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special reconnaissance
Reconnaissance and surveillance actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environments to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance, employing military capabilities not normally found in conventional forces.
View Other Definitionscontrolled firing area
An area in which ordnance firing is conducted under controlled conditions so as to eliminate hazard to aircraft in flight.
View Other Definitionsdissemination and integration
In intelligence usage, the delivery of intelligence to users in a suitable form and the application of the intelligence to appropriate missions, tasks, and functions.
View Other Definitionspreplanned air support
Air support in accordance with a program, planned in advance of operations.
View Other Definitionsforward air controller (airborne)
A specifically trained and qualified aviation officer who exercises control from the air of aircraft engaged in close air support of ground troops. The forward air controller (airborne) is normally an airborne extension of the tactical air control party. A qualified and current forward air controller (airborne) will be recognized across the Department of Defense as capable and authorized to perform terminal attack control.
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