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Toward the third dimension in combined arms: the evolution of armed helicopters into air maneuver units in Vietnam, 1965-1973.
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| Collection | General Military History |
| Title | Toward the third dimension in combined arms: the evolution of armed helicopters into air maneuver units in Vietnam, 1965-1973. |
| Author | Bonin, John A. |
| Abstract | This paper will address how the U.S. Army's concepts for employment of armed helicopters evolved during the Vietnam conflict. This will not be an operational history of Army aviation in Vietnam, but instead will attempt to focus on the ideas employed and the lessons learned during the Vietnam experience on the use of armed helicopters. Additionally, this paper focuses only on armed helicopters, and later the early attack helicopters, not because of prejudice to other types of aviation, but in order to limit the scope. Some attention will also be devoted to combat development activities outside of Vietnam, especially as these impacted on armed and later attack helicopter employment. |
| Keyword | Armed helicopters; Attack helicopters; Army organization; Air manuever units; Combat; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Combined arms; United States Army; Army helicopter doctrine; Army aviation; Combat support; Airmobile operations; Helicopter employment |
| Publisher | Fort Leavenworth, KS. : US Army Command and General Staff College, |
| Date, Original | 1986-04-22 |
| Date, Digital | 2006 |
| Resource Type | Textual |
| Format | PDF; Adobe Acrobat Reader required; 61 p.; 3.66 MB. |
| Call number | N2884.1811 |
| Language | eng |
| Release Statement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| Repository | Combined Arms Research Library |
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