The genesis of this paper is based on the following concept. The need to recover isolated personnel quickly and reliability raises many policy issues about U.S. combat air search and rescue forces, not the least of which relate to the suitability of their aircraft fleet. Along these lines, this study asks the question of whether the USAF should be satisfied with its helicopter-based CSAR force for the indefinite future, or whether it should make definite plans to replace those helicopters expeditiously with tiltrotor aircraft, probably the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey.


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    Title :

    Future of USAF Combat Search and Rescue


    Contributors:
    T. J. Leahy (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    71 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English