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HELP from ABOVE Air Force Close Air HELP FROM ABOVE Air Force Close Air Support of the Army 1946–1973 John Schlight AIR FORCE HISTORY AND MUSEUMS PROGRAM Washington, D. C. 2003 i Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schlight, John. Help from above : Air Force close air support of the Army 1946-1973 / John Schlight. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Close air support--History--20th century. 2. United States. Air Force--History--20th century. 3. United States. Army--Aviation--History--20th century. I. Title. UG703.S35 2003 358.4'142--dc22 2003020365 ii Foreword The issue of close air support by the United States Air Force in sup- port of, primarily, the United States Army has been fractious for years. Air commanders have clashed continually with ground leaders over the proper use of aircraft in the support of ground operations. This is perhaps not surprising given the very different outlooks of the two services on what constitutes prop- er air support. Often this has turned into a competition between the two serv- ices for resources to execute and control close air support operations. Although such differences extend well back to the initial use of the airplane as a military weapon, in this book the author looks at the period 1946- 1973, a period in which technological advances in the form of jet aircraft, weapons, communications, and other electronic equipment played significant roles. Doctrine, too, evolved and this very important subject is discussed in detail. Close air support remains a critical mission today and the lessons of yesterday should not be ignored. This book makes a notable contribution in seeing that it is not ignored. iii iv Introduction Contents Foreword . .iii Photographs . .vii Introduction . .xi 1 The Birth of Close Air Support . .1 World War I . .2 Between the Wars . .19 World War II . .32 2 Close Air Support Enfeebled 1945–1950 . .53 On the Road to Independence . .54 Independence . .72 Reduction of Tactical Air Command . .83 Congress and Close Air Support . .95 Further Attempts to Improve Air-Ground Operations . .98 3 Close Air Support in Korea . .113 The War in Outline . .114 The Close Air Support System in Korea . .141 The Demand Side: The Air-Ground Operations System . .142 The Supply Side: The Tactical Air Control System . .145 The Joint Operations Center . .145 Tactical Air Control Parties . .149 Mosquitoes . .151 Aircraft Issues . .153 The Bottom Line: Command and Control . .159 4 Close Air Support Under the New Look . .179 The Services, The New Look, and Close Air Support . .182 Further Attempts to Create Joint Air-Ground Doctrine . .201 The Close Air Support Challenge from Organic Army Aviation . .221 5 Close Air Support and Flexible Response: 1960–1965 . .233 Early Stirrings of a Close Air Support Revival, 1961–1963 . .236 The Army Proposes Its Own Airmobile Force: The Howze Board . .242 v Help from Above The Air Force Defends the Existing System: The Disosway Board . .251 A Joint Examination of Close Air Support . .257 Field Testing the Opposing Close Air Support Concepts . .279 6 The Vietnam Era: 1965–1973 . .299 Air Force Close Air Support Validated in Vietnam . .301 Armed Helicopters Also Legitimized . .335 Toward a Specialized Close Air Support Plane . .352 7 Conclusions . .365 Notes . .385 Glossary . .415 Bibliography . .419 Index . .447 Figures 1. St. Mihiel, September 12–16, 1918 . .16 2. Curtiss A–12 Shrike . .25 3. Details of Target Selection. .30 4. Approximate Location of Targets. .31 5. Cover of Aviation in Support of Ground Forces . .34 6. Air-Ground Operations, August 1946 . .59 7. Far East Command, June–August 1950 . .116 8. Korea . .119 9. FEAF Sorties, June 26, 1950–July 27, 1953 . .134 10. General Almond’s Proposed Organization for Close Air Support . .170 11. Joint Air-Ground Operations, Immediate Air Request System, September 1, 1957 . .214 12. Joint Air-Ground Operations, Preplanned Air Request System, September 1, 1957 . .215 13. Air Force General Purpose Forces, FY 1961–1965 . .239 14. Organization of the 11th Air Assault Division, 1963–1964 . .291 15. Joint Air-Ground Operations System . .307 16. Major Battles and Significant Localities, Vietnam . .321 vi Contents 17. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Organization . .340 18. 1st Aviation Brigade Organization, August 1, 1968 . .344 Photographs An F–111F releasing high drag bombs over a range. xvi Gen. John J. Pershing addressing Air Service personnel at Tours, France on July, 29, 1918 (top); Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum (right); Gen. William Mitchell in cockpit at Selfridge Field, Michigan during Daytona races in 1922 (bottom). .4 British De Haviland DH–4 observation plane (top left); British Handley-Page bomber (top right); Italian Caproni A–12 bomber (center); French Brequet bomber (bottom left); French Spad 13E fighters in formation (bottom right). .8 Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois in the first aircraft owned by the U.S. Army, a Wright type B, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. .13 German Junkers all metal monoplane (top); German Halberstadt (center); British Sopwith Camel (bottom). .17 A presentation ceremony on April 16, 1920, at Kelly Field, Texas (top); Air Corps machine shops at Barksdale Field, Louisiana (bottom). .23 Silhouettes of a Curtiss A–3 (left); Curtiss XA–8 (top). .26 A Curtiss Y1A–18 (top); A Douglas A–20 (bottom). .27 Lt. Henry H. Arnold in Wright B aircraft at College Park, Maryland in 1911 (bottom); Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff in 1939 (right). .33 A Consolidated F–7A reconnaissance aircraft. .36 Boeing F–9 reconnaissance aircraft (top); Lockheed F–5 reconnaissance aircraft (center); North American F–6 reconnaissance aircraft (far right). .37 Curtiss C–46 cargo and troop carrying transport (top left); Douglas C–47s on line (top right); Douglas C–54 over Mt. Whitney, California (center); Douglas C–54 interior (bottom left); Fairchild XC–82 (bottom right). .39 vii Help from Above Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower congratulates Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz on being awarded the Legion of Merit on September 16, 1943 (left); Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada (right). .56 Langley Field, Virginia (top); March Field, Riverside, California (bottom). .63 A Douglas A–26C at Lawson AFB, Georgia, February 26, 1947. .64 View of the Capitol building from a Lockheed P–80 Shooting Star. .65 A 20-mm cannon installed in a Lockheed P–80 Shooting Star. .68 A Northrop P–61 Night Fighter. .69 Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker . .76 Col. William W. Momyer . .80 Gen. Carl A. Spaatz . .85 Maj. Gen. Richard E. Nugent (left); Maj. Gen. Robert M. Lee (right). .89 Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus . .100 Construction at Wright-Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio in 1941. .102 Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer . .115 An air reconnaissance photo. .121 Lt. Gen. Otto P. Weyland (left) and Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge (right) . .125 A Boeing B–29 after a mission over North Korea. .127 Enemy fuel truck hit by F–51 east of Kumchon (top); F–80 attacks on North Korean tanks. Photo taken by gun camera (bottom). .128 Brig. Gen. James Ferguson . .147 A Stimson L–5, over Korea. .152 A North American T–6. .153 Napalm bombs being assembled (top); napalm being dropped from a Lockheed P–80, at Eglin Field, Florida (bottom). .156 viii Contents A Soviet MIG–15 Fagot. ..
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