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Airlift Movement

Airlift Movement. Objective - know events that led to the evolution of airlift. Overview. History of Airlift Movement Modern Combat Airlift Types of Operations. History of Airlift Movement Observation. Primary use of early air power Balloons used to detect troop movement.

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Airlift Movement

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  1. Airlift Movement • Objective - know events that led to the evolution of airlift

  2. Overview • History of Airlift Movement • Modern Combat Airlift • Types of Operations

  3. History of Airlift MovementObservation • Primary use of early air power • Balloons used to detect troop movement

  4. History of Airlift MovementAirlift beginning • Used for Observation • Troops trained before WW I ended

  5. History of Airlift MovementAirlift beginning • After World War I • US Army - parachute drops (1928) • Russia • Moved division 6,437 kilometers by air (1935) • 15,000 troops parachuted and air landed (1936)

  6. History of Airlift MovementMajor Conflicts Since WWII • Berlin Airlift (1948 – 1949) • First real test of airlift in a non-combat role

  7. C-47 "Sky Train"

  8. C-121 "Constellation"

  9. C-124 "Globemaster II"

  10. C-133 "Cargo Master"

  11. History of Airlift Movementin Africa • 1992 Operation Restore Hope, U.N.-U.S. provide food relief to victims of Somalia's civil war. • 1996 U.S. military program launched to train troops in Mali, Ghana, Uganda and Nigeria

  12. US – Africa History Airlift Movement • 2007 U.S. Department of Defense - new Africa Command (AFRICOM) to coordinate U.S. military and security interests throughout the continent, promote security partnerships in the region and support humanitarian aid efforts.

  13. Modern AirliftContinually Developing • Inter-theater operations (between two theaters, Europe and Africa) • Intra-theater operations (Between countries on African Continent)

  14. Types of Operations • Inter-theater “strategic” • Intra-theater “tactical”

  15. Inter-Theater Operations • Military aircraft that provide inter-theater operations • C-17 • C-5 • C-130 *** • KC-10 • KC-135

  16. Types of OperationsIntra-Theater Operations AIRLIFTWITHIN A THEATER OF OPERATIONS

  17. Types of OperationsIntra-Theater Operations • Military aircraft that provide intra-theater operations are: • C-130 • C-17

  18. Primary AMC airlift aircraft inventory consists of four aircraft: C-130 Hercules C-5 Galaxy C-17 Globemaster III KC-10 Extender KC-135 Stratotanker*** Modern US Airlift

  19. C-130 "Hercules"

  20. C-5 "Galaxy"

  21. C-17 "Globemaster III"

  22. KC-10 "Extender"

  23. KC-135 "Stratotanker"

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