Assessment of the ability of amphibious assault ship (LHA class) to perform sustained air operations in a chemical environment. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7001862

Henry, B C; Laughlin, L L

This report describes how an attack with chemical warfare agents would affect air operations on an LHA operating in support of an amphibious assault. This report overlays a chemical attack on normal flight deck operational sequences and describes in detail how having to operate in a chemically contaminated environment affects the sortie rate of troop airlift (CH-46 and CH-53 helicopters) and close air support (AH-1T) a their specific tasks while wearing the chemical protective overgarment, protective overboots and gloves. b. All the chemical defense equipment required by existing Navy directives is available and has been issued for use; c. Additional personnel required to conduct flight operations in a chemical environment are available and cross trained to perform tasks assigned in this study; d. There are no accidents, incidents, aircraft losses or battle damage which affect the tempo of flight deck operations; e. After four hours, the chemical contamination has been reduced sufficiently by weathering that flight deck personnel were able to reduce their protective posture to Mask Only. The report describes a series of recommendations to improve overall flight deck operations in a chemical environment.

• Research Organization: Defense Information Analysis Center, Edgewood, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7001862
• Report Number(s): AD-A-217074/4/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MILITARY PERSONNEL
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
SHIPS
CONTAMINATION
ACCIDENTS
CHEMICAL WARFARE
CHEMISTRY
DAMAGE
GLOVES
HELICOPTERS
LOSSES
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
PROGRESS REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS
AIRCRAFT
CLOTHING
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