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The '''Common Support Aircraft''' ('''CSA''') was a proposed concept, which has been considered by the [[United States Navy]] since at least the early 1990s, to replace a number of different [[fixed-wing aircraft]] capable of operating from an [[aircraft carrier]] and which serve a "support" function, with a single type of aircraft or aircraft platform able to perform all support tasks.<br />
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Current roles deemed "support" by the Navy include: [[carrier onboard delivery|carrier on-board delivery]] (COD), electronic surveillance (ES), [[electronic warfare]] (EW), and [[Airborne Early Warning|airborne early warning]] (AEW). Another possible support role for a carrier-based aircraft is that of [[aerial refueling]].<br />
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Among combat roles, while [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) and [[anti-surface warfare]] (ASUW) are sometimes also considered "support"; [[fighter aircraft|fighter]], [[bomber]], and ground [[attack aircraft|attack]] roles are not.{{or|date=March 2016}}<br />
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Current carrier-based fixed-wing support aircraft used by the US Navy, and which would presumably be replaced by the CSA, include:{{or|date=March 2016}}<br />
*[[C-2 Greyhound]], for COD<br />
*[[E-2 Hawkeye]], for AEW<br />
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Other support aircraft used by the US Navy in the recent past include:<br />
*[[S-3 Viking]], for ASW, ASUW, and recovery tanking<br />
*[[ES-3 Shadow]], for ES<br />
*[[EA-6B Prowler]], for EW<br />
*[[Grumman_A-6_Intruder#KA-6D|KA-6D]], for mission tanking<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/csa.htm Common Support Aircraft (CSA) on GlobalSecurity.org]<br />
*[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/csa.htm "Common Support Aircraft(CSA)" on The Federation of American Scientists(FAS)web-site]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050325181216/http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/Chimera.pdf Chimera], [https://web.archive.org/web/20050325175100/http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/Vertigo.pdf Wombat/Joey], [http://sawe.org/node/2811 Crossbow], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927081129/http://www.sawe.org/node/2152 Penguin CSA study designs]<br />
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[[Category:Carrier-based aircraft]]<br />
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