Browse the 4 Air Archive families whose primary recorded role is close air support.
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The A-10 is a purpose-designed close-air-support aircraft built around survivability, long loiter and the 30 mm GAU-8/A cannon, with later A-10C modernization adding precision and digital capabilities.
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A purpose-built close-air-support prototype developed for the A-X competition that produced the A-10.
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A purpose-built armored close-air-support aircraft developed to provide direct battlefield support in a high-threat environment.
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A heavily armored ground-attack prototype developed as an alternative Soviet close-air-support concept.
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