Air Support

1. Fixed Wing
2. Close Air Support.  One flight was run in the Battalion area of operations.
3. Aerial Observers.  Aerial observers were used 10 times on area surveillance missions.
4. TPQ’s.  Of all the TPQ’s requested in the 1^st Bn 4^th Marines area, 70 were hit.
5. Illumination.  On one occasion during February illumination was used to support an emergency med-evac.
6. Helicopter Support
7. Troop lifts
8. company size lifts – 6
9. platoon size lifts – 13
10. Med-evacs
11. emergency med-evacs – 3
12. priority med-evacs – 7
13. routine med-evacs – 14
14. Time lapse for med-evacs
15. emergency – ½ hour
16. priority – 1 hour
17. routine – 2 hours
18. C and C flights.  Four helicopter flights were used for Command and Liaison and Reconnaissance missions during the month of February.

This page last corrected 4 September 2011