Police and Coast Guard helicopters; fire retardant aircraft, etc. all these are good examples of "COIN" aircraft, as the best COIN is prophylactic and the day to day equitable provision of necessary...
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Police and Coast Guard helicopters; fire retardant aircraft, etc. all these are good examples of "COIN" aircraft, as the best COIN is prophylactic and the day to day equitable provision of necessary...
From my recent experience the two biggest causes of innocent casualties on the battlefield are:
1. "Warning Shots/escalation of force" gone bad by soldiers manning a guardpost or rear of a...
Army War College. When I see such bias in others it mostly serves as a reminder that I too must possess similar biases and to guard against the same as much as possible.
I recently heard GEN...
We'll know the AF is truly serious about COIN not when they write doctrine for COIN that shapes the mission to validate the force they have; but when they build a capability to support the mission...
you run the risk of bumping into all kinds of oxymorons when you start mixing terms like "military" and "Intelligence" or "Airforce" and "Officer"...Slap should know better...
(But just as I would...
Just to help nudge people toward greater clarity: You are discussing "FID" aircraft, not COIN aircraft (COIN is something one does in their own country with their own populace).
Or in the...