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n. The act of using aircraft to attack an enemy to assist ground military forces.
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Air Support is the name of two distinct video games, one released in and another released in .
The 1984 game is for the Atari 8-bit family of computers (such as the Atari 400 and Atari 800). It is regarded as the source for all real-time simulation video games.
The 1992 computer game is for the Amiga and Atari ST. It is a top-down strategy game, with a first-person mode available for special missions. The game takes place during a retro-futuristic 21st century where all wars are fought in virtual reality.
The game was given mostly positive reviews in the Amiga-related gaming magazines of 1992.
Usage examples of "air support".
I won't go into details, but starting with less than forty percent of your opponent's manpower and less than a tenth his firepower, lacking any support services, and threatened and harassed by his air support, you maneuvered him into an exposed position with his forces spread out and dispersed.
The south will be an utter dead zone of artillery and close air support that they won't dare fight.
The few that were didn't stray very far, staying within artillery range usually and close-air support range definitely.
When the resistance was fighting with the Cardassians, we had no navy and very little air support to speak of.
He had no doubt his weapons could turn that valley into a slaughterhouse, yet even with air support that many enemies might manage to break at least some of their number out of the zone.
They are in a pursuit phase of warfare, and that makes them disorganized, and they have little air support to warn them of what lies ahead.
There is enough good raw material among the peshmerga that if the United States were to provide them with weapons, training, funds, and massive air support, at some point they probably would be able to hold Kurdistan against an Iraqi assault.
At the beginning of November, the Northern Alliance mounted an attack on the city with heavy air support but was stopped cold by determined Taliban defenses.
Probably wishing we had some sort of air support to at least get a picture of what's happening out there.
I routinely act without infantry or air support, which has led to serious damage inflicted by suicide squads and ambushes.
After covering the retreat of all others, he, Private Jacobs and his senior NCO had been alone on the hill, being flanked by hundreds of enemy soldiers despite the air support.
Pull in all those favors he owes me, promise him air support, and then get on the wire and get it for him.
With their concealment broken, I can commit aircraft for effective reconnaissance, and air support for the ground forces.