Explains the US Army's TRADOC (training and doctrine command) five-pronged 'battle labs' programme to investigate areas for combat doctrine innovation, indicating their relevance for US Army aviation (1) early entry lethality and survivability (i.e. of rapidly-deployed contingency forces) (2) depth and simultaneous attack (3) battle command (4) mounted and dismounted battlespace (5) combat service support.
Commander, US Army Aviation Center. Followed by Elaine McGee 'US Army aviators support dismounted battle labs' p35.

Category Codes: B2.1, K2
Keywords: BATTLE LABORATORY
Geographical Index: USA

Edited version of article in Def Helo Dec91-Feb92.

Category Codes: E05, E04.1

Describes US Army aviation involvement in the two-phase relief operation to provide humanitarian support for Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq during Apr-Jun 1991.
Commander and assistant S3 respectively of Joint Task Force B which controlled air operations. Followed by (2) Capt Paul Werner 'Aviation supply support for Operation Provide Comfort' pp16-17, 1 org chart (2) Lt Col Virgil L Packett & Capt Bobby Brooks 'Combat search and rescue: whose responsibility?' pp18-21, 2 photos, 1 table; CSAR procedures have been developed jointly by the USAF, USN and USMC; describes how US Army aviation units, having none of their own ("The Army does not recognize a CSAR mission") had to adopt these procedures for use in Op Provide Comfort, and recommends that this lacuna in US Army aviation doctrine be addressed.

Category Codes: M3, E04.2
Keywords: CSAR, KURDS
Geographical Index: IRAQ, USA

A US armored cavalry officer recalls combat experiences against Iraqi forces in Op 'Desert Storm', describing (1) US tactics and anticipation of Iraqi air defence tactics (2) risks of fratricide (ground vehicle IFF "is a reasonable expectation") (3) the need for flexibility to change tactics in mid-mission if circumstances so require.

Category Codes: E04.1, F8
Keywords: DESERT STORM, IFF

Addendum to 1991:02793 covers medevac experiences.

Category Codes: E12.2, G5

Describes the use of AH-64 'Apache' helos in this deception plan: "the intent of this massive display of firepower was to conceal the time and place of the main coalition ground attack and cause the commitment of the Iraqi tactical reserve forces to the Tri-border area, thereby leaving the Western flank lightly defended".

Category Codes: E04.1, D4
Keywords: CONPLAN BUGLE, DESERT STORM

Describes relief operations after the devastation of South Miami on 24 Aug 1992.

Category Codes: M3
Geographical Index: USA

The provision of aerial support to the US Army constituted a major source of friction with the USAF.
First part of a two-part study (for Part 2, see US Army Aviation Digest Jan/Feb 1993 pp34-39, 9 photos, 21 refs). See also 1992:00916.

Category Codes: P5.04, E04.2
Keywords: KOREAN WAR

Category Codes: G3
Keywords: WOMEN
Geographical Index: USA

Use of a Mi-8 HIP, to be followed by use of a Mi-24 HIND, is expected to "increase the realism" of OPFOR force insertion and resupply missions at the JRTC (joint readiness training center) at Fort Chaffee, AR.
Followed by S/Sgt Donald Hendricks 'OPFOR conducts unique air assault mission' p54, on Mi-8 HIP employment. It is noteworthy that even after the dissolution of the USSR, the use of Soviet-made equipment could still be regarded as enhancing realism.

Category Codes: L3, J13.2
Keywords: OPFOR
Geographical Index: USA

Outlines the operational benefits of the services rendered by US Army TAC units.
See also Lt Col Fred E Brown & Donald P Clark 'ATC -- past, present and future' US Army Av Digest Mar/Apr 1993 pp61-63.

Category Codes: E10

Brief advertisement of IFF research, into preventing attack helos from engaging friendly ground vehicles, under way at TEXCOM (US Army test and experimentation command), Ft Hood TX.

Category Codes: K2
Keywords: FRATRICIDE, IFF