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The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428990437
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry Thigpen's study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort to tell the story of this wonderfully capable machine. This weapons system has performed virtually every imaginable tactical event in the spectrum of conflict and by any measure is the most versatile C-130 derivative ever produced. First modified and sent to Southeast Asia (SEA) in 1966 to replace theater unconventional warfare (UW) assets that were limited in both lift capability and speed the Talon I quickly adapted to theater UW tasking including infiltration and resupply and psychological warfare operations into North Vietnam. After spending four years in SEA and maturing into a highly respected UW weapons system the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) chose the Combat Talon to lead the night low-level raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. Despite the outcome of the operation the Talon I cemented its reputation as the weapons system of choice for long-range clandestine operations. In the period following the Vietnam War United States Air Force (USAF) special operations gradually lost its political and financial support which was graphically demonstrated in the failed Desert One mission into Iran. Thanks to congressional supporters like Earl Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized to meet the ever-increasing threat to our nation. Under the leadership of such committed hard-driven officers as Brenci Uttaro Ferkes Meller and Thigpen the crew force became the most disciplined in our Air Force. It was capable of penetrating hostile airspace at night in a low-level mountainous environment covertly to execute any number of unconventional warfare missions.

The Praetorian STARShip

Author : Retired, Jerry L. Thigpen, Jerry LThigpen , USAF, Retired
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781468043907
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book The Praetorian STARShip written by Retired, Jerry L. Thigpen, Jerry LThigpen , USAF, Retired and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1997, while assigned to Headquarters Air Force Special Opera - tions Command, an idea materialized that would ultimately dominate my life for the next three years. As I reflected over 19 years in special operations, I realized just how little I actually knew about the Combat Talon aircraft in which I had spent most of my active duty career. I could cite line and page number from complex technical orders, and I had been qualified as a flight examiner and instructor pilot, but I did not have a clue about the origins of Combat Talon, what operations the aircraft were involved in, or the people who flew and maintained them. Life in a special operations squadron was secretive, where only those with an official "need to know" were read into limited access programs. With the com - partmentalization of information within the squadron, personnel working side by side were often not aware of what other members of the unit were doing. I was convinced that it was the right time to document the untold story of the Combat Talon. The commander of Air Force Special Operations Command was Maj Gen Jim Hobson at the time. As a young lieutenant, he had been assigned to the 15th SOS at Nha Trang Air Base, Vietnam. I felt that if the project were explained to General Hobson, I stood a good chance of getting his approval. In March of 1997 I prepared a staff summary package outlining the Combat Talon Project and forwarded it to Herb Mason, the Headquarters AFSOC command historian. I provided four reasons the Combat Talon Project should be approved. First, I noted that much of the documented history of the weapons system was fragmented and could only be found in the files of private contractors, including Lockheed Air Service (LAS) Ontario and the Robert Fulton Company. LAS Ontario was no longer involved in the Combat Talon program and was scheduled to cease opera - tion in the spring of 1998. The remaining LAS Ontario projects were scheduled to move to Palmdale, California, and join the highly classified Skunk Works program. The company did not plan to move most of its Combat Talon files, preferring to destroy them in place rather than store them at its new location. With the pending decision to terminate the Fulton recovery system for the Combat Talon I, the Robert Fulton Company no longer would provide equipment to the Air Force. Fulton was 88 years young, and his keen mind held a vast treasure of information about early development of the system. His comprehensive files also contained documentation on the Fulton system that was not available anywhere else. These key resources would not be available to future historians. The second factor that I cited centered around recent Air Force reorganizations. Many commands either were combined or redesignated (e.g., Air Force Logistics Command [AFLC] had become the Air Force Materiel Command [AFMC], and whole divisions had been eliminated in the process). At Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, the home of AFMC, the old Air Force Logistics Command Directorate, which managed the Combat Talon program for the Air Force, had disbanded. Most of its records either had been destroyed or placed in long-term storage. The Air Force reorganization was across the board, and a tremendous amount of classified files was being eliminated. Prompt approval of the project would allow access to some of the remaining files, and copies could be made for future research.

The Praetorian Starship

Author : Jerry L. Thigpen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780391977
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book The Praetorian Starship written by Jerry L. Thigpen and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the eyes and ears of Jerry L. Thigpen, the story of the Combat Talon sees the light of day. Based on thorough research, with a mind to details, Thigpen tells the story of how the Combat Talon became the weapon of choice in long-range, clandestine operations. Combining the chronological and thematic approaches, this book begins with a historical background that opens with the World War II period and concludes in 2000 after having received many accolades and recording many successful exploits. This is a reprint of this extensive 2001 study.

