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United States Air Force

United States Air Force

  • Altus Air Force Base
    Altus Air Force Base (AAFB) (IATA: LTS, ICAO: KLTS, FAA LID: LTS) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) east-northeast of Altus, Oklahoma.
  • Joint Base Andrews
    Joint Base Andrews is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland.
  • Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional)
    Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) (AFCYBER (P)) was a proposed United States Air Force Major Command that existed only in provisional status.
  • 308th Bombardment Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
    The 308th Bombardment Wing (308th BW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
  • Flying Tigers
    The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), recruited under presidential authority and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault.
  • Air Force One
    Air Force One is the official air traffic control call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
  • Andersen Air Force Base
    Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: UAM, ICAO: PGUA, FAA LID: UAM) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Yigo near Agafo Gumas in the United States territory of Guam.
  • North American Aerospace Defense Command
    North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD, /ˈnɔːræd/), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for Northern America.
  • United States Air Force Academy
    The United States Air Force Academy (also known as USAFA or the Air Force Academy), is a military academy for officer cadets of the United States Air Force.
  • 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force
    The 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force (16 AETF) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe.
  • Cheyenne Mountain
    Cheyenne Mountain is a triple-peaked mountain in El Paso County, Colorado, southwest of downtown Colorado Springs.
  • National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Dayton, Ohio.
  • United States Secretary of the Air Force
    The Secretary of the Air Force (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force, a component organization within the Department of Defense of the United States.
  • Air Force Global Strike Command
    Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
  • Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4
    Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) is a launch and landing site at Vandenberg Air Force Base with two pads, both of which are used by SpaceX for Falcon 9 launch operations.
  • Strategic Air Command
    Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command (MAJCOM) responsible for Cold War command and control of two of the three components of the U.
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
    Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), previously Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) is a launch pad for rockets located at the north end of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • Walker Air Force Base
    Walker Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district (CBD) of Roswell, a city in Chaves County, New Mexico, US.
  • Raven Forward Air Controllers
    The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known as The Ravens, were fighter pilots used for forward air control in a covert operation in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States in Laos during America's Vietnam War.
  • Space-Based Infrared System
    The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) is a consolidated system intended to meet the United States' infrared space surveillance needs through the first two to three decades of the 21st century.
  • United States Department of the Air Force
    The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three Military Departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
  • Special Air Mission
    The United States Air Force Special Air Mission is the safe, comfortable, and reliable air transportation for the President of the United States (POTUS), Vice President of the United States (VPOTUS), First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), Presidential Cabinet, U.
  • Air Force Research Laboratory
    The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable aerospace warfighting technologies, planning and executing the Air Force science and technology program, and provide warfighting capabilities to United States air, space, and cyberspace forces.
  • Air Corps Tactical School
    The Air Corps Tactical School, also known as ACTS and "the Tactical School", was a military professional development school for officers of the United States Army Air Service and United States Army Air Corps, the first such school in the world.
  • Air Force Financial Services Center
    The Air Force Financial Services Center (AFFSC) is a Field Operating Agency of the United States Air Force.
  • Air Force Satellite Control Facility
    The United States Air Force's Air Force Satellite Control Facility (AFSCF) was a space command and control unit located at Onizuka AFB, California.
  • Air Force History and Museums Program
    The United States Air Force History and Museums Program exists to improve combat capability through the collection, preservation and display of Air Force information and artifacts.
  • Aviation Nation
    Aviation Nation, sometimes referred to as America's Air Show, is the annual award-winning air show of the United States Air Force.
  • Package Q Strike
    The Package Q Airstrike was the largest air strike of the Gulf War, and the largest strike of F-16s in military history.
  • Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
    Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD), also known as "Wild Weasel" and "Iron Hand" operations in the United States, are military actions to suppress enemy surface-based air defenses, including not only surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) but also interrelated systems such as early-warning radar and command, control and communication (C3) functions, while also marking other targets to be destroyed by an air strike.
  • James Giermanski
    James Giermanski is a specialist in Supply Chain Security and Container Shipping programs of the U.
  • Robert Selway
    Colonel Robert Selway was a United States Air Force military officer perhaps best known as being the first commanding officer of The Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.
  • Bioenvironmental Engineering
    Bioenvironmental Engineering comprises four general areas: radiation, industrial hygiene, environmental protection and emergency response.
  • Guide Right
    Guide Right is an American musical variety show which aired on the DuMont Television Network from February 25, 1952, to February 5, 1954.
  • United States Air Force Security Forces
    United States Air Force Security Forces are the force protection and military police of the United States Air Force.
  • USA-204
    USA-204, or Wideband Global Satcom 2 (WGS-2) is an American military communications satellite which is operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband Global Satcom programme.
  • Air Staff (United States)
    The Air Staff is one of the Department of the Air Force's two statutorily designated headquarters staffs: the other staff is the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, also known as the Secretariat.
  • Air University (United States Air Force)
    The Air University (AU) is a component of the United States Air Force's Air Education and Training Command, headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
  • Wright Haskell Langham
    Wright Haskell Langham (21 May 1911 – 19 May 1972) internationally renowned expert in the fields of plutonium exposure, aerospace and aviation medicine, Eniwetok nuclear tests, the Palomares and Greenland nuclear accidents.
  • Phoenix Mobility Program
    The PHOENIX MOBILITY (PM) PROGRAM is an Air Mobility Command(AMC)-sponsored professional development program for board selected Air Force officers with 4–8 years commissioned service.
  • Army and Air Force Exchange Service
    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (Exchange) or “AAFES,” is the retailer on U.
  • Eagle Vision 1 (Commercial Satellite Imagery)
    Eagle Vision One (EV1) is a military based Commercial Satellite Imagery (CSI) capability programmed and funded by HQ AF/A2QS (Air Force ISR Innovations).
  • M29 cluster bomb
    The M29 cluster bomb was a 500-pound (230 kg) cluster bomb used by the United States Air Force during World War II against troops, unarmoured vehicles and artillery.
  • Tops In Blue
    Tops in Blue was a touring performance ensemble made up of active duty members of the United States Air Force formed in 1953.
  • Armstrong Laboratory
    Armstrong Laboratory was a research and development organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command.
  • How to Break a Terrorist
    How to Break a Terrorist: The US Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq is a book written by an American airman who played a key role in tracking down Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.