Airlift Doctrine

By Charles E. Miller

Book Id: WPLBN0002170184
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Reproduction Date: 10/12/2012

Title:	Airlift Doctrine
Author:	Charles E. Miller
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Military
Collections:	Authors Community, Philosophy
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Publisher:	Air University Press


Citation APA MLA Chicago E. Mille, B. C. (n.d.). Airlift Doctrine. Retrieved from https://gutenberg.us/

Description
This is not a history of military airlift but rather an investigation of ideas and concepts as they have evolved and have been applied to warfighting . Airlift is the backbone of deterrence . A properly structured and equipped airlift force is critical to the successful execution of the national military strategy . How we think about airlift and how we translate those thoughts into a meaningful expression of how to develop, deploy, and employ airlift forces is vital to the national defense. Colonel Miller's study is a definitive step in that important process.

Table of Contents
1 THE PRE-WORLD WAR II ERA . . . . . . . . . .1 The Air Power Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I Air Transportation Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ANew Air Transport Organization . . . . . . . . .13 The Woodring Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Prewar Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Prelude to World War II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 2 WORLDWIDE AIRLIFT IN THE WAR YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 The Air Corps Ferrying Command . . . . . . . .27 June 1942 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Air Transport Command . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Army Air Force Regulation 20-44 . . . . . . . . 65 The Nexus of Policy and Doctrine . . . . . . .67 White and Green: Doctrinal Hallmarks . . . . .72 The Strategic Airlift Heritage of World War II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 3 TROOP CARRIER AND THEATER AIRLIFT IN WORLD WAR II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Origins of Troop Carrier Aviation . . . . . . . . .79 The Mediterranean and European Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Troop Carrier Operations in the Pacific . . . .122 Troop Carrier Aviation in the China-Burma-India Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 The Troop Carrier Heritage of World War 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 4 AIRLIFT IN THE POSTWAR ERA. . . . . . . .161 The Fiscal Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Postwar Airlift Consolidation Efforts . . . . . .164 Airlift in Support of the Korean War. . . . . . 194 Troop Carrier Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 "Official" Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 Jet Transport Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 New Tactical Airlifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 The Airlift Heritage of the Postwar Era . . . .225 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 5 THE TURBULENT YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 The Airlift Policy Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 The Congressional Context . . . . . . . . . . .242 The Presidential Context . . . . . . . . . . . . .272 The Airlift Heritage of the Turbulent Years 290 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 6 THE VIETNAM ERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 The Doctrinal Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299 Overwater Airlift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Tactical Airlift in Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Airlift Support of Ground Operations . . . . . 317 Strategic Airlift Support of SEA. . . . . . . . . .326 Estes on Airlift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Airlift Consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347 The Doctrinal Context at the End. . . . . . . .353 The Airlift Doctrinal Heritage of the Vietnam Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358 7 THE MODERN AIRLIFT ERA . . . . . . . . . . .365 The Mobility Triad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365 The Congressionally Mandated Mobility Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 A View from the Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 A View from Inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 The Doctrine Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383 Official Airlift Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 The Airlift Doctrinal Heritage of the Modern Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416 8 IDEAS AND CONCEPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Airlift at Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Airlift Doctrine and National Strategy . . . . .424 Some Thoughts on the Future of Airlift Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

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