This manual describes the organizational structure of Army Special Operations Aviation units and serves as a doctrinal and tactical guide for employing these units in combat. It also describes command and control, combat support, and combat service support requirements for SOA units. Capabilities and limitations are included. Appendixes A through E discuss risk management, ARSOA operations orders and aircrew mission briefings and debriefings, ARSOA aircraft characteristics and capabilities, special operations mission planning folders, and basing special operations aircraft in theater. The operational content of this publication is based on AirLand Operations Doctrine established in FMs 100-5 and 1-100. It is directly linked to and must be used along with the doctrinal principles found in Joint Publications 3-05 and 3-05.5 and Field Manuals 100-5, 100-25, 1-100, and 31-20.
DesignationFM 1-108
EditionJan 1993
StatusSuperseded
Pages120
FunctionAviation
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)