Combat Controllers are trained special operations forces and certified FAA air traffic controllers. Their mission is to deploy, undetected, into combat and hostile environments to establish assault zones or airfields, while simultaneously conducting air traffic control, fire support, command and control, direct action, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, humanitarian assistance, and special reconnaissance.
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Silhouette of United States Special Forces troops in combat gear with rifles and weapons, against a stormy sky. Caption reads Mr. President – You didn't kill Bin Laden. Somebody else did that. This is in response to Barack Obama's assertion that if you built a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. Well, somebody else made Osama Bin Laden's death happen, and it was the Navy Seals. Thanks to Special Ops OPSEC for calling attention to the true heroes, and the importance of not leaking national security information to score political points.