| rdfs:comment | - Fighters can move to adjacent areas under attack and then return to their starting area. They can only do this once per turn.
- The Combat Air Patrol is an anti-air close air support airstrike featured in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
- Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. A combat air patrol is an aircraft patrol provided over an objective area, over the force protected, over the critical area of a combat zone, or over an air defense area, for the purpose of intercepting and destroying hostile aircraft before they reach their target. Combat air patrols apply to both overland and overwater operations, protecting other aircraft, fixed and mobile sites on land, or ships at sea.
- Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. A combat air patrol is an aircraft patrol provided over an objective area, over the force protected, over the critical area of a combat zone, or over an air defense area, for the purpose of intercepting and destroying hostile aircraft before they reach their target. Combat air patrols apply to both overland and overwater operations, protecting other aircraft, fixed and mobile sites on land, or ships at sea. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- A Combat Air Patrol, or "CAP", is a part of a ship's early warning network and defensive posture in protecting the ship and it's accompanying vessels, if any, during wartime. CAPs typically consist of two Vipers flying a designated pattern in and around the ship(s) in order to provide an immediate space-borne response to incoming threats. CAP flights are sometimes be accompanied by a Raptor, particularly if trouble is anticipated and are usually led by a Squadron Leader. CAP flights are backed-up by the alert fighters.
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| abstract | - Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. A combat air patrol is an aircraft patrol provided over an objective area, over the force protected, over the critical area of a combat zone, or over an air defense area, for the purpose of intercepting and destroying hostile aircraft before they reach their target. Combat air patrols apply to both overland and overwater operations, protecting other aircraft, fixed and mobile sites on land, or ships at sea. Known by the acronym CAP, it typically entails fighters flying a tactical pattern around or screening a defended target, while looking for incoming attackers. Effective CAP patterns may include aircraft positioned at both high and low altitudes, in order to shorten response times when an attack is detected. Modern CAPs are either GCI or AWACS-controlled to provide maximum early warning for defensive reaction. The first CAPs were characteristic of aircraft carrier operations, where CAPs were flown to protect a carrier battle group, but the term has become generic to both Air Force and Navy flight operations. Capping operations differ from fighter escorts in that the CAP force is not tied to the group it is protecting, is not limited in altitudes and speeds it flies, and has tactical flexibility to engage a threat. Fighter escorts typically stay with the asset they are supporting and at the speed of the supported group, as a final reactive force against a close threat. When an escort engages, the supported force is left unprotected. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- Fighters can move to adjacent areas under attack and then return to their starting area. They can only do this once per turn.
- A Combat Air Patrol, or "CAP", is a part of a ship's early warning network and defensive posture in protecting the ship and it's accompanying vessels, if any, during wartime. CAPs typically consist of two Vipers flying a designated pattern in and around the ship(s) in order to provide an immediate space-borne response to incoming threats. CAP flights are sometimes be accompanied by a Raptor, particularly if trouble is anticipated and are usually led by a Squadron Leader. It is possible that more than one CAP may be flown at a time, with Vipers positioned at different distances from the ship, and occupying different "orbits" around the fleet. In this case, usually only one or two squadron leaders are flying CAP. CAP flights are backed-up by the alert fighters.
- Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. A combat air patrol is an aircraft patrol provided over an objective area, over the force protected, over the critical area of a combat zone, or over an air defense area, for the purpose of intercepting and destroying hostile aircraft before they reach their target. Combat air patrols apply to both overland and overwater operations, protecting other aircraft, fixed and mobile sites on land, or ships at sea. Known by the acronym CAP, it typically entails fighters flying a tactical pattern around or screening a defended target, while looking for incoming attackers. Effective CAP patterns may include aircraft positioned at both high and low altitudes, in order to shorten response times when an attack is detected. Modern CAPs are either GCI or AWACS-controlled to provide maximum early warning for defensive reaction. The first CAPs were characteristic of aircraft carrier operations, where CAPs were flown to protect a carrier battle group, but the term has become generic to both Air Force and Navy flight operations. Capping operations differ from fighter escorts in that the CAP force is not tied to the group it is protecting, is not limited in altitudes and speeds it flies, and has tactical flexibility to engage a threat. Fighter escorts typically stay with the asset they are supporting and at the speed of the supported group, as a final reactive force against a close threat. When an escort engages, the supported force is left unprotected.
- The Combat Air Patrol is an anti-air close air support airstrike featured in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
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