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Cleared to Engage: Improving the Effectiveness of Joint Close Air Support
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Air & Space Power Journal
- Article date:
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Johnson, Michael H
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Editorial Abstract:
The importance of close air support (CAS) is greater now than in any of our most recent conflicts, dating back to Operation Desert Storm. Since the joint aspects of CAS are also magnified more than ever, crucial issues and deficiencies with joint doctrine and training highlight a glaring need for improvements in both arenas. The author proposes numerous, specific ideas for addressing these shortfalls for au services involved in joint CAS operations.
THE TERM CLOSE air support (CAS) evokes scenes from the movie Platoon, in which a ground commander exhorts aircraft to "drop all remaining on my position]" to avoid being overrun by enemy forces. The mission has evolved into ...