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Close air support

Close air support (CAS) is defined as aerial warfare actions—often air-to-ground actions such as strafes or airstrikes—by military aircraft against hostile targets in close proximity to friendly forces. A form of fire support, CAS requires detailed integration of each air mission with fire and movement of all forces involved. CAS may be conducted using…

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related to Aircraft · 13
Close air support → A-10 Thunderbolt II, Bordkanone BK, CAS, Dive, During, Fighters, It, Military, Second World War, Some, Stuka, The Junkers Ju, Various
related to External links · 13
Close air support → An Airpower Perspective Archived, Can Our Jets Support, Close, Controller AssociationThe ROMAD Locator, FACOperation Anaconda, Field Manuals, Ground, Guys, Operation Anaconda, Popular ScienceThe Forward Air, The, United States Airforce, Wayback Machine
related to Doctrine · 12
Close air support → Joint Chiefs, JP, July, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Marine Corps, MCWP, November, PDF, Staff, Wikisource-logo
related to Inter-war period · 10
Close air support → Aviators, CAS, During, Gran Chaco War, Iraqi, Most, Polish, Soviet War, Spanish Civil War, The
related to World War I · 7
Close air support → Air, CAS, The, Though, Unlike, World War, World War II
related to NATO and AirLand Battle · 6
Close air support → AH-64 Apache, AirLand Battle, General Crosbie, NATO European, Saint, Since

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strafes or airstrikesinstance ofoften air-to-ground actions0.80text
artillery observersinstance oftypically handled by specialists0.80text
joint terminal attack controllersinstance oftypically handled by specialists0.80text
and forward air controllers.World War I was the first conflict to make extensive use of CASinstance oftypically handled by specialists0.80text
albeit using relatively primitive methods in contrast to later military tacticsinstance oftypically handled by specialists0.80text
though it was made evident that proper coordination between aerialinstance oftypically handled by specialists0.80text
ground forces via radio made attacks more effectiveinstance oftypically handled by specialists0.80text
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conventional bombsinstance ofNavy and Marine F6F Hellcats and F4U Corsairs used a variety of ordnance0.80text
rocketsinstance ofNavy and Marine F6F Hellcats and F4U Corsairs used a variety of ordnance0.80text

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