Counter-insurgency aircraft or COIN aircraft are a specialized variety of military light attack aircraft, designed for counter-insurgency operations,[1] armed reconnaissance, air escort of ground forces, and ground support against "low-intensity engagements"; usually irregular groups of insurgents armed with aircraft artillery and/or portable rockets.
- ^ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 99. ISBN 9780850451634.