"air support" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} air support (uncountable)
  1. (military) The act of using aircraft to attack an enemy to assist ground military forces. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Military Translations (use of aircraft to assist ground forces): luftstøtte [common-gender] (Danish), luchtsteun [masculine] (Dutch), ilmatuki (Finnish), luftstøtte [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), luftstøtte [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), возду́шная подде́ржка (vozdúšnaja poddéržka) [feminine] (Russian), подде́ржка с во́здуха (poddéržka s vózduxa) [feminine] (Russian), luftunderstöd [neuter] (Swedish), flygunderstöd [neuter] (Swedish), hava desteği (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-air_support-en-noun-wHsDHuD1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

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