The Airship’s Potential for Intertheater and Intratheater Airlift

By Lieutenant Colonel Donald E. Ryan Jr., USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170851
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Reproduction Date: 10/24/2012

Title:	The Airship’s Potential for Intertheater and Intratheater Airlift
Author:	Lieutenant Colonel Donald E. Ryan Jr., USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Airlift Operations
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Colonel Donald E. Ryan Jr., Usa, B. L. (n.d.). The Airship’s Potential for Intertheater and Intratheater Airlift. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This paper asserts there exists a dangerous GAP in US strategic intertheater transportation capabilities, propounds a model describing the GAP, and proposes a solution to the problem. Using the Gulf War logistics flow as a model, the three phase points are shown and their airlift/sealift tradeoffs discussed. Other logistics support options, which figured in the war, such as prepositioning and host nation support, are discussed and the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations shown to be, in many ways, a fortuitous theater of operations. This serendipitous combination of circumstances contributed greatly to our successful logistics buildup and is unlikely to recur.

Table of Contents
Logistics Flow During The Gulf War 1 Introduction 1 Strategic lift Phasing 4 Transportation/Support Modes 8 Mobility Studies 16 Summary 19 Conclusion 23 Notes 24 Filling The Gap: The Airship 28 Prologue 28 Introduction 31 The Airship in History 32 Airship Technology 42 Potential Military Roles 53 Conclusion 68 Epilogue 69 Notes 72