Philippines Air Force Retires OV-10 Bronco and AH-1S Cobra After Long Service in Counter-Insurgency Operations … have given way to the Embraer A-29B Super Tucanos. Two … 88 strikes against terrorists in support of ground forces. Prior … meanwhile provided “vital” Close Air Support (CAS) during the “Oplan Polaris … “additional CAS missions” in support of ground troops in the …