The Howze Board was the informal name given to the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board created at the direct request of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to review and test new concepts integrating helicopters as close air support into the United States Army. Helicopters had been used during the Korean War to ferry wounded and supplies. Some U.S. combat officers recognized the possibility of using armed helicopters to carry heavy ordnance. But other organizations and branches strenuously objected to allowing the Army to deliver ordnance via aircraft. The Army Staff in the Pentagon responded slowly to a study from the Army Aircraft Requirements Review Board chaired by Lieutenant general Gordon B. Rogers that suggested adopting helicopters for use in a combat role. McNamara bypassed Secr
Attributes | Values |
---|---|
rdfs:label |
|
rdfs:comment |
|
foaf:depiction | |
dcterms:subject | |
Wikipage page ID |
|
Wikipage revision ID |
|
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage |
|
Link from a Wikipage to an external page | |
sameAs | |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | |
thumbnail | |
has abstract |
|
gold:hypernym | |
prov:wasDerivedFrom | |
page length (characters) of wiki page |
|
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | |
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of |
|