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airborne operation |
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An operation involving the air movement into an objective area of combat forces and their logistic support for execution of a tactical, operational, or strategic mission. The means employed may be any combination of airborne units, air transportable units, and types of transport aircraft, depending on the mission and the overall situation. See also assault; assault phase. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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details the development of an airborne operation from initial planning
to force engagement and clearly enunciates the complexity of planning
and conducting an airborne operation. This can be
possibly confirmed by the Anglo-American airborne operation in the south
of France in July 1943. In the
first airborne operation on Fort Sill in more than 10 years, C Battery,
1st Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne) (C/1-321st
FAR), 18th Field Artillery Brigade, initiated Operation Joint Thunder. |
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