Close Air Support (Civ6)

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Close Air Support is a Tier II Promotion for air bomber units in Civilization VI. It requires Box Formation or Evasive Maneuvers.

Effects[]

+12 Combat Strength against land units.

Civilopedia entry[]

In military terms, close air support (CAS) is aerial attacks on enemy ground forces that are in close proximity to friendly forces, demanding coordination with these friendly forces so as not to accidentally bomb and strafe them. There had been some CAS operations during World War I, and the British debuted the first ground attack airplane – modified F.E.2b fighters – in late 1917. After the war, the victorious powers weren't particularly interested in further research and designs for CAS ... but the defeated Germans were. Forbidden strategic bombers by the Treaty of Versailles, the Luftwaffe turned to CAS dive bombers, with the famous Junkers Ju-87 (the Stuka) the first result. Incredibly successful in the Spanish Civil War for the Condor Legion, it proved able to hit enemy positions with near pinpoint accuracy.

Civilization VI Promotions [edit]
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Naval	Advanced Engines • Auxiliary Ships • Boarding • Bombardment • Coincidence Rangefinding • Convoy • Creeping Attack • Deck Crews • Embolon • Flight Deck • Folding Wings • Hangar Deck • Helmsman • Homing Torpedoes • Line of Battle • Loot • Observation • Preparatory Fire • Proximity Fuses • Reinforced Hull • Rolling Barrage • Rutter • Scout Planes • Silent Running • Supercarrier • Supply Fleet • Swift Keel • Wolfpack
Aircraft	Box Formation • Close Air Support • Cockpit Armor • Dogfighting • Drop Tanks • Evasive Maneuvers • Ground Crews • Interceptor • Long Range • Strafe • Superfortress • Tactical Maintenance • Tank Buster • Torpedo Bomber
Warrior Monk	Cobra Strike • Dancing Crane • Disciples • Exploding Palms • Shadow Strike • Sweeping Wind • Twilight Veil
Nihang¹	Jangi Kara¹ • Jangi Mojeh¹ • Sanjo¹ • Tegh¹ • Trehsool Mukh¹
Giant Death Robot	Drone Air Defense • Enhanced Mobility • Particle Beam Siege Cannon • Reinforced Armor Plating
Apostle	Chaplain • Debater • Heathen Conversion • Indulgence Vendor • Martyr • Orator • Pilgrim • Proselytizer • Translator
Spy	Ace Driver • Cat Burglar • Con Artist • Covert Action • Demolitions • Disguise • Guerrilla Leader • License to Kill • Linguist • Polygraph • Quartermaster • Rocket Scientist • Satchel Charges • Seduction • Smear Campaign • Surveillance • Technologist
Rock Band	Album Cover Art • Arena Rock • Glam Rock • Goes to 11 • Indie • Music Festival • Pop Star • Reggae Rock • Religious Rock • Roadies • Space Rock • Surf Band
Soothsayer²	Incantation² • Inquisitor² • Messenger² • Plague Bearer² • Zealot²
¹ Requires DLC • ² Apocalypse mode only Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack. Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.