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forward air controller
Term Source:
JP 3-09.3
(Close Air Support)
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1.) An officer (aviator/pilot) member of the tactical air control party who, from a forward ground or airborne position, controls aircraft in close air support of ground troops.
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Term Classification: operations
Source:
Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Term sourced from JP 3-09.3: Close Air Support, updated July 2009
This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015
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