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United States Army Field Manual FM 3-99. Comments. United States government work. Abstract. Airborne and Air Assault Operations, United States Army Field Manual FM 3-99. Download DOWNLOADS. Since . Included in. Military, War, and Peace Commons. Share. COinS . Search. Enter search terms:

Air Assault: the movement of friendly forces by rotary-wing aircraft to engage and destroy enemy forces to seize key terrain. Precisely planned and VIGOROUSLY executed combat operations. Air Movement: air transport of units, personnel, supplies, and equipment including air …

FM 3-99 encompasses tactics for Army airborne and air assault operations and describes how commanders plan, prepare, and conduct airborne and air assault operations by means of joint combined arms operations.

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Army Field Manual (FM) 3-99, Airborne and Air Assault Operations, establishes doctrine to govern the activities and performance of Army forces in forcible entry (specifically airborne and air assault operations) and provides the doctrinal basis for vertical envelopment and follow-on operations.

FM 3-99 encompasses tactics for Army airborne and air assault operations and describes how commanders plan, prepare, and conduct airborne and air assault operations by means of joint combined arms operations. This publication supersedes FM 90-26, Airborne Operations and Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures 3-18.12, Air Assault Operations.