What does CAO stand for?

counterair operation (US DoD)

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42) This has led to the speculation that armed UAVs/UCAVs will play a role in counterair operations (and by extension as air superiority fighters in the future).

Unmanned aerial vehicles/unmanned combat aerial vehicles: likely ...

Like counterair operations, counterspace operations have offensive and defensive components.

New USAF doctrine publication: AFDD 2-2.1, Counterspace Operations

Space Superiority Just as we gain and maintain air superiority through offensive and defensive counterair operations, so do we achieve space superiority through offensive and defensive counterspace operations.

Commanding the future: the transformation of air force space command