Air Support/Defense

A.                 Air Support.  During the month of July the air support requirements for the battalion consisted mainly of helicopter resupply of outlying units and for medical evacuations.

Air Support Requests

1.     Helicopter

a.                  Resupply

(1)   Mission requests 17

(2)   Missions completed 17

b.                  Evacuation

(1)   Mission requests 3

(2)   Missions completed 3

c.                  Tactical (includes Recon)

(1)   Mission requests 11

(2)   Missions completed 5

2.     Fixed Wing Transport.  None

3.     Air Strikes.  None

B.                 Air Defense.  Air defense measures employed by the battalion are passive.  No organic weapons are available for active air defense.