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[size=large]Close Air Support Defined
The attached video was filmed by some Air Force Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) in Tal Afar, west of Mosul in Iraq. They were with some U.S. Marine Corps ASTs (Advisor Support Team) that are attached to Iraqi units to help train their forces on a day-to-day basis. They were in a fairly sustained firefight in the streets of Tal Afar with about 30 Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF bad guys) and got clearance to fire a Maverick AGM-65 air-to-ground missile.
They set their video camera on the bumper of their armored HMMWV, which they were using for cover. Keep an eye on the opposing direction van parked just down the street.
On the audio you can hear them shooting back and forth. The rounds you can hear are from the Marines and the ones you hear pinging against the side of the vehicle with no accompanying pop are from the bad guys. When the JTACs say they just fired "rifle" that means the F-16 aircraft just launched the Maverick missile. You can hear it come in and see it strike the vehicle the bad guys were using for cover. Talk about pinpoint accuracy! End of story...for the bad guys. Bottom line...when you are engaged against enemy on the ground, it is most comforting to have an Air Force Forward Air Controller, airborne or imbedded with you, able to call in some 'serious hurt' on the bad guys. Yes, that's a bad guy flying off to the upper left of your screen. [/size]
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The attached video was filmed by some Air Force Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) in Tal Afar, west of Mosul in Iraq. They were with some U.S. Marine Corps ASTs (Advisor Support Team) that are attached to Iraqi units to help train their forces on a day-to-day basis. They were in a fairly sustained firefight in the streets of Tal Afar with about 30 Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF bad guys) and got clearance to fire a Maverick AGM-65 air-to-ground missile.
They set their video camera on the bumper of their armored HMMWV, which they were using for cover. Keep an eye on the opposing direction van parked just down the street.
On the audio you can hear them shooting back and forth. The rounds you can hear are from the Marines and the ones you hear pinging against the side of the vehicle with no accompanying pop are from the bad guys. When the JTACs say they just fired "rifle" that means the F-16 aircraft just launched the Maverick missile. You can hear it come in and see it strike the vehicle the bad guys were using for cover. Talk about pinpoint accuracy! End of story...for the bad guys. Bottom line...when you are engaged against enemy on the ground, it is most comforting to have an Air Force Forward Air Controller, airborne or imbedded with you, able to call in some 'serious hurt' on the bad guys. Yes, that's a bad guy flying off to the upper left of your screen. [/size]
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