In 1939, the U.S. Army had no formal combat formation capable of reaching the battlefield by air. In response to the success of German airborne operations, the U.S. Army formed a small unit of volunteers which was to experiment with airborne...
As America's collective memory of the Second World War fades, popular history books and the entertainment industry have filled the knowledge gap with accounts from the European Theater. A resurgence in works focusing on the war in the Pacific has...
This is a critical examination of the combat glider as used in World War II. This study uses the Market-Garden airborne invasion of Holland in 1944 to determine whether the glider was cost effective as a system of airborne assault. Cost...
In February 1942, the War Department established the first Airborne [artillery] Test Battery to conduct experiments and determine the feasibility of parachute field artillery. In just over a year's time, the notion of airborne field artillery,...
This study is concerned only with the landing of airborne fighting forces in an area occupied or controlled by an enemy and with the subsequent tactical commitment of those forces in conventional ground combat. Contents include German airborne...
Employment of Airborne Field Artillery, prepared by the Field Artillery School in consultation with Headquarters, Airborne Command, represents the current thought of the Airborne Command on the subject. The use of this document is authorized as a...
This study traces the development of the United States Army's airborne concept during World War II. More than any other precedent, German airborne operations against Crete influenced the evolution of U.S. Army airborne doctrine, organization and...
Given the focus on the Brigade Combat Team as the Army's primary combat unit, the limited availability of U.S. Air Force airlift assets, and the U.S. Army history of employing predominantly medium sized airborne units, future airborne operations in...
This thesis evaluates current parachute infiltration doctrine aimed at achieving secrecy during the insertion. It also presents a new concept which uses the new ram-air, high performance type parachute. The study initially undertakes an examination...
Headquarters, Department of the Army and the Air Force
Manual tells and shows how to rig certain types of ammunition and explosives in A-22 cargo bags and A-7A cargo slings for low- or high-velocity airdrop. These procedures apply only to the items listed in this manual.
Cover title states: A Graphic history of the 82nd Airborne Division : Operation Market : Holland, 1944. Text contains a narrative of the 82nd Airborne involvement on 17 September 1944 in Operation Market. Includes data on parachute units, glider...
What unit conducted America's first combat parachute assault, was the first airborne unit awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, and contained the first American paratrooper awarded the Medal of Honor? It must have been some battalion from the...
Headquarters, Departments of the Army and Air Force
Manual tells and shows how to prepare and position certain types of ammunition and explosives in A-22 cargo bags and A-71 cargo sling for low-velocity or high-velocity airdrop. This manual also lists the types of ammunition and explosives...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine how the Army should best structure the logistical elements of its new Airborne Brigade Combat Team (BCT) to support Joint Forcible Entry Operations (JFEO). With the Army’s current focus on becoming a...
The intent of this monograph is to examine whether the airborne division still retains its ability to conduct successful forced-entry missions with the new Light Infantry L-series Table Of Organization & Equipment. In order to arrive at a decision...