USMC in move to slash timelines for air support of troops

The U.S. Marine Corps will conduct an experiment next week to see if it can cut the response time for air support to Marine ground troops from 90 minutes to 20 minutes. Limited Objective Experiment 3, being conducted by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, will allow aircraft to engage targets...

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