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- Title
Air Force Fixed-Wing Rescue: A Multifaceted Approach for Full-Spectrum Personnel Recovery.
- Authors
Porter, Kyle J.
- Abstract
Currently, personnel recovery operations involve a broader range of scenarios than the current HC-130, HH-60, and Guardian Angel weapons systems can effectively support. Vast regions of the globe remain almost entirely inaccessible to the larger C-130 airframes, and refueling requirements prevent HH-60s from reaching them. Further compounding these geographic limitations is the complex support required by these systems. If the Air Force wishes to give its rescue operations truly global capability, it must adopt a blended-wing concept which includes smaller, commercially available aircraft that can land on practically any flat terrain and that do not depend upon intricate logistical support.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MILITARY operations other than war; UNITED States. Air Force; WEAPONS systems; PAVE Hawk (Search &; rescue helicopter)
- Publication
Air & Space Power Journal, 2011, Vol 25, Issue 3, p37
- ISSN
1555-385X
- Publication type
Article