... -1950s, Fort Rucker and combatant commanders conceptualized and experimented with attaching guns and rockets to helicopters as a means of enabling air mobility assets as a force multiplier. This concept was later labeled "Calvary, and I don't mean horses! " (Leonard, 1999). In the beginning stages of aviation, the Department of the Army activated an organization, the 11th Air Assault (AA) Division (Div.) test these new concepts and ... Mobility During the Vietnam War, leaders observed the integration of air mobility assets as a force multiplier. The development of appropriate helicopters...

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