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close air support |
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Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces. Also called CAS. See also air interdiction; air support; immediate mission request; preplanned mission request. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On this date, during his helicopter insertion for a reconnaissance and time sensitive targeting close air support mission, Sergeant Chapman's aircraft came under heavy machine gun fire and received a direct hit from a rocket grenade which caused a United States Navy sea-air-land team member to fall from the aircraft. The November 2005 memorandum of agreement (MOA) among the Army and Air Force and Special Operations Command (SOC) formalized the 2005 Joint CAS (JCAS) Action Plan developed by the Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) Executive Steering Committee (ESC). The exercise offers realistic combat training that prepares units for deployments, including training for the suppression of enemy air defenses, air to air combat, close air support, combat search and rescue, and time sensitive large force strikes. |
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