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ID119501
Title ProperLessons in airpower projection
Other Title InformationIndochina and Algeria
LanguageENG
AuthorCann, John P
Publication2013.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The lessons from the two French counterinsurgencies, Indochina and Algeria, give rise to a new understanding of the projection of airpower in remote and hostile environments and the purpose, design, and use of aircraft in counterinsurgency. In both Indochina and Algeria, the campaigns were ones of poverty, and it is their imaginative management under severe resource constraints that provides thoughtful and applicable lessons for today. In both cases, airpower held the promise of delivering victory and solving the resource issue. In Indochina, acquisition of the needed aircraft, operating knowledge, and experience came too slowly to realize this promise. In Algeria, the French embraced the lessons from Indochina and were quite successful and innovative in the use of airpower. The lessons can be reduced to four requirements: (1) a network of airfields for liaison, ground-support, and intra-theater airlift to enable effective air support of ground forces; (2) a solid, reliable, and simple ground-support aircraft capable of operating from forward airfields within range of ground engagements; (3) a capable intra-theater heavy-lift transport to supply the extended ground forces; and (4) helicopter capability to enhance tactical troop mobility and support.
`In' analytical NoteSmall Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 24, No.1; Mar 2013: p.103-128
Journal SourceSmall Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 24, No.1; Mar 2013: p.103-128
Key WordsAD4 Skyraider ;  L'armee de l'air ;  Algeria ;  Bearcats ;  Broussard ;  Criquets ;  Dien Bien Phu ;  Khe Sanh ;  Overseas Group 86 ;  Tactical Air Commands ;  Vietnam ;  Viet Minh


 
 
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