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Reconnaissance (RECON)

Military; General military

A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or adversary, or to secure data concerning the ...

Suppression mission

Military; General military

A mission to suppress an actual or suspected weapons system for the purpose of degrading its performance below the level needed to fulfil its mission objectives at a specific time for a specified ...

Counterair

Military; General military

A mission that integrates offensive and defensive operations to attain and maintain a desired degree of air superiority. Counterair missions are designed to destroy or negate enemy aircraft and ...

Direct support (DS)

Military; General military

A mission requiring a force to support another specific force and authorising it to answer directly to the supported force's request for assistance.

Joint mission-essential task (JMET)

A mission task selected by a joint force commander deemed essential to mission accomplishment and defined using the common language of the universal joint task list in terms of task, condition, and ...

Strike coordination and reconnaissance (SCAR)

Military; General military

A mission flown for the purpose of detecting targets and coordinating or performing attack or reconnaissance on those targets. Strike coordination and reconnaissance missions are flown in a specific ...

Strategic mission

Military; General military

A mission directed against one or more of a selected series of enemy targets with the purpose of progressive destruction and disintegration of the enemy's warmaking capacity and will to make war. ...