Visual Friendlies, Tally Target: How Close Air Support in the War on Terror Changed the Way America Made War: Volume 1 - Invasions

by Ethan Brown

With a new century and a new enemy came a new kind of war: low intensity and civilian-dominated, blending austere rural and dense urban environments alike. Into this new kind of war, the American military launched two invasions against terrorist networks and military rivals, relying on airpower--close air support (CAS)--at a scale never before seen in combat.

The Global War on Terror was the "CAS war." Forward Air Controllers were on the front...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163624422X
• ISBN13: 9781636244228
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 304 Pages