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    The Direct Air Support Center (DASC) is the principal United States Marine Corps aviation command and control system and the air control agency responsible...
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    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC), headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (JBSA-Lackland), Texas, is one of six...
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    Air Force Base, Hawaii in September 1968 as the 604th Direct Air Support Squadron to provide Air Force personnel to man a Direct Air Support Center,...
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  • main air base or air facility. Each active duty Marine Air Control Squadron has three air traffic control detachments. Direct Air Support Center (DASC)...
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    Direct air capture (DAC) is the use of chemical or physical processes to extract carbon dioxide directly from the ambient air. If the extracted CO2 is...
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    the tactical air control party, the direct air support center, and the Tactical Air Control Center. Grouped together in the tactical air control party...
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    Marine Air Support Squadron 3 (MASS-3), is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit that provides the Direct Air Support Center (DASC)...
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    The Tactical Air Operations Center (TAOC) is the principal air defense agency of the United States Marine Corps' Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF)....
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    Corps Air Station Miramar, California Provide Direct Air Support Center (DASC) capabilities for control and coordination of aircraft operating in direct support...
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    In military tactics, close air support (CAS) is defined as aerial warfare actions—often air-to-ground actions such as strafes or airstrikes—by military...
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    at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska. Constituted as the 3d Direct Air Support Flight and activated on 17 September 1964 (not organized) Organized...
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  • Air and Space Basic Course ASI – Authorized Service Interruption ASOC – Air Support Operations Center (formerly DASC – Direct Air Support Center) ASR...
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  • decommissioned air support squadrons in the United States Marine Corps that provide the Marine Direct Air Support Center for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force...
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    Marine Air Support Squadron 1 (MASS-1) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit that provides the Direct Air Support Center to coordinate...
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    Development Center (NAWDC, pronounced NAW-DIK) was formerly known as the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC, pronounced "EN-SOCK") at Naval Air Station...
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    An Air Operations Center (AOC) is a type of command center used by the United States Air Force (USAF). It is the senior agency of the Air Force component...
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  • of the Direct Air Support Center (DASC) and emergency resupply into unimproved landing zones. VMR squadrons provide search and rescue support as well...
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    Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center, formerly the 611th Air Support Group, is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the Eleventh Air Force...
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    able to launch 230 sorties daily to provide close air support during the battle, while the US Air Force Far East Combat Cargo Command in Japan reached...
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    Marine Air Support Squadron 5 (MASS-5) was a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit that provided the Direct Air Support Center (DASC)...
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    Marine Air Support Squadron 2 (MASS-2), is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control unit that provides the Direct Air Support Center (DASC)...
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    Tactical Air Support Training Squadron, 1 January–31 October 1972 681st Direct Air Support Center Squadron, 1 December 1971 – 1 July 1974 682d Direct Air Support...
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  • Air Support Operations Center (ASOC) is a USDoD term for a subsection of a Theater Air Control System (TACS) located near a corps headquarters or some...
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  • Tactical Air Command Center (TACC) maintained by the Marine Air Control Group (MACG). The Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) provides direct support of...
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    and support to the Air National Guard and help accomplish its total Air Force mission. It was established as the Air National Guard Support Center, and...
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    efficiently as possible to provide deep air support as part of their operations center the Direct Air Support Center (DASC) works with a procedural control...
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  • Sanh in 44 strings by Navy squadron VO-67. Although the Marine Direct Air Support Center was at first reluctant to trust the sensors (which in fact replaced...
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  • DASCateer – term used to describe a Marine that works in the Direct Air Support Center. Dead Horse – To draw advance pay out of the normal pay cycle...
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    Vietnam, and commanders of both Air Forces utilized its facilities. Subordinate to TACS was the Direct Air Support Centers (DASC) assigned to each of corps...
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    barrage.: 260–261  The Marine Direct Air Support Center (DASC), located at KSCB, was responsible for the coordination of air strikes with artillery fire...
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