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1. Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare
for the 21st Century
Second Edition
BG (R) David L. Grange, BG (R) Huba Wass de Czege
LTC Rich Liebert USAR, MAJ Chuck Jarnot USA
MAJ Al Huber USA, LT Mike Sparks USAR
Foreword by LTG Harold G. "Hal" Moore (Retired)
Best-selling Author of "We were Soldiers Once and Young"

2. Air -Mech-Strike
Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare!
Commander – What if you had the ability to….?
Strategically deploy your combat brigade in 96 hours and your division in 120.
Project your force directly into the area of operations, negating anti-access
initiatives by your enemy.
Maneuver lethal, mobile and protected mechanized forces throughout your
battlespace for positional advantage - at the right place, at the right time, with the
right force.
Take advantage of all terrain optimizing the strengths of your heavy and
light forces.
Exercise greater agility over the enemy with the flexibility and rapid tempo of
your force.
Simultaneously strike your enemy from any direction.
Dave Grange
Former Danger 6
Air-Land Para-Mech Helo-Mech
“TANKER BOOTS AND PARACHUTES”

3. 101st Air Mech Division Intervenes
in Afghanistan 2007
SITUATION: The United States conducts a pre-emptive strike in support of the elected
Government of Afghanistan to eliminate terrorist elements that re-emerged to destabilize the
country.
DEPLOYMENT:
* At C-Day (Deployment) the Army’s fleet of 50 leased Commercial Wide
Body Jets (Winged Army Pre-positioned Stocks -Winged APS), begin flying from airfields
in the Southwest United States to the former Soviet Air Force Base, ISB (Initial Staging Base)
in Uzbekistan. The 50 aircraft are pre-loaded with a complete set of equipment for an Air
Mech Brigade (300 Air Mech Combat Vehicles & Equipment) and 72 hours of supplies. On
call reserve crews are federalized and the aircraft fleet delivers the first brigade set in 24
hours. Within the objective force deployment goal of 120 hours, the aircraft cycle back
to the United States and complete the delivery of an entire Air Mech Division’s three Brigades.
* The 101st 12,000 troops deploy via charter airliners to link up with the Winged APS.
* The Division’s 150 UH-60, 75 RAH-66 and 50 CH-47 compound helicopters self deploy in
120 hours from Fort Campbell Kentucky to the ISB in Uzbekistan. Aircraft arrive with only
modest stress on the rotor systems requiring little additional maintenance before combat ops
due to lower stress characteristics of compound helicopters.
* Winged APS and self deploying compound helicopters freed precious fixed-wing assets
Oversized combat equipment (air defense, engineer, rocket launchers, medical, etc.) moved
by Strategic USAF lift.
EMPLOYMENT:
* Division combat operations begin on C+6. Special Operations Units and other Joint
reconnaissance elements prepare the battlefield for air assault operations against terrorist
camps, supply caches and command and control sites.
* Brigade Combat Teams conduct battalion sized airmech assaults against targets out to 400
kilometer radius. Dismounted air assaults seize key terrain, interdict lines of communications
and link up with friendly Afghan forces out to 600 kilometer radius.
* Extended ranges made possible via compound helicopters, facilitate combat operations
without refuel sites, additional security and/or ground convoy support requirements.
* Compound Reconnaissance-Attack helicopters provide for responsive targeting throughout
the area of operations.
* Screaming Eagle Air- Mech-Strike capabilities provide the command authority with a rapid,
strategic deployable force, operational flexibility and swift, decisive combat operations.

4. 101st Air Mech Division
Intervenes in Afghanistan 2007
All Data Open Source
Uzbekistan
200 Km Conventional
125 KmConventional Helo Dismounted
Helo Vehicle Insert Insert Radius
Radius
FOB
Afghanistan
400 Km Compound Helo
Vehicle Insert Radius
600 Km Compound
Helo Dismounted
Insert Radius
Pakistan
Compound
Helicopters
Greatly Expand
Combat Radius