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air support
All forms of support given by air forces on land or sea. See also close air support; immediate air support; preplanned air support; tactical air support.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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"I would like to assure people that, no matter what decisions are made in the future, there will be no loss ofair support in Merseyside and communities will see no change in service.
The new machine will replace an aeroplane currently used by Cheshire police and provideair support for North Wales's existing helicopter.
Truman (CVN 75) and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 helped provide on-callair support for coalition and Iraqi forces during the historic Iraqi elections on 30 January.
The larger notion of closeair support and how you use modern technology to get target information directly into some of our larger platforms, our bombers, some of the best closeair support missions we had in Afghanistan was B-52s directed by a combat controller who was riding around on a horse, giving precise target data through laser goggles up through a B-52 dropping JDAMS from 39,000 feet and taking out large numbers of enemy formations.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives yesterday said British forces should have first call on some elements of RAFair support during Iraqi-style multi-national operations.
Its primary missions are closeair support and protection of troops on the ground.
Air Power at the Battlefront: Allied CloseAir Support in Europe 1943-45.
London, United Kingdom, May 30, 2019 --(PR.com)-- SMi's 5th Annual CloseAir Support conference will explore how leading nations are delivering operational superiority through effective joint fires for ground forces.
After thousands of flights searching for suspected criminals and missing people, two veterans of policeair support have retired.
His Majesty watched the drill that included the evacuation of non-combatant civilians in cooperation with security agencies using all means withair support by helicopters.
To a question about the closeair support mission in Afghanistan, the General said that his command had been able to work closely with the Resolute Support headquarters to understand their requirements and then provide thatair support that's necessary to support the Afghan partners on the ground and our delivered air campaign.
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