Army Aviation Operations

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You make some good points here. It is staggering to think just how far a 5.56mm round goes before it gets loaded into a magazine in Tarin Kot, or how far a gallon of JP-8 travels before filling a MEDEVAC HH-60 in Herat. The United States military’s logistics chain is truly impressive and it is an honor to sometimes be the last link in that chain. I also believe that it’s worth revisiting the types of operations that are laid out in FM 3-04, and to look at how these mission sets work together to accomplish the combined arms mission. As an example, when an air assault is to be performed, it is the result of reconnaissance missions that have designated a target. In order for the air assault to take place, further reconnaissance needs …show more content…
Not only do we rely on the support personnel running the FARPs, the weather forecasters from the Air Force, and our maintainers, but we also rely on our fellow aviators. We rely on them to perform their mission data set well, which in turn enhances our ability to complete our own mission. This symbiotic relationship is what makes Army aviation so effective at winning the ground war.

The ground maneuver unit has always been, and will continue to be the decisive force in combat operations. Army aviation operations seek to provide that force with an asymmetric advantage on the battlefield. This is accomplished through the seven core competencies of army aviation (Directorate of Training and Doctrine, 2015). Army aviation is a complex and highly capable organization in its own right and in order to maximize the success of an operation, each type of operation requires supporting action from other operations or …show more content…
An air assault is effective when it is capable of massing huge amounts of ground combat power on an objective very quickly (Directorate of Training and Doctrine, 2007). While the air assault force is the most important element in this operation, it is not the only one. Because an air assault is so specialized, it will usually have very specific intelligence requirements. This is where reconnaissance operations are useful. An objective can be monitored for days prior to the assault and imagery can be provided to the assaulting force for planning. Attack operations will be employed to suppress enemy air defense as the assaulting force approaches. An air movement can again be used to establish a FARP, to pre-position the assaulting force to the pickup zone, or to emplace artillery positions to support the
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