密接空中支援

密接空中支援（英文：Close Air Support，簡稱CAS）是一種由定翼機或旋翼機所進行的空中行動，屬於密接支援的一種，對抗接近友方地面或海面部隊的敵對目標。行動需要仔細整合各個部隊的火力及移動。雖稱「密接」，但進行支援的空中部隊可能與地面部隊保持一段長距離。A Dictionary of Aviation, David W. Wragg. ISBN 0850451639 / ISBN 9780850451634, 1st Edition Published by Osprey, 1973 / Published by Frederick Fell, Inc., NY, 1974 (1st American Edition.), Page 29. 

密接空中支援需要與地面部隊有精確的協調，而在先進的現代化軍隊中則有特別人員負責，如聯合炮火觀測員（Joint Fires Observers）、前進空中管制員（Forward Air Controllers）——已於2003年改稱聯合終端攻擊管制員（Joint Terminal Attack Controllers）。

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参见
密接支援
A-10，美军 CAS 任务常用的攻击机
荣誉勋章2010，任务中一个 NPC 队友会呼叫 F-15 对一座固定机枪进行空袭。

外部連結
 Can Our Jets Support the Guys on the Ground?  – Popular Science
 The Forward Air Controller Association 
 The ROMAD Locator  The home of the current ground FAC
 Operation Anaconda: An Airpower Perspective  – Close air support during Operation Anaconda, United States Airforce, 2005.

Category:空战战术