The F-35 can be used for other functions, such as close air support for ground troops.
Their wish-list includes surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support, air transport and medical evacuation.
The committee highlighted significant gaps in the capabilities of the ANSF in areas such as helicopters and close air support and medical care.
Donut's base is home to several dozen A-10 Warthogs, aircraft that give close air support to troops on the front lines.
They're the airmen, like those here today, who provide the close air support that saves the lives of our troops on the ground.
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They asked the U.S.-led military coalition to dispatch close air support.
They affect the air and the ability to provide close air support, and they provide cover for forces that want to get along your supply lines and shoot at you close.
Pinned down by the onslaught, King said the troops called in "close air support" from a B-52 bomber on regular patrol over Afghanistan, which dropped seven large bombs, ending the confrontation.
The agency said it had no choice but to subject most of its 47, 000 employees, including tower controllers, to periodic furloughs and to close air traffic facilities at small airports with lighter traffic.
Small teams of Special Forces and Marines, supported by flexible close air support and often operating together with indigenous forces, were able to accomplish missions in Afghanistan and Iraq that in the past would have required brigades or divisions.
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By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.
If Angola commits its relatively well-equipped air force to Congo, it could close the air-bridge the rebels are using to ferry troops from the east to their western front.
The good news is that the FAA has delayed to June the decision to close 149 air traffic control towers at general aviation airports around the country.
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It carries a host of satellite and laser-guided bombs and is able to remain over targets for long periods of time to assist in close-air support for troops on the ground.
The ministry did say air force operations are continuing, including in the Tessalit region, where close to 100 air sorties were carried out this week.
If that's the case it could save the dozens of small coal plants that now look sure to close as clean air rules tighten over the next several years.
If, for instance, they really do close down Incirlik Air Force Base, we're going to be logistically blind in the north, and it would be extremely difficult for us to re-supply and to coordinate air strikes.
The flames came dangerously close to the Air Force Academy's main campus, and an evacuation order was issued for about 700 residents in its Pine Valley Housing and 1, 400 in Douglass Valley Housing, said public affairs officer John Van Winkle.
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Some models have grille shutters that close to lock out air flow and improve aerodynamics on the highway.
So we are beginning today discussions with our unions to likely close more than 100 air traffic control towers at airports with fewer than 150, 000 flight operations per year.
From the air, close to 400 villas fan out into the ocean in the shape of a giant palm tree, much like the Palm in Dubai -- a grandiose development that has been plagued with problems from its inception.
As he prepares to walk away, Cambara remarks that they are close to an open-air market.
Yes, it's one really thin and light machine, and in terms of numbers, it comes extremely close to rivaling the MacBook Air.
So if the C919 is to be commercially viable, COMAC needs to get the plane up in the air on or close to its ambitious schedule while the market for medium-range aircraft remains hot.
And while Siskel and Ebert may have sparred on air, they were close off camera.
Shafik, a former air force officer with close ties to Egypt's powerful military, has attempted to distance himself from Egypt's deposed leader.
He also urges ministers to resist any attempts by power generators to keep open old coal stations which are due to close under an EU directive on air pollution.
Shafik, also a former air force officer with close ties to Egypt's powerful military, is seen as representing the interests of the old guard -- those who lost out when President Mubarak was ousted.
Like Mubarak, Shafik is a former air force officer with close ties to Egypt's powerful military and was "the quintessential candidate of the counterrevolution, " said Khaled Elgindy, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
Like Mubarak, Shafik is a former Air Force officer with close ties to Egypt's powerful military, "the quintessential candidate of the counter-revolution, " in the words of Khaled Elgindy, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
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