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CREECH BLUEual 100-5, Operations, 1982. See Romjue, “Evolution of the AirLand Battle Concept,”11.17. Creech (address, Air Force Association Symposium, 13 November1981), 3–4.18. Creech, “Tactical Air Command Readiness,” 16.19. Gen Larry D. Welch, to the author, e-mail, 2 May 2002.20. Ibid.21. Gen W. L. Creech, interview by the author, 9 May 2002. GeneralCreech determined the date from a trip scrapbook that contained an itinerary.22. Gen W. L. Creech, to the author, e-mail, 2 May 2002.23. Welch, e-mail, 2 May 2002.24. Creech (address, Air Force Association/Aeronautical Systems Division,22 October 1981), 11–12.25. “Interdiction: An Operational Perspective.”26. Gen Charles A. Horner, to the author, e-mail, 23 February 2002. Thelow-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night (LANTIRN) program,discussed in detail in the next chapter, was designed to allow low-level operationsat night and the delivery of precision-guided munitions.27. “TACAIR Rejuvenated.”28. Creech (address, Association of the US Army, 21 October 1981), 4.29. Wass de Czege and Holder, “New FM 100-5,” 53.30. Chapman et al., Prepare the Army for War, 59.31. Starry, “Perspective on American Military Thought,” 9; and idem, oralhistory interview, 37.32. Starry, “Extending the Battlefield,” 37.33. Ibid., 36. See also Machos, “TACAIR Support for AirLand Battle,” 19.34. Wass de Czege and Holder, “New FM 100-5,” 56. See also Richardson,“FM 100-5,” 5; and Holder, “Doctrinal Development,” 52.35. Creech (address, Association of the US Army, 21 October 1981), 6.36. Romjue, “Evolution of the AirLand Battle Concept,” 10.37. Starry, “Extending the Battlefield,” 47.38. Machos, “Air-Land Battles or AirLand Battle?” 38.39. Deal, “Key to the Deep Battle,” 53. Offensive air support (OAS) was anumbrella term for CAS, BAI, and tactical air reconnaissance.40. “Myths about the Army’s AirLand Battle Doctrine,” 2.41. Machos, “Air-Land Battles or AirLand Battle?” 39.42. Cardwell, “One Step Beyond,” 48.43. Romjue, From Active Defense to AirLand Battle, 65. Gen Creighton W.Abrams, Army chief of staff, had taken this step in order to save manpower.Gen Donn A. Starry, interview by the author, 24 March 2002.44. Futrell, Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine, vol. 2, 1961–1984, 554.45. Starry, oral history interview, 9.46. Ibid., 22.47. Berry, “TAC and TRADOC,” 28.48. Gen W. L. Creech, interview by the author, 9 January 2002.49. Starry, interview by the author, 24 March 2002.48