airmobile forces


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airmobile forces

The ground combat, supporting, and air vehicle units required to conduct an airmobile operation. The selected equipment is air transportable and the combat units are specially trained.
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Unfortunately, in Operation Enduring Freedom it seems that key American soldiers (and perhaps even some airmen) were surprised by airpower's increased effectiveness against fielded land forces and thus were not prepared to exploit its successes with an energetic pursuit (using precision air attacks closely coordinated with the maneuver of SOF and airmobile forces).
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China possesses airborne forces that could serve as the seedbed for nurturing more substantial airborne and airmobile forces than currently suspected by the outside world.
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