Sentence examples for called for air support from inspiring English sources

The troops returned fire, killing 10 insurgent suspects, and called for air support.

"Our forces made a tactical retreat and called for air support," Mr. Rahimi said.

The troops called for air support, but were killed when the airstrike hit them.

After coming under fire, they called for air support, and 32 insurgents were killed, according to Afghan police officials.

He called for air support, and soon an F-16 and an Apache helicopter joined the fray.

The spokesman, who spoke in return for customary anonymity, did not say who had called for air support.

It has conducted lengthy investigations into the decisions made by its government and its troops and the refusal to answer the commanders' call for air support.

Officials claim that soldiers now call for air support far less frequently than they did in the past.Khanjar is likely to have several objectives.

When he saw that his men were involved in a heavy firefight, he withdrew rather than call for air support and risk the lives of women and children who were also in the compound.

The Dutch government resigned in 2002 after the National War Documentation Institute blamed the debacle on Dutch authorities and the UN for sending underarmed and underprepared forces into the mission and refusing to answer the commanders' call for air support.

In a story in the new book called "The Ice Committee," a veteran-turned-drifter recalls "how me and Billy-T found ourselves in the hot and heavy in Hue," so they call for air support.