Aviation squadron organization development of the Navy's light airborne multi-purpose system (LAMPS) Mk III
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Authors
Bush, John Richard
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Creighton, John W.
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1981-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
This paper examines the evolution of the U.S. Navy's SH60-B, LAMPS
Mk III aircract and squadron methodology. It analyzes current HSL
organization design and introduces alternative organization structures
to support this new helicopter community when it is introduced in the
fleet in 1983-84. It begins with a statement of the issue which includes
a concise historical overview of the LAMPS program and discusses its
tactical and support missions. It next examines the conventional naval
air squadron organization methodology from which LAMPS squadrons are
designed and manned. A statistical analysis of operational fleet HSL
squadrons is presented which concludes that conventional squadron design
methodology does not support the unique LAMPS community. Four general
alternative organization models are proposed followed by a discussion
of the possible utilization of the Naval Flight Officer in the LAMPS
System. The paper concludes with a summary of the proposals from which
organization redesign may result and offers recommendations to that
process.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.