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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

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Parent topics

• Air mobility [r]: The set of disciplines, resources and techniques required for the rapid air movement of military forces and their equipment. Air assault, in which the air movement takes troops into battle, is a subset. [e]
• Operational art [r]: A level of military power at which forces in the field, or deployed from the homeland, can determine the place and conditions of battle [e]
• Transport aircraft [r]: Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, or tilt-rotor aircraft whose primary role is moving people or cargo; they may be armed for self-protection [e]

Subtopics

• Battle of Bong Son [r]: First battle, in the Vietnam War, involving combat by a reinforced heliborne air assault division, with all elements in combat at the same time. [e]
• Drop zone [r]: The area on which military personnel or equipment, dropped by parachute, are expected to land [e]
• Glider infantry [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battle of the Ia Drang [r]: First divisional-scale battle involving helicopter-borne air assault troops, with U.S. forces against those of North Vietnam [e]
• Landing zone [r]: The area on which military troop-carrying helicopters, assault transports, or military gliders are expected to land [e]
• LGOP [r]: Little Groups of Paratroopers, the random small groups of paratroopers just after landing, who have not yet assembled into their regular military units [e]
• Operation MARKET GARDEN [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Paratrooper [r]: A soldier qualified to enter battle by parachuting from an aircraft [e]
• Pathfinder (airborne) [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• HAHO [r]: Parachuting from High Altitude, opening a parasail or controllable parachute at High Altitude and steering to the drop zone [e]
• HALO [r]: Jumping from an aircraft at High Altitude, using body maneuvers (i.e., "skydiving") to control one's descent, and opening one's parachute at low altitude [e]
• Helicopter [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Parachute [r]: A canopy attached by a harness to a body or other object for the purpose of safe egress from an aircraft at high altitudes. Used for emergency escape from aircraft in distress, military landings, and the sport of skydiving. [e]
• Battle of Normandy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battle of Sicily [r]: Add brief definition or description