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The State of Affairs in the Army

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

F. M. McCullagh
F. M. McCullagh*
Affiliation:
HQ Army Aviation
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Extract

The Purpose of Army light aircraft, fixed-wing and helicopter, is to help ground units to carry out their normal tactical task more effectively. Therefore the main roles are:

  1. Reconnaissance.

  2. Fire support.

  3. Exercise of command.

  4. Tactical movement.

  5. Logistic support.

For special-to-arm tasks, light helicopters are integrated into certain major units of the Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Signals and Infantry. The aircraft must be capable of living in the field and be easy to maintain. Aircraft strengths in these units vary from six in an air squadron of the Royal Armoured Corps, to three in an air platoon in an infantry battalion.

Type
Colloquium on Aircraft Reliability in Service
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 663 , March 1966 , pp. 396
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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