
The U.S. Army is paying incentives under the Aviation Career Incentive Act (ACIA) (to attract and retain qualified aviators) that are no longer justified. The research was designed to determine the Army's need to pay aviators ACIA in order to...
This monograph analyzes the emphasis of assault helicopter doctrine and training programs on preparing units for conducting peacetime and crisis contingency operations in low intensity conflict. As fast and efficient transportation and logistical...
The large battlespace in Iraq and Afghanistan has exposed an existing time and distance intra-theater airlift "gap" within the Department of Defense that cannot be met with Army tactical helicopters like the CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Blackhawk or...
Analysis in this monograph concludes that the MCCRES, while sound as a framework for evaluating tactical readiness, is out of date and fails to adequately evaluate operational readiness. The Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation System should...
As the U.S. Army transforms, in terms of (1) a lighter, more rapidly deployable force and (2) its doctrine, significant criticism has been cast as to the effectiveness and relevance of attack helicopters. Critics of attack aviation have raised...
US Army aviation is undergoing an organizational and doctrinal evolution in order to be a relevant and capable force in the contemporary operational environment and on the battlefields of the future. Aviation has traditionally provided a unique...