直ちょく掩えん

noun

direct escort; combat air patrol

Military term for fighter aircraft providing close protection to bombers or other assets. Often abbreviated as CAP.

• 直ちょく掩えん機きが爆ばく撃げき機きを敵てき戦せん闘とう機きから守まもった。

  The direct escort fighters protected the bombers from enemy fighters.