They’ve always been more “air mobile” rather than actual air assault anyway, much like marines don’t do much amphibious landing nowadays.
IIRC they tried to land on that one airport at the very start, and bailed when it became a hot LZ. It’s kind of an open question if air assault is even viable in this day and age.
They’ve always been more “air mobile” rather than actual air assault anyway, much like marines don’t do much amphibious landing nowadays.
IIRC they tried to land on that one airport at the very start, and bailed when it became a hot LZ. It’s kind of an open question if air assault is even viable in this day and age.