Battlefield Airmen integrate with F-35, improve air ground dominance
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska: During the F-35 Lightning II’s pre-Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, Airmen from the 3rd Air ...
Tag: air support
Philippine Air Force Selects the A-29 Super Tucano for Close Air Support Role
Embraer announced today a firm order of six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training aircraft for the Philippine ...
B-52s join French forces for close air support exercise
U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses joined French aircraft and ground troops from a dozen nations to kick off a close ...
US Navy Demonstrates Endurance on the MQ-8C Fire Scout
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated endurance capabilities with the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. On a planned ...
Pentagon Will Test F-35 Against A-10
At the heart of the Air Force’s plans to retire the A-10 is the question of whether the F-35 can ...
DARPA demos Persistent Close Air Support System
Close air support (CAS)-delivery of airborne munitions to support ground forces-is difficult and dangerous because it requires intricate coordination between ...
World Economic Forum 2014 in Davos: Eurofighter to Secure Airspace
Eurofighter Typhoons of the Austrian Armed Forces are to secure the airspace of the World Economic Forum 2014 in Davos. ...
Close Air Support Key to Strategic Success
Before the sun rises, the sound of an F-16 Fighting Falcon can be heard taking off, breaking the dull silence ...
Raytheon moves forward on DARPA Persistent Close Air Support program
Raytheon is moving forward with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on the agency's Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program, ...
Faster, More Precise Airstrikes Within Reach
Air-ground fire coordination-also known as Close Air Support or CAS-is a dangerous and difficult business. Pilots and dismounted ground agents ...
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