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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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    Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) is a DARPA program that seeks to demonstrate dramatic improvements in close air support (CAS) capabilities by developing...
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    who directs the action of military aircraft engaged in close air support and other offensive air operations from a forward position. The term that is used...
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    terminal attack guidance of U.S. and coalition fixed- and rotary-wing close air support aircraft, artillery, and naval gunfire; establish and maintain command...
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    Forward air control is the provision of guidance to close air support (CAS) aircraft intended to ensure that their attack hits the intended target and...
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    as the "Warthog" or simply "Hog". The A-10 was designed to provide close air support (CAS) to ground troops by attacking enemy armored vehicles, tanks...
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    Operations). Close Air Support is defined as "air action by fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly...
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    when providing close air support. Australian TACPs are provided by the RAAF and are responsible for the coordination of air assets in support of deployed...
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    to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force, as the aviation combat element, by providing six functions: assault support, antiair warfare, close air support...
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    The term deep air support relates to close air support and denotes the difference between their respective objectives. Close air support, as the name suggests...
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    Air Force, which uses the AC-130J Ghostrider. Close air support roles include supporting ground troops, escorting convoys, and urban operations. Air-interdiction...
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    of aerial reconnaissance and close air support. The term air force may also refer to a tactical air force or numbered air force, which is an operational...
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    certain situations when ground forces called for close air support. The AC-47 was a United States Air Force (USAF) C-47 (the military version of the DC-3)...
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    roughly 75 crewed, fixed-wing aircraft to perform close air support, precision strike, and ISR missions. The Air Tractor-L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden system was...
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    Aerial warfare (redirect from Air war)
    aircraft battling for control of airspace; attack aircraft engaging in close air support against ground targets; naval aviation flying against sea and nearby...
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    Czech Republic's airspace through the NATO Integrated Air Defence System (NIADS), close air support to the Land Forces and for transportation tasks including...
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    strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack. This class of aircraft is designed mostly for close air support and naval air-to-surface missions...
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    during natural calamities and internal disturbances. The IAF provides close air support to the Indian Army troops in the battlefield and also provides strategic...
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    Airstrike (redirect from Air strike)
    missiles, and even directed-energy weapons such as laser weapons. In close air support, air strikes are usually controlled by trained observers on the ground...
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    gunfire in modern operations is to provide Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses for close air support. Well-timed salvos provide covering fire for sorties and prevent...
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    primary mission of the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) since its inception has been to provide transport, logistical, and close air support to the Myanmar Army in counter-insurgency...
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    aerial operations throughout the Philippines, such as close air support operations, combat air patrols, aerial reconnaissance missions, airlift operations...
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    destruction of enemy air defences. Forced to operate under the missile and anti-aircraft artillery threats, the close air support it provided allowed Israeli...
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    between these special forces units, who were closely-knit and frequently trained together. The Special Air Service used CQB tactics during the 1980 Iranian...
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    mission. The F-100 flew extensively over South Vietnam as the air force's primary close air support aircraft until being replaced by the more efficient subsonic...
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    developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces. The first prototype made its maiden flight...
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    all aspects of air-ground communication, as well as air traffic control, fire support (including rotary and fixed-wing close air support), and command...
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  • A fire support team (FST) is a British Army unit responsible for directing artillery fire and close air support (ground attack by attack aircraft) onto...
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    Khormaksar, Aden, were regularly called in by the British Army as close air support to carry out strikes on rebel positions. The Radfan Campaign (Operation...
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