GraveDigger388
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No that's not quite it. A part of the concept but not the concept itself.
Air cavalry is another word used for air assault. Essentially it is rapid mobility, firepower enhancement, and combat support of light infantry through the use of rotary wing assets (helicopters). A modern example would be the 101st Airborne Division, where their infantrymen (along with sling-loaded light vehicles) are carried into battle using Blackhawks and Chinooks with Apaches supporting them.
The key to having a good air assault unit is having organic aviation assets attached to the individual infantry units. As in, every KOSTRAD division having its own organic Combat Aviation Brigade permanently under them, instead of having to requisition aviation assets from PUSPENERBAD.
This is the ideal air mobility unit formation that I have in mind.