Sentences with phrase «close air support during»
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US - led coalition airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria hit record levels in August, dropping 5,075 bombs during close - air - support, escort, or interdiction operations.
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Dubbed Warthog, Hog or just Hawg, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the «airplane built around the GAU - 8 Avenger 30 - mm hydraulically driven seven - barrel Gatling - type cannon» to fight the Soviet tanks in the European battlefields during the Cold War, is considered one of the most durable and lethal combat plane in the CAS (Close Air Support) mission.
Some of the airstrikes may have been close air support to a Yemeni and coalition offensive to clear Shabwah from AQAP during the summer of 2017, which US Special Forces supported.