The Air-Maneuver and Transport Concept: Can it Transform the Nature of Rapid Contingency Operations? January 2004 By Lt. Gen. H. Thomas Fields Jr., U.S. Army retired In the year 2020 a Middle East dictator attacked and occupied an oil-rich neighboring state. Other neighboring states were intimidated and reluctant to provide basing or overflight rights to a U.S.-led coalition. The United States initially responded with long-range strike and naval aviation to achieve air superiority and destroy the enemy's integrated air defense system. The enemy countered by dispersing ground forces, including mobile gun-missile air defense artillery (ADA) systems, into urban areas. The...
