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The United States Air Force Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) is designed to test the body composition, muscular strength/endurance, and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of airmen in the United States Air Force. As part of the Fit to Fight program, the Air Force adopted a more stringent physical fitness assessment in 2004 and replaced the ...
The Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System ( IBA) is a bullet-resistant body armor system that was used by the United States Armed Forces during the 2000s, with some limited usage into the mid-2010s. IBA and its design replaced the older standardized fragmentation protective Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) body armor system ...
The force created by propellers and jet engines is called thrust, and is also an aerodynamic force