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SOVIET VOROSHILOV ACADEMY LECTURES
ARMY OPERATIONS

 

CHAPTER I-9



 

COMBAT EMPLOYMENT OF AIR FORCES AT FRONT AND ARMY LEVEL



 
 

I. Introduction

This is an outline of the content of the lectures and classes on the employment of air forces at Front level


II. Offensive operations

Organization of air forces and their combat capabilities

The main missions of the air forces in offensive operations and the methods of their accomplishment

Organization of combat employment of air forces in offensive operations
----- - Making the decision and planning
----- - Assignment of combat missions to aviation units and large units
----- - Preparing deployment airfields
----- - Organization of interaction
----- - Organization of command and control and establishment of command posts during the preparation and during the course of the offensive operation
----- - Organization of combat support measures
----- - Organization of reconnaissance
----- - Maskirovka
----- - Protection against mass destruction weapons
----- - Organization of the supply of material, bombs, rockets, ammunition, and POL
----- - Organization of radioelectronic warfare and protection against the enemy's electronic combat
----- - Combat readiness of the air forces



 
 

III. Defensive operations


The main missions of the air forces during defensive operations and the methods of their accomplishment

Organization of the combat employment of the air forces in defensive operations
----- - Making the decision and planning
----- - Assignment of combat missions to aviation units and large units
----- - Preparing the deployment airfields for defensive operations
----- - Organization of interaction
----- - Organization of command and control and establishment of command posts during the defensive operation
----- - Organization of combat support measures in defensive operations
----- - Organization of reconnaissance
----- - Maskirovka
----- - Protection against mass destruction weapons
----- - Organization and supply of material, bombs, rockets, ammunition, and POL
----- - Organization of radioelectronic warfare and protection against the enemy's radioelectronic combat