Airhead Operations, Where AMC Delivers: The Linchpin Of Rapid ...

Document Outline

• Contents
  • Disclaimer
  • Foreword
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgment
  • Introduction
    • Notes
  • Chapter 1 Air Mobility in a New Era
    • The "Air Bridge"
    • Notes
  • Chapter 2 The Air Mobility Command Structure within the Theater
    • Air Mobility Element
    • Tanker Airlift Control Element
    • Combat Control Team
    • Aeromedical Evacuation
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 3 Operation Restore Hope (Somalia): A Case Study for Airhead Operations
    • The Background
    • Initial Operations: Provide Relief
    • The Crisis Action Process
    • Restore Hope: Operations in the Theater
      • The Deployment of Forces
      • Mogadishu Airhead Operations
      • Airhead Operations outside Mogadishu
      • The Air Mobility Element
      • Intratheater Airlift
      • Runway Deterioration
      • Flow Control
      • Mission Accomplishment
    • Notes
  • Chapter 4 Restore Hope: Lessons Learned
    • Operational Problems
      • Command and Control
      • Management of Airfield Real Estate
      • Flow Control
      • Communications
      • Ground Security Integration
    • Sustainment and Support
      • Sustainment
      • Logistical Support
      • Shelters
    • Notes
  • 5 WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE?
    • The C-17 Globemaster III
    • The C-17 at the Airfield
    • Throughput
    • Materials Handling Equipment
    • The KC-10 Self-Contained Loading Platform
      • In-Transit Visibility
      • The Remote Consolidated Aerial Port System
      • Global Reach Laydown
    • Air Mobility Operations Groups
    • Conclusions and Recommendations
    • Notes
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
• Illustrations
  • 1 The Deliberate Planning Process
  • 2 Crisis Action Planning Process
  • 3 UTC 7E lABO Mob C2 Element, TALCE MOG 6 or Less
  • 4 UTC 7E IAGO Mob C2 Air Rep Comm (MARC)
  • 5A Belet Uen Airfield, Somalia (Landing Zone Survey)
  • 5B Belet Uen Airfield, Somalia
  • 6A Baidoa Airfield, Somalia (Landing Zone Survey)
  • 6B Baidoa Airfield, Somalia
  • 7A Mogadishu Airport, Somalia (Landing Zone Survey)
  • 7B Mogadishu Airport, Somalia
  • 8 Theater Areas of Responsibility
  • 9 Operation Restore Hope
  • 10A Bale Dogle Airfield, Somalia (Landing Zone Survey)
  • 10B Bale Dogle Airfield, Somalia
  • 11A Kismayu Airfield, Somalia
  • 11B Kismayu, Somalia (Landing Zone Survey)
  • 12 Restore Hope : End of Phase 1, 16 December 1992
  • 13 Restore Hope AFFOR Organization
  • 14 Mogadishu Embassy Organization
  • 15 Mogadishu Airport Organization
  • 16 Lift Requirements Process (JMCC)
  • 17 Intratheater Airlift: A STAR Schedule
  • 18 Air Traffic at Mogadishu Airport
  • 19 Passengers Moved Intertheater-Per Day
  • 20 Intertheater Airlift-Tons Per Day
  • 21 Restore Hope: End of Phase II, 28 December 1992
  • 22 Supply Classes
  • 23 Free World Runway Distribution (without the United States)
  • 24 C-5 Turning Radius and Ground Clearance
  • 25A C-17 Turnaround
  • 25B C-17 Turning Radius and Ground Clearance
  • 26A USAF/McDonnell Douglas C-17A
  • 26B C-17 General Aircraft Dimensions
  • 26C C-17: Small on the Outside
  • 27 Throughput The Key to Operational Capability