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Fire in the City: Airpower in Urban, Smaller-Scale Contingencies

Fire in the City: Airpower in Urban, Smaller-Scale Contingencies

Hicks, J.

Paperback

Air CombatGeneral Political ScienceMilitary Strategy

ISBN10: 1288275188
ISBN13: 9781288275182
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 9 2012
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This study examines the roles and missions of airpower in urban operations in smaller-scale contingencies. Urban operations, often referred to as military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT), are some of the most complex and difficult missions currently facing the US military. Smaller-scale contingencies introduce the challenge of significant political constraints and an increasing intolerance for casualties and collateral damage. To capture the difficulty of urban combat, the study concentrates on cases where combat operations were either conducted or planned. The study examines five cases in which airpower, including land and carrier based aircraft as well as helicopters, was involved. The cases include the battle for Hue during the Vietnam War, the Israeli siege of Beirut in Lebanon, Operation Just Cause, the US invasion of Panama, UNISOM II in Somalia, and Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti. Mobility, in the form of strategic airlift and helicopter mobility, was generally the most important airpower contribution to urban, smaller-scale contingencies.

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