Author: United States. Marine CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Air Support
Author: United States. Marine CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Air Support for Patton's Third Army
Author: John J. SullivanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786414659
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
As the United States Third Army's tanks moved through Avranches, no one, not even the Third Army's commander, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, could have foreseen that it was the start of one of the most successful offensives of World War II--an offensive that received a great deal of help from the air. As Patton later wrote to the chief of the Army Air Forces, "For about 250 miles I have seen the calling cards of the fighter-bombers, which are bullet marks in the pavement and burned tanks and trucks in the ditches." This book covers the units in the Ninth Air Force, which gave close air support to the Third Army, and the Third Army's campaign in France from August to November 1944, with special emphasis on how support from the air helped the Third Army continue pushing toward the German border. The difficult logistics of the operation are discussed in detail: Both the Ninth Air Force and the Third Army were hurt by a lack of materiel, especially gasoline, and this affected the offensive.
Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support
Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
En gennemgang af udviklingen inden for taktisk flystøtte
Close Air Support
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Close Air SupportPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Close air support
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Close Air Support, Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Close Air Support of the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee ... , 92-1, October 22, 26, 29; November 1, 3, 8, 1971
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Armed ServicesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Close Air Support And The Battle For Khe Sanh [Illustrated Edition]
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Author: Lt.-Col Shawn Callahan USMCPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782894438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Includes 7 maps, 3 tables, and more than 80 photo illustrations. In the 77 days from 20 Jan. to 18 March of 1968, two divisions of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surrounded a regiment of U.S. Marines on a mountain plateau in the northwest corner of South Vietnam known as Khe Sanh. The episode was no accident; it was in fact a carefully orchestrated meeting in which both sides got what they wanted. The North Vietnamese succeeded in surrounding the Marines in a situation in many ways similar to Dien Bien Phu, and may have been seeking similar tactical, operational, and strategic results. General William C. Westmoreland, the commander of the joint U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (COMUSMACV), meanwhile, sought to lure the NVA into the unpopulated terrain around the 26th Marines in order to wage a battle of annihilation with air power. In this respect Khe Sanh has been lauded as a great victory of air power, a military instrument of dubious suitability to much of the Vietnam conflict. The facts support the assessment that air power was the decisive element at Khe Sanh, delivering more than 96 percent of the ordnance used against the NVA. Most histories of the battle, however, do not delve much deeper than this. Comprehensive histories like John Prados and Ray Stubbe’s Valley of Decision, Robert Pisor’s End of the Line, and Eric Hammel’s Siege in the Clouds provide excellent accounts of the battle, supported by detailed analyses of its strategic and operational background but tend to focus on the ground battle and treat the application of air power in general terms. They do not, however, make significant distinction between the contributions of the two primary air combat elements in this air-land battle: the 7th Air Force and the 1st Marine Air Wing. An analysis of their respective contributions to the campaign reveals that they each made very different contributions that reflected very different approaches to the application of air power.
Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh
Author: Shawn P. CallahanPublisher: Marine Corps Association
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Chapters include the Hill Battles of 1967, The Seige of 1968, Operation Pegasus and the Relief of Khe Sanh, the Deep Air Battle and the B-52, Radar Controlled Tactical Air Support, Close Air Support, and Conclusions. Mixed within the text are black and white photographs, charts, and figures. An appendix with a glossary and acronym of terms and extensive bibliography support this occasional paper work. These "Occasional Papers" are chosen for intrinsic worth, must reflect structured research, present a contribution to historical knowledge not readily available in published sources, and reflect original content on the part of the author, compiler, or editor.
Case studies in the development of close air support
Author: Benjamin Franklin CoolingPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428992987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Marine Close Air Support In Korea 1950-1953
Author: Major Lynn A. StoverPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786252740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This study examines the historical record and primary source of conflict between the armed services over the issue of the effective employment of close air support during the Korean War. The study considers the impact of the single air asset manager on CAS employment during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The disagreement examined and explained in this study is the distinction and desire between the Navy-Marines control system and the Army-Air Force control system. The author evaluates the development of service and joint doctrine and the arguments over centralized and decentralized command and control in the execution of the air war. The thesis emphasizes CAS issues during the Korean War using General Keith B. McCutcheon’s writings and papers as a guide to develop and understand CAS employment, methodology, and effectiveness from World War II through Vietnam. The Korean War period significantly shaped the persistent argument concerning CAS employment among Marines, sailors, airmen, and soldiers and its value to a winning strategy. This study emphasizes General McCutcheon views on CAS employment and how he provided a template for cooperation during the Philippines Campaign. Cooperation and coordination as well as the role of doctrine are the primary themes throughout this study. Doctrine, and coordination and cooperation are necessary tools to develop the most effective means of employing CAS.
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