PREFACE
This manual describes how utility and cargo helicopter units plan and conduct a variety of combat, combat support, and combat service support missions. It provides doctrine for employing the utility and cargo helicopter unit on the modern battlefield. Appendix A provides aircraft characteristics and planning considerations for the use of utility and cargo aircraft. Appendixes B through D provide an example of a initial planning conference checklist, a aircrew briefing format, and a liaison officer checklist and a liaison officer briefing. Appendix E discusses the use of UH-60s and CH-47s for conducting FARP operations (Fat Hawk/Fat Cow). Appendixes F and G provide supplemental information for risk management and risk assessment and aircraft survivability. Appendix H provides a sample of a flight crew mission brief. Appendix I discusses assembly area operations for the utility and cargo helicopter unit. This manual is designed to act as an interim document for use by the current Army and will be updated as we move closer to the Force XXI Army. The TOE designed by the ARI serves as the basis for the units discussed. This publication is based on the doctrinal and tactical employment principles outlined in FMs 100-5, 1-100, 1-111, 100-15, and 100-20 and is a combination of the former FM 1-113 and TC 1-115.
This publication applies to commanders and staffs who will lead, employ, or fight with the utility and cargo helicopter units. It also serves as a reference document for flight crews learning to conduct various utility and/or cargo helicopter operations.
The proponent of this publication is HQ, TRADOC. Send comments and recommendations on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Commander, United States Army Aviation Center and Fort Rucker, ATTN: ATZQ-TDS-D, Fort Rucker, AL 36362-5263.
| Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns and pronouns do not refer exclusively to men. |
| This publication has been reviewed for OPSEC considerations. |
This publication implements the following international agreements:
| STANAG 2019 (Edition Three) and QSTAG 509 |
Military Symbols for Land Based Systems--APP-6 |
| STANAG 2041 (Edition Four) and QSTAG 520 |
Operations Orders, Tables and Graphics for Road Movement |
| STANAG 2404 | Joint Anti-Armor Operations (Draft) |
| STANAG 2868 (Edition Four) | Land Force Tactical Doctrine-- ATP-35(A) |
| STANAG 2889 (Edition Three) and QSTAG 742 |
Marking of Hazardous Areas and Routes Through Them |
| STANAG 2999 (Edition One) | Use of Helicopters in Land Operations--ATP-49 |
| STANAG 3497 (Edition One) | Aeromedical Training of Aircrew in Aircrew NBC Equipment and Procedures |
| QSTAG 277 (Edition Three) | Procedures for the Employment of Helicopters in the Antiarmor Role |
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