If they do, what kind of information/data is it? Just the audio of the pilot communicating with the ground, or do modern warplanes have functionality that keeps record of gps location and timestamp of dropped bombs?
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Yes, all strikes have a mission number associated (the flight), a target and an intent. Upon completion, there’s a determination of if the intent was met; verified with BDA (Battle Damage Assessment), either from the air or by boots on ground and if it was ultimately successful / intent met. The prosecuted target, the BDA and the associated grids are kept digitally in the on board system to update the enemy order of battle and likely on the knee board.
If enemy X has 39 main battle tanks and a fighting force of 900, and 3 separate airplanes cumulatively destroy 6 tanks and 35 combatants in one day – we update the enemy order of battle location and fighting force to 33 tanks & 865 combatants. This is non-myopic to strikes with or without a controller.
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