HELICOPTER ASSAULT
DISADVANTAGES (VS SURFACE ASSAULT)
- LIFT LIMITATIONS (“GROSS AND CUBE”)
- AMBIENT CONDITIONS DEPENDENT
- VULNERABILITY
- INGRESS/EGRESS/ON-DECK
- SEAD RQD (“AD” = AAA/SAM/MG/ARTY)
- RELIABILITY (MECHANICALLY COMPLEX)
- NAVIGATION (LAST OF BARNSTORMERS)
- FUEL / ORDNANCE INTENSIVE
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