Austerity Hits Gains Made In Forward Air Controlling
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Credit: U.K. Ministry of Defense/Crown Copyright
Key gains by NATO allies in the increasingly important military discipline of close air support (CAS) may be at risk, because equipment and budgetary decisions at national levels contradict alliance standards for training forward air controllers (FACs). This stark warning was issued by Brigadier...
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