The concept of converting the F-16 Viper into a close air support platform may sound appealing, but it was ultimately do ...

A common theme within aircraft classification is the notion that many aircraft do not fall neatly into one category.

Harrier II: VTOL jet with rotating nozzles, rugged frame, key in combat from Cold War to Afghanistan.

The A-10 is a purpose-built ground attack, close air support and search and rescue support aircraft. It was originally intended to offset the “armor gap” discrepancy in the number of armored ...

The A-10 Warthog, officially known as the A-10 Thunderbolt II, is the most well-known close air support aircraft operated by the United States Air Force. The jet, designed initially for ground ...

Textbook close air support missions start this way—“suppression of enemy air defenses,” the military calls it—to keep the aircraft called in for an attack from being attacked themselves.

A WGAL viewer spotted an A-10 Warthog flying over York earlier this week. Giole Tafani shared video of one of the close air ...

close air support, and interdiction targets. The Predator remotely piloted aircraft system continues to provide required armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to ...

Depending on the mission, the aircraft can assume different roles, including close air support, precision strike, armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). “Skyraider II ...

The Portuguese Air Force (FAP) will receive the initial A-29N Super Tucano light attack aircraft this year, chief operating ...

Close air support missions include troops in contact ... These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and fire control systems ...