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.
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.
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.
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