AirLand Battle
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AirLand Battle was a U.S. Army operational doctrine developed during the late Cold War that emphasized integrated, deep, and simultaneous attacks across the battlefield using close coordination between land and air forces.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army doctrine
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military doctrine ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
U.S. Air Force
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
General Donn A. Starry
NERFINISHED
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General William E. DePuy NERFINISHED ⓘ TRADOC Pamphlets on operations ⓘ |
| codifiedBy | U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Field Manual 100-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictContext | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developmentPeriod | late Cold War ⓘ |
| doctrinalDomain | land warfare ⓘ |
| doctrinalLevel | operational level of war ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
agility
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deep operations ⓘ depth ⓘ initiative ⓘ integration of air and land forces ⓘ maneuver warfare ⓘ simultaneous attacks ⓘ synchronization ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
attacking enemy follow-on forces
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defeating second-echelon forces ⓘ nonlinear battlefield ⓘ |
| influenced |
AirLand Battle-Future
NERFINISHED
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Full Spectrum Operations ⓘ U.S. joint doctrine ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
NATO Follow-On Forces Attack concept
NERFINISHED
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lessons from Vietnam War ⓘ lessons from Yom Kippur War ⓘ |
| introducedInDoctrine | 1982 ⓘ |
| objective |
disrupt enemy operational cohesion
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fight outnumbered and win ⓘ seize and retain the initiative ⓘ |
| primaryAdversary | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheater | Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Active Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Full Spectrum Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
advanced command and control
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close air-ground coordination ⓘ intelligence preparation of the battlefield ⓘ joint operations ⓘ precision fires ⓘ |
| updatedInDoctrine | 1986 ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
close battle
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deep battle ⓘ rear operations ⓘ |
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