British Joint Terminal Attack Controllers have directed US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft during close air support training at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. Images released alongside a US Air Force news update show an A-10C releasing training munitions while British and American controllers observed and coordinated close air support activity from the ground. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers are trained to direct combat aircraft providing close air support to troops on the ground, passing targeting information and clearance to aircrews while coordinating aircraft movements around friendly forces. The training at Moody included mission planning, radio coordination, simulated strikes and face-to-face debriefs between British controllers and US pilots. The A-10C remains one of the US Air Force aircraft most closely associated with the close air support mission.