And that can be done by the armed or the attack helicopters. While the ground forces are deployed, they needed to be supported by air. Now if we see through all of these, the operational and as well ownership of the armed and attack helicopters must be with the Army.
And additionally the one who are providing the ground forces with the Close Air Support must have better adapted knowledge of the ground scenarios. The Air Support provided here to the ground forces must be intimate and powerful. This Air Support is very different from what a normal Close Air Support is. During any battle, in the term of military the Tactical Battle Area or in short in layman’s language the area in which the operation is being carried out, requires Air Support. Though now no one can complain that why Army don’t have the attack helicopter or why IAF don’t have its own share of them, but a question which still pertains and is curiously hanging in the mid thin air of military doctrine is that with whom should actually be the Attack Helicopters, Army or the Air Force?īut there is another one thing which should be there. And was factually again on the news when during the recent state visit of the President of the United States of America, decision for purchasing of six Apache Helicopters for Indian Army was taken. But finally everything got cleared and this batch of twenty two helicopters were allotted to Indian Air Force.īut as though IAF is slowly and steadily receiving its order of the Apache Helicopters, but these rumors actually ceases to die.
There has been rumors round the corner when India signed the deal with United States for buying twenty two Apache Helicopters for its Attack Helicopter fleet, that there has been a tussle between Indian Army and Indian Air Force in regard with the ownership of these helicopters post its delivery.