Brassey's Encyclopedia of Land Forces and Warfare (Association of the United States Army)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: January 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1000
ISBN-13: 9781574880878
Subjects: Reference works; Warfare & Defence; Military Science; Military Land Forces; Military Tactics And Strategy; History - Military / War; Reference; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Reference / Encyclopedias; Infantry; Encyclopedias; Infantry drill and tactics
First sentence: An air assault is an attack against a terrain feature or other objective held by enemy forces executed by a force carried to the place of attack by aircraft.