text: *FM 3-99
  FieldManual Headquarters
  No. 3-99 DepartmentoftheArmy
  Washington,DC, 6 March2015
  Airborne and Air Assault Operations
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE .............................................................................................................. ix
  INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... x
  Chapter 1 OVERVIEW .........................................................................................................1-1
  Section I – Forcible Entry Operations ..............................................................1-1
  JointPrinciplesforForcibleEntryOperations......................................................1-2
  OperationalApplications of ForcibleEntryOperations........................................1-4
  JointCommandandControl................................................................................1-6
  JointOperation Planning.................................................................................. 1-13
  JointEntryForce............................................................................................... 1-16
  Section II – Vertical Envelopment ................................................................. 1-18
  TacticalApplications......................................................................................... 1-18
  CommandResponsibility.................................................................................. 1-21
  SpaceOperation............................................................................................... 1-25
  PART ONE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS
  Chapter 2 ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYMENT ..............................................................2-1
  Section I – Airborne Assault Force ..................................................................2-1
  OrganizationofForces........................................................................................2-1
  EchelonEmployment...........................................................................................2-2
  Section II – Airborne Assault Force Considerations ......................................2-4
  AssaultForceFormation......................................................................................2-4
  JointandArmyControlTeams............................................................................2-4
  Section III – Capabilities, Limitations, Vulnerabilities ....................................2-5
  Capabilities..........................................................................................................2-5
  Limitations............................................................................................................2-5
  Vulnerabilities.......................................................................................................2-6
  Section IV – Airborne Command and Control Platforms ...............................2-6
  AirborneWarningAndControlSystem................................................................2-6
  JointSurveilanceTargetAttack RadarSystem...................................................2-7
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  *This publication supersedes FM 90-26, dated 18 December 1990 and ATTP 3-18.12, dated 1 March 2011.