Sentence examples for support to ground from inspiring English sources

As the jet engine replaced the piston engine in the 1950s and '60s, most aircraft became too fast and unmaneuverable to provide effective close support to ground forces.

The Turkish base is also home to A-10s, the most reliable manned aircraft the US possesses for providing air support to ground forces fighting Isis.

The immediate issue is whether and how to supply American aerial refueling planes that would allow French jets to provide close-air support to ground forces moving north into territory held by the extremists.

The jets, on loan from another carrier, the Nimitz, which has not yet reached the gulf, will enable the Abraham Lincoln's air wing to make 10 to 20 additional flights a day, according to squadron commanders, and provide more support to ground troops.

The following year, 14 Hornets from No. 75 Squadron deployed to the Middle East to support the invasion of Iraq, escorting high-value Coalition aircraft and later providing close air support to ground troops and air interdiction against Iraqi forces, the first time the RAAF had delivered bombs in anger since the Vietnam War.

The A-10 Warthog did a superb job in Iraq providing support to our ground forces -- as did the B-1, F-16, B-52 and F-15E.

Tedder contributed to the German defeat in North Africa and the success of Allied landings in Sicily and Italy (1943) by cooperating with other Allied forces, interdicting enemy supply lines, and giving tactical support to Allied ground troops.

As a result, the IAF found it difficult to provide air support to the ground troops.

After that, she joined other battleships that were providing gunfire support to the ground troops in the Marianas islands.

While there, they supported the Italian Army as it occupied the city and surrounding area by contributing landing parties and providing fire support to the ground troops.

The 102d's primary mission was to provide close air support to NATO ground forces, including the Seventh Army, and air interdiction.