Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents
History -- What it takes -- Airborne school -- Unit jump training -- Air assault training -- Laser-combat simulation -- Emergency deployment readiness -- Strategic strike missions -- Tactical insertions -- Air assault -- Counterinsurgency operations -- Humanitarian aid missions -- Small arms -- Parachutes and drop pallets -- C-130 and C-17 airlifters -- Helicopters -- Operation Desert Shield, 1990 -- Iraq, 2003 -- New Orleans, 2005 -- Counterinsurgency in Iraq.
