It mounted continuous
Combat Air Patrol (CAP) missions during the war to keep the enemy air at bay.
The Skyraider excelled in armed reconnaissance and rescue
combat air patrol (RESCAP) missions.
Description: The CF-188 is a multipurpose, high-performance twin-engine fighter that can handle both air-to-air (air defence, air superiority,
combat air patrol) and air-to-ground (close air support, battlefield air interdiction) combat.
Chuichi Nagumo's
combat air patrol had been at a higher elevation when Lt.
A Sea Harrier
combat air patrol was on scene, responded and three Skyhawks were shot down.
While the IAF will place its anti-aircraft surface-to-air weapons such as Pechora, OSA-Ak and Igla, its fighter jets and armed helicopters will be based in ready mode at Bareilly, Sirsa, Adampur and Srinagar to provide
combat air patrol. IAF's Mi-17 helicopters would be on stand by for casualty evacuation, apart from its Chetak and Cheetah helicopters carrying out reconnaissance and surveillance flights.
Luckily, we also had F-14 Tomcats on
combat air patrol south of the carrier and inside the area marked off by Oadhafi's Line of Death.
At about noon,
combat air patrol intercepted an incoming Japanese dive bomber raid on USS Yorktown (CV 5).
During the 1991 Gulf War, 24 CF-18s participated in the American-led Desert Storm campaign against Iraq, mostly in
combat air patrol missions to protect naval ships but also in bombing missions in the last stages of the war.
In talks held so far with the coalition parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Liberal Party and the New Komeito party -- as well as with the government, the agency explained that the expanded flight times will enable Japan to undertake
combat air patrol and decrease the number of takeoffs and landings during drills, which will help alleviate the problem of noise pollution.
Air Force F-15s and Navy F-14s helped the Marines provide
combat air patrol and mine sweeps.
Our
Combat Air Patrol team approached and challenged them.