Airborne Doctrine

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Airborne forces are military units, usually light infantry, set up to be moved by aircraft and 'dropped' into battle. Thus they can be placed behind enemy lines, and have an ability to deploy almost anywhere with little warning. The formations are limited only by the number and size of their aircraft, so given enough capacity a huge force can appear "out of nowhere" in minutes, an action referred to as vertical envelopment.

Conversely, airborne forces typically lack the supplies and equipment for prolonged combat operations, and are therefore more suited for airhead operations than long-term occupation; furthermore, parachute operations are particularly sensitive to adverse weather conditions. Advances in helicopter technology since World War II have brought increased flexibility to the scope of airborne operations, and helicopters have largely replaced large-scale parachute operations, and (almost) completely replaced combat glider operations. However, due to the limited range of helicopters and the limited number of troops that can be transported by them many countries retain Paratroopers as a valuable strategic asset.

In OMG it is a Doctrine available to American players that emphasizes air strikes, paratroopers, and air drops.

Tables

Air Superiority

Tiers	Branch One	Branch Two	Branch Three	Branch Four
Tier One	Deployable Radio	Smoke Run		Camera Aircraft
Tier Two	Smoking Blast	Strafing Run		Wing-Man Support
Tier Three	Close Air Support	Bombing Run	Crossing Paths	Heavy Caliber Cannon
Tier Four	Wide Band Radio	Operation Aphrodite		Supporting Runs
Tier Five	Constant Support	B17 Strike		Coating the Area

Pathfinders

Tiers	Branch One	Branch Two	Branch Three	Branch Four
Tier One	Pathfinders
Tier Two	Landing Beacons	Campfires	Secrecy
Tier Three	Jump you Bastards!	Braver Builders	Enormous Christmas Presents	Scheduled Resupply
Tier Four	A Man & His Tube	A Man & His Gun	Clear Out the Rats	A Friend Up There
Tier Five		Walter Berkowitz	Broken Arrow	A Better Gun

Shock Troops

Tiers	Branch One	Branch Two	Branch Three	Branch Four
Tier One	Tuck & Roll	All Together Now	Airborne Ingenuity
Tier Two	Fight While Falling	Birds Eye View	Fracking Ninjas	Sabotage & Scavenge
Tier Three	Assault Airborne	Throwing Arm	Blind Landings	Grenade, I Hardly Knew Ye
Tier Four	Red Smoke	This Your First Drop?	HALO Drops
Tier Five	Softer Landings	Our 'Chutes Will Blot Out The Sun	Sneaky Buggers