Freedom Watch Afghanistan - Jan. 15
This edition features a story on the handing over of close air support in Southern Afghanistan to the Maryland Air National Guard. Produced by Senior Master Sgt. Keith Baxter.
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Explore " close air support" with insightful episodes like "Freedom Watch Afghanistan - Jan. 15", "AOD IP Fly", "Air Force Report: A-10 Close Air Support", "Saving Lives on the Battlefield" and "Green Berets and Warthogs in Combat INCREDIBLE Story. With Green Beret Jeff Tompkins and Warthog A-10 Pilot Mike Stock from Troops in Contact" from podcasts like ""Freedom Watch Afghanistan", "Military HD", "Air Force Report", "Science of War" and "The Brandon White Show (EDGE for peak performance)"" and more!
Episodes (8)
AOD IP Fly
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) provide Close Air Support during Instructor Pilot Fly exercise Sep 28, 2013.
Air Force Report: A-10 Close Air Support
A-10 pilots from the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron practiced Close Air Support with Romanian soldiers.
Saving Lives on the Battlefield
In an effort to eliminate future fratricide incidents to our military members on the battlefield, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has developed new technology that integrates with other D-o-D weapon systems. Here is James Truitt with the story.
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This Air Force technology will be available to units by the end of the year.
Green Berets and Warthogs in Combat INCREDIBLE Story. With Green Beret Jeff Tompkins and Warthog A-10 Pilot Mike Stock from Troops in Contact
Jeff and Mike share intimate details about a firefight where close air support from the A-10 Warthog was critical to helping save Jeff and his fellow Green Bret lives.
You have to hear the story to believe it! And this is just one of many situations where close air support has saved lives.
PLEASE help save close air support by signing the petition so we don't lose this vital capability. It only takes 20 seconds to sign the petition:
- Save Close Air Support Petition (takes about 20 seconds to sign)
👉 https://www.change.org/p/save-close-air-support - OR Contact your local congress person via the EASY to use form letters
👉 https://www.troops-in-contact.org/contact-congress - Troops in Contact Website
https://www.troops-in-contact.org
SHOW NOTES
About Troops in Contact
Mission: Save Close Air Support (CAS)
The Problem: the Air Force is cutting Close Air Support and breaking faith with troops.
In the 2023 budget the Air Force revealed a 5-year plan to eliminate its A-10 CAS aircraft without an adequate replacement and to cut TACPs/ JTACs (Terminal Air Control Party Specialists/ Joint Terminal Attack Controllers/ Air Ground Integrators) by 50%.
If successful, this plan would kill the CAS profession and cripple America’s CAS capability.
Ground troops would be supported, if at all, by CAS amateurs in a small expensive fleet of fragile aircraft that are far less effective. In Low Intensity Conflict, that will cost lives. In Major Combat Operations, it risks losing battles.
How You Can Help
1. Click 'Contact Congress', send a letter, and sign our petition
https://www.troops-in-contact.org/contact-congress
2. Refer your friends to this website
3. If your organization supports this cause, reach out through our Endorsements page.
We need your help to spread the word as rapidly as possible.
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Tactical Tuesday Episode Twenty - Force Multipliers: Being Able to Achieve More with Less Manpower
In this episode of Tactical Tuesday with Modern Milsim, we discuss the use of force multipliers on the MILSIM battlefield. Specifically, we discuss:
- Definition of Force Multipliers (1:42)
- Making Yourself a Force Multiplier (2:13)
- Vehicles/Technicals (4:01)
- Fires (7:45)
- Close Air Support (CAS) (12:45)
- and more.
A new episode of Tactical Tuesdays is typically uploaded on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
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To find “From Insertion to Extraction: Advanced MILSIM CQB Tactics, Techniques and Procedures” : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07THX1CFT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
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Episode 91116: Tango Alpha Lima remembers 9/11 with USAF Col. Kim Campbell
On Sept. 11, 2001, Kim Campbell was a young Air Force Academy graduate in A-10 training. Suddenly, everything about her role as a fighter pilot changed, and shortly after completing training she was deployed to Afghanistan in 2002 and then Iraq in 2003, providing close air support for troops on the ground.
Col. Kim Campbell joins the Tango Alpha Lima hosts to share experiences during these deployments, including the mission where she earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Special Guest: Kim Campbell.
Stuka Pilot
Hans Ulrich Rudel was Germany’s most decorated soldier of the Second World War. He flew over 2,500 combat missions, destroyed over 500 Soviet tanks, sank a battleship and cruiser, was shot down more than 30 times and somehow lived through all of it. Join us for a review of his autobiography “Stuka Pilot”.