ABSTRACT
For the revolution in military affairs to be complete, though, the same transformation must take place in the area of ideas. These new concepts must bridge the ongoing changes within the separate branches and integrate the developing Service-specific technological capabilities into a seamless whole. More specifically, the need exists for a coherent set of transformational concepts that fully integrate Twenty-first century American airpower with the Army’s new brigade combat team. The purpose of this study, then, is to offer innovative thought in the areas of counterland, counterair, strategic attack, and tactical airlift that will merge on-going transformational efforts in the Air Force and Army into a single, potent fighting force. In the last century, the threat of war with the Soviet Union in central Europe led to a similar transformation after the U.S. debacle in Vietnam that culminated with the development of an operational concept for air and ground forces labeled AirLand Battle. AirLand Battle fell away with the Berlin Wall and a comprehensive approach has yet to replace it. The ideas developed in this book will form the baseline for a novel military strategy toward a new AirLand Battle construct for the transformed context of the Twenty-first century.