The Praetorian STARShip - the Untold Story of the Combat Talon

Author : Jerry L. Thigpen
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781479182022
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Praetorian STARShip - the Untold Story of the Combat Talon written by Jerry L. Thigpen and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM THE FORWARD: As a young lieutenant flying tactical C-130s at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia, in the spring of 1967, I heard one Friday night in the Officers ' Club that Tactical Air Command (our parent command) was looking for four C-130 copilots to transfer to Pope AFB, North Carolina, for training in a Top Sec ret C-130 squadron designated Combat Knife. That had to be more exciting than haul ing trash, I thought. The following Monday I volunteered, and within a few months I was on my way to Pope AFB. This led to an exciting Air Force career flying the most versatile C-130 ever produced—the Combat Talon. Jerry Thigpen's study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort to tell the story o f this wonderfully ca pable m achine. T his w eapons system has performed virtually every imaginable tactical event in the spectrum of conflict and by any measure is the most versatile C-130 derivative ever produced. First modified and sent to Southeast Asia (SEA) in 1966 to replace theater unconventional warfare (UW) assets that were limited in both lift capability and speed, the Talon I quickly adapted to theater UW tasking, including infiltration and resup - ply and psychological warfare operations into North Vietnam. After spending four years in SEA and maturing into a highly respected UW weapons system, the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) chose the Combat Talon to lead the night, low-level raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. Despite the outcome of the operation, the Talon I cemented its reputation as the weapons system of choice for long-range, clandestine operations. In the period following the Vietnam War, United States Air Force (USAF) special operations gradually lost its political and financial support, which was graphically demonstrated in the failed Desert One mission into Iran. Thanks to congressional supporters like Earl Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia, funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized to meet the ever-increasing threat to our nation. Under the leadership of such committed, hard-driven officers as Brenci, Uttaro, Ferkes, Meller, and Thigpen, the crew force became the most disciplined in our Air Force. It was capable of penetrating hostile airspace at night, in a low-level mountainous environment, covertly to execute any number of unconventional warfare missions. The highly trained, disciplined Talon I crews led the invasions of Grenada in October 1983 and Panama in December 1989. The long-range “pathfinder” capability of the Talon I's made them the indispensable choice for these classic airfield seizure operations. In Desert Storm the Talon Is reverted to their Vietnam psychological warfare role by dropping millions of leaflets over Iraq and Kuwait. Additionally, they dropped eleven 15,000-pound BLU-82B bombs. Today the Talon I largely fulfills the penetrating tanker role, which includes the low-level penetration of hostile airspace and electronic countermeasures (ECM) protec tion for combat search and rescue rotary-wing forces. The Talon I has earned its place in history as the forerunner of modern Air Force Special Operations. Today both the Talon I and Talon II continue to infiltrate, exfiltrate, and resupply friendly forces around the world. The Talon I has recovered packages and people with the Fulton Recovery System in virtually every theater, and both aircraft have dropped every conceivable object off their ramps, from motorcycles to 15,000-pound bombs. Because of the capabilities of the versatile MC-130, and the extraordinary men and women who unselfishly support its mission of vital national importance, the future of Air Force Special Operations is secure.

Combat Talons in Vietnam

Author : John Gargus
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 162349513X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Combat Talons in Vietnam written by John Gargus and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combat Talons in Vietnam is a personal account of the first use of C-130s in the Vietnam War. It provides an insider’s view of crew training and classified missions for this technologically advanced aircraft. Many covert missions over North Vietnam were successful, but one night, John Gargus, a mission planner, oversaw an operation in which the aircraft—carrying eleven crewmembers—failed to return from a nighttime mission. For thirty years, a search for the missing aircraft remained in progress. In the late 1990s, the Combat Talon veteran community at Hurlburt Field in Florida, still uncertain of the full story, decided to dedicate a memorial to the lost crew. When wartime mission records were declassified, Gargus embarked on a long journey of inquiry, research, and puzzle-solving to reconstruct the events of that mission and the fate of its crew. He discovered that the wreckage of the plane had been found in 1992 and that the remains of the crew were being held in Hawaii. Through numerous Freedom of Information Act requests, interviews, and site visits, Gargus sought to answer the question of why it took so long to find the wreckage and, more importantly, why the special operations command units were left uninformed. By 2000, the remains were relocated to a common grave at Arlington National Cemetery at last providing a measure of closure to family, friends, and comrades.

AU Press, Your Air and Space Power Publisher, 2003

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book AU Press, Your Air and Space Power Publisher, 2003 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics

Author : Combat Control School Heritage Foundation
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665546336
Total Pages : 2772 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Air Force Special Tactics written by Combat Control School Heritage Foundation and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 2772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CCT - The Eye of the Storm-series chronicles the exploits of Air Force Special Warfare, Combat Control Teams (CCT). It is told in the form of short stories; many etched by a cocktail of blood, sweat and tears. The Combat Control story began in the de facto Volume I with the appearance of the first CCTs; i.e., command and control teams cobbled together by the WWII U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) for Operation Varsity. The CCT story continued in Volume II, detailing the 21st Century fight in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Included are two humanitarian missions; operations of epic proportion in Haiti and Japan. In this third volume subtitled - Medal of Honor (MOH) - the CCT story is expanded, incorporating the two previously self-published volumes and adding hundreds of new stories from around the globe. But, with a concentration on operations in southwest Asia; including Afghanistan; now America’s longest war. This volume is an all-inclusive compilation presented as a single, premium publication. The diversity of feature stories, subjects and styles present a well-rounded, unbiased look at the CCT’s view at “the eye of the storm.” Each published PA reporter and volunteer contributor has a by-line in the book. Thanks to all for their remarkable journalistic work. The book is expected to engage a wider-ranging audience of American and allied military elements, families, historians and enthusiasts. More importantly, Medal of Honor celebrates the first-ever award of the Air Force Medal of Honor to a Combat Control patriot and hero. On April 20, 2018 after more than fifteen years technical review and Air Staff deliberation the Medal of Honor for TSgt John Chapman was approved by President Donald Trump. The MOH award ceremonies and associated events are covered in detail near the end of this book. In preparing CCT - The Eye of the Storm - Medal of Honor, the goal was to collect stories from hundreds of sources, written by an even larger band of vetted professionals selected to observe, record and report truths about military units in action. In my mind the U.S. Government Public Affairs Offices were the perfect choice. For that reason, you will find hundreds of PA-generated stories used herein. Through our collective efforts we have published a fair and accurate chronical of USAF Combat Control Team’s stories; exploiting the public domain and declassified accounts. This is a documentary of Air Force Combat Control Teams operating at The Eye of the Storm. Subtitled Medal of Honor; it is the most in-depth CCT history ever published.

Air & Space Power Journal spr 05

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428994106
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Air & Space Power Journal spr 05 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Desert One to Desert Storm

Author : Tal Tovy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040120253
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book From Desert One to Desert Storm written by Tal Tovy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the history of the US Special Operations Forces (SOF) after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, examining the events that led to and followed a series of organizational and operational reforms in the American military system. Operation Eagle Claw’s damage to America’s image was a critical moment in American miliary history that extended beyond the exclusive purview of the military. The establishment of the Special Operations Command in 1987 would mark the only time to date that Congress has ever directed the executive branch to establish a military command. This book surveys the decades leading up to and proceeding Operation Eagle Claw, beginning with the SOF in the years after Vietnam and ending with the SOF’s performance in Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm. With thoughtful analysis and supplementary primary source documents, From Desert One to Desert Storm: Operation Eagle Claw as a Critical Movement is a useful resource for courses on American military history, the Cold War, and the United States and the Middle East.

Routledge Handbook of Air Power

Author : John Andreas Olsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351802739
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Air Power written by John Andreas Olsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Air Power offers a comprehensive overview of the political purposes and military importance of air power. Despite its increasing significance in international relations, statecraft and war, the phenomenon of air power remains controversial and little understood beyond its tactical and technological prominence. This volume provides a comprehensive survey designed to contribute to a deep and sophisticated understanding of air power. Containing contributions from academics and service personnel, the book comprises five sections: - Part I Foundation: the essence of air power - Part II Roles and functions: delivering air power - Part III Cross-domain integration: applying air power - Part IV Political–social–economic environment: air power in its strategic context - Part V Case studies: air power in its national context Examining a series of themes and factors that contribute to an understanding of the utility and applicability of air power, this Handbook focuses on the essence of air power, identifies its roles and functions, and places air power in its wider strategic and national contexts. The Routledge Handbook of Air Power will be of great interest to students of air power, strategic studies, defence studies, security studies and IR, as well as to military professionals and policy-makers.

Grey Wars

Author : N. W. Collins
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300258348
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Grey Wars written by N. W. Collins and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of U.S. Special Operations, at the center of America’s twenty-first-century wars “Grey Wars is for anyone who wants to understand today’s fights. Collins has done a great service by providing a well-sourced, clear, and insightful look into the missions and activities of U.S. special operators. Highly recommend.”—Mike Thornton, USN Seal (ret.), Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, and coauthor, By Honor Bound “Fascinating and deeply researched, covering the defining moments in modern special operations; Grey Wars is a must-read for anyone interested in the post 9/11 world.”—Admiral William H. McRaven, USN (ret.), Ninth Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command This original and accessible book is a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of U.S. Special Operations. U.S. Special Operations Command trains and equips units to undertake select military activities, frequently high-risk missions, often for the purposes of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Since 9/11, impelled by an attack on U.S. soil, these forces have been a central instrument of America’s military campaign—operating in about one hundred countries on any given day. This fight—neither hot war nor cold peace—was launched and executed as a new type of global war in 2001 and has since splintered into a spectrum of regional conflicts. The result is our nation’s grey wars: hazy and lethal. This contemporary history, incorporating extensive interviews and archival research by security studies expert N. W. Collins, delves deeply into the transformation of these forces since 9/11.

Leave No Man Behind

Author : George Galdorisi
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760323922
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Leave No Man Behind written by George Galdorisi and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of a near-century of combat search and rescue, with an account of how the discipline was created and how it is administered—or neglected—today.

United States and Britain in Diego Garcia

Author : P. Sand
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230622968
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book United States and Britain in Diego Garcia written by P. Sand and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diego Garcia is a pivotal US base for all Middle East operations. This book describes its evolution from a secret US-UK bilateral deal in 1966 and the deportation of the native population in the 70s to its new role in Guantánamo-style 'renditions' and the impact of miltary construction on its environment.

The Son Tay Raid

Author : John Gargus
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 160344212X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Son Tay Raid written by John Gargus and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1970, aerial photographs revealed what U.S. military intelligence believed was a POW camp near the town of Son Tay, twenty-three miles west of North Vietnam’s capital city. When American officials decided the prisoners were attempting to send signals, they set in motion a daring plan to rescue the more than sixty airmen thought to be held captive. On November 20, a joint group of volunteers from U.S. Army Green Berets and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces perfectly executed the raid, only to find the prisoners' quarters empty; the POWs had been moved to a different location. Initially, the Son Tay raid was a devastating disappointment to the men who risked their lives to carry it out. Many vocal critics labeled it as a spectacular failure of our nation’s intelligence network. However, subsequent events proved that the audacity of the rescue attempt stunned the North Vietnamese, who implemented immediate changes in the treatment of their captives. The operation also restored the prisoners’ faith that their nation had not forgotten them. John Gargus not only participated in the planning phase of the Son Tay rescue, but also flew as a lead navigator for the strike force. This revised edition incorporates the most recent information from raid participants and also includes recent translations of North Vietnamese perspectives. No previous account of this top-secret action has given such a full account or such insight into both the execution and the aftermath of Son Tay.

Operation Eagle Claw 1980

Author : Justin Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472837819
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Operation Eagle Claw 1980 written by Justin Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following months of negotiations after the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979, President Jimmy Carter ordered the newly formed Delta Force to conduct a raid into Iran to free the hostages. The raid, Operation Eagle Claw, was risky to say the least. US forces would have to fly into the deserts of Iran on C-130s; marry up with carrier-based RH-53D helicopters; fly to hide sites near Tehran; approach the Embassy via trucks; seize the Embassy and rescue the hostages; board the helicopters descending on Tehran; fly to an airbase captured by more US forces; and then fly out on C-141s and to freedom. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly given the complexity of the mission, things went wrong from the start and when the mission was called off at the refueling site at Desert One, the resulting collision between aircraft killed eight US personnel. This title tells the full story of this tragic operation, supported by maps, photographs, and specially-commissioned bird's-eye-views and battlescenes which reveal the complexity and scale of the proposed rescue and the disaster which followed.

Special Operations Case Studies

Author : Lt Gen Prakash Katoch
Publisher : Lancer Publishers LLC
ISBN 13 : 1940988470
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Special Operations Case Studies written by Lt Gen Prakash Katoch and published by Lancer Publishers LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book in four sections covers the ‘Operational Milieu and Special Operations’, ‘Successful Special Operations’, ‘Failed Special Operations’, and ‘Implications for India’. It covers regular, irregular and mixed operations under the rubric of hybrid warfare of select foreign militaries, and Indian experience in sub-conventional operations. A myriad of successful and failed special operations covering a span of over seven decades from 1943 onwards have been analyzed in detail, drawing lessons from each. The last Section, ‘Implications for India’, covers lessons, challenges and recommendations in three chapters. These highlight India’s adverse strategic asymmetry vis-a-vis China-Pakistan, inability of India to put in place SOF structures to optimize the considerable SF potential for employment at the strategic, operational and tactical levels, and ending up with policy recommendations.

The U.S. Military Intervention in Panama: Operation Just Cause, December 1989-January 1990

Author : Lawrence A. Yates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The U.S. Military Intervention in Panama: Operation Just Cause, December 1989-January 1990 written by Lawrence A. Yates and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how American military power was employed during Operation Just Cause, including the planning process and joint efforts of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps during major combat operations. Also details post-combat stability and nation-building operations.