The United States Army Functional Concept for Sus-tainment 2016-2028 (Army Training and Doctrine Command Pamphlet 525-4-1), released on 13 October 2010, lists as a required capability of the future force the ability to move "critical supplies, personnel, and repair parts" to forward locations on the battlefield by air, using manned and unmanned systems. To bring this capability into being, Army sustainers must accurately define typical aerial resupply requirements. Aerial resupply fills a key role in tactical logistics, especially at the brigade combat team level and below. Anecdotal stories of aerial resupply in combat abound, and the capability is essential in austere environments that have widely dispersed elements in the 30- to 60-kilometer range.
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