The phrase "an air support" is not correct in written English.
The correct expression is "air support" without the article "an."
Example: "The military provided air support during the operation to ensure the safety of ground troops."
Alternatives: "aerial support" or "air assistance."
Mike Liao '17, who served five years in the Marines as an air-support officer in Okinawa, is the only known undergraduate veteran at Princeton.
It was broken up by 20 police officers and an air-support helicopter.
Shortly after the Gulf War, the Air Force abandoned the idea of replacing the A-10 with a close air support version of the F-16.
In November 1945, Streett proposed a reorganization of United States air power into separate commands: Eastern and Western air defense commands, a tactical air support command and a training command.
Yet in Libya, the absence of American A-10 close air support aircraft may have lengthened the war.
US aircraft including F-15 and F-16 fighter jets, B-52 bombers, A-10 close air support aircraft and drones launched airstrikes on more than 30 locations, destroying another 20 Isis vehicles, including a bulldozer.
The A-10C's digital avionics and communications systems have greatly reduced the time to acquire a close air support target and attack it.
The air operation centre in Yemen, it added, directed a "close air support mission" to target the site without approval from the coalition's command.
Although the plan reportedly has a significant air support component, it is unclear to us how much joint versus parallel planning has taken place.
The country is acquiring in-air refueling capacity for its fighter force, as well as developing a sophisticated air support ship -- part destroyer, part helicopter carrier -- that news reports say is intended to allow operations near the Korean Peninsula.
