Attack helicopters also provided close air support and supported simulated maritime strike missions – incorporating both live fire and simulated fires.

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/439744/jungle-warfare-exercise-23

Infantry, armor, artillery, and air support via attack helicopters (and some planes).

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In response, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky conditioned Kyiv’s vote against the resolution on receiving guarantees from Israel on air support to block Russian missile strikes.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/israel-rejects-us-request-to-send-hawk-missiles-to-ukraine/2023/01/26/

“Instead, they’re going to throw those mobilized troops without proper air support, because they’re a more plentiful resource.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/us/politics/leaked-documents-ukrainian-air-defense.html

It was this side firing capability that fit the specific needs of the Vietnam War for counterinsurgency and close air support.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/10/26/puff-the-magic-dragon-development-of-the-ac-47-gunship/

Kursk was the last big tank-on-tank battle (little infantry or air support).

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Military historian Vlad Mykhnenko added that the counteroffensive is “the first major international military operation of this scale that has been done without much air support.”

Source: https://southsidepride.com/2023/08/01/the-ukraine-russia-war-where-we-are-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ukraine-russia-war-where-we-are-now

Soldiers withdrawing from the area would need cover to leave their exposed forward positions, the military headquarters said, possibly including air support from the larger force at an airbase outside the capital Niamey.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231005-%F0%9F%94%B4-french-army-says-it-will-begin-withdrawing-troops-from-niger-this-week

Soviet-era Su-25 jets have long been a mainstay in Russia's arsenal and have been used to provide close air support to troops on the ground in Ukraine.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-11785097/Russian-pilot-killed-fighter-jet-crashes-returning-base.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The Sheriff’s Office requests more air support.

Source: https://www.reporterherald.com/2023/09/15/2013-flood-timeline/

What they really need is close quarters air support.

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