What does CAP stand for?

Combat Air Patrol

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

A group of F-4s was flying MiG combat air patrol (MiGCAP) that day to protect the strike planes from enemy fighters, and four Wild Weasels were with the flight to locate SAM sites.

Scramble! Scramble! We're going North! After ignoring an abort order, ...

NORAD ended regular combat air patrols over cities in 2006, and instead introduced sporadic or "irregular" combat patrols, according to Kucharek.

Post-9/11 air defenses under review: US

They reached IOC (initial operational capability) by June 1 of this year and are already flying a combat air patrol.

Eye in the sky: new reserve predator squadron operating its own ...

For instance, my organization can rely on a particular time block on a given Predator combat air patrol and schedule the asset to cover missions during that time according to our priorities.

Control of theater intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance for ...

Air National Guard MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadrons have more than doubled their combat air patrols (CAPs) in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Predator Pilots Increase Patrols

A Pentagon official said combat air patrols by MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft currently number 27 a day, and the goal is to have 33 a day by the end of the year.

United States : Pentagon mounts 2.2 billion-dollar push for war zone ...

The Sea Harriers also had to provide a Combat Air Patrol to protect the Vulcan.

Ineffective bomber; LETTERS

16, an AH-64 Apache conducting a combat air patrol went down in Mishada, north of Baghdad, killing two soldiers.

U.S. military skeptical of burning-pilot video