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It is distinguished from [[battlefield air interdiction]], which attacks forces that are not in close proximity to friendly units, but are a potential threat to those units, or support the attacking forces. | It is distinguished from [[battlefield air interdiction]], which attacks forces that are not in close proximity to friendly units, but are a potential threat to those units, or support the attacking forces. | ||
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Revision as of 20:00, 9 May 2008
Close air support is defined, by the U.S. Department of Defense, as 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.[1]
It is distinguished from battlefield air interdiction, which attacks forces that are not in close proximity to friendly units, but are a potential threat to those units, or support the attacking forces.