Forward air control
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Forward air control is the provision of guidance to close air support aircraft intended to ensure that their attack hits the intended target and does not injure friendly troops. This task is carried o
RAF Regiment Forward Air Controllers from the Air Land Integration Cell, based at RAF Coningsby, guide a Typhoon from 6 Squadron onto their target at the Cape Wrath practice range in Scotland.
British Mobile Fighter Controllers operating in North Africa during World War II
L-19/O-1 Bird Dog, used by Forward Air Controllers during the Vietnam War.
A U.S. Army Bell OH-58A-BF Kiowa (s/n 68-16687) in flight, source: Vietnam Studies - Airmobility 1961-1971
The Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standardisation Unit is a training unit located at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, England. The unit teaches students from across all three services of the B
Forward air control
…air command and control, attack methods and tactics, weaponeering and Joint Air Attack Team Tactics. FACs in the United Kingdom are trained at the Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit (JFACTSU) where controllers are drawn from all three services: The Royal Navy (Royal Marines and Royal Marines Reserve), the Army, and the RAF (RAF…
An improved data modem computer being used in a JFACTSU training course in 2004.