The USMC and Mobile Basing: The Contributions of Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARPs)
06/08/2020
When considering contributions which the USMC can make to the joint or coalition force in Pacific operations, an ability to put an air arming and refueling point on virtually any spot on the kill web chessboard is clearly a key contribution.
These are referred to as FARPs or Forward Arming and Refueling Points but are really Arming and Refueling Points because where one might put them on the chessboard depends on how one wants to support the task forces within a kill web.
In looking at a theater of operations, and certainly one with the tyranny of distance of the Pacific, one needs to be able to have a layer of fuel support for operations.
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