Army Aviation's Missing Link

摘要

As the Army adapts to respond to near-peer adversaries, a new focus emerges in contrast to the Department of Defense's previous strategies centered upon countering extremist organizations across the world. Joint-All-Domain Operations (JADO) represents DoD's shift toward modernization and synchronization across services to penetrate, dis-integrate, exploit, and dominate with conventional forces. While the strategic aims of DoD have become overt since the issuance of the National Security Strategy in 2017, tactical focus within Aviation could be construed in various ways. For many platforms, the emergence of a "new" conventional threat changes the way aircrews train to counter integrated air defense systems (IADS) or seek out and eliminate such threats. While this is a start in the modernization of ideas for Army Aviation, modernization of equipment/capabilities and a focus on joint interoperability are paramount to building lethality across multiple domains and to adapt to dynamic and complex operational environments.