A-10 operations and the battle for north Norway
By: James G. Terry.
Contributors: Rand Corporation.; Project Air Force (U.S.); United States. Air Force.
Publisher: Rand Corp.
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces.; A-10 (Jet attack plane); Norway -- Defenses.
Other titles: A-ten operations and the battle for north Norway.
Description: This report outlines the strategic importance of North Norway to the outcome of any future NATO/Warsaw Pact war on the basis of its location adjacent to the western Soviet heartland, the major Soviet bases on the Kola Peninsula, and the Norwegian Sea. The report presents a scenario for a Soviet amphibious and land force attack upon the region, the object of which would be the control of the main air and naval bases in the region; and it discusses five missions that U.S. A-10 aircraft could perform to support the defense of North Norway. It concludes by recommending that (1) Alaska-based A-10 aircraft be selected to perform these missions because of unique similarities between the environments of North Norway and Alaska and (2) the present training of Alaska-based A-10 pilots be modified to prepare them for these missions.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 33-39.
"A Project Air Force report prepared for the United States Air Force."
"January 1988."
"R-3439-AF."