| 11. | Most of those missions involved close air support or direct air support.
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| 12. | These would likely have augmented US close air support units over Japan.
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| 13. | Many of these missions involved battle field isolation, interdiction and close air support.
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| 14. | But despite increasing use of precision-guided weapons, problems in close air support persist.
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| 15. | Supported by heavy close air support they were evacuated by helicopter that evening.
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| 16. | She provided close air support and air cover during operations in the Ryukyus.
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| 17. | To facilitate this, Kesselring promised von Bock the fullest possible close air support.
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| 18. | A city can also play havoc with US close air support, particularly helicopters.
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| 19. | It operates A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conducting close air support missions.
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| 20. | "Special Forces called for close air support, " the military said.
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