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amphibious shipping |
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Organic Navy ships specifically designed to transport, land, and support landing forces in amphibious assault operations and capable of being loaded or unloaded by naval personnel without external assistance in the amphibious objective area. 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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"The actual aircraft hasn't been designed yet, but initial
analysis suggests the joint heavy lifter will be too large to operate
from current and programmed amphibious shipping. This latter task was to be high
readiness, and capable; using amphibious shipping to pre-position and
support the conduct operations in the littoral. Three squadrons,
totaling 60 aircraft, and one six-aircraft detachment operated ashore
from an expeditionary airfield, while one squadron of 20 aircraft
operated from amphibious shipping. |
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