In the daily operations of on-the-ground forces, were there ALWAYS air support ready at hand / available?

I was watching the Oct 4, 2017 Niger Ambush documents, and in it there was a force of like 7 vehicles (half US) leaving a village, and when attacked no one radioed for help, and there was no air support that participated, despite the battle lasting about an hour (until near the end where the...

Update on last month's Jody post.

Tl;dr took a vacation, lawyered up; divorce options unfavorable, will proceed nonetheless.

A month has passed since my Jody post, so here's a quick update on how things are going.

1. Family life had been... well, you guess. We've had several open discussions of the situation, and decided divorce would be the only feasible option. Later, however, my wife told me...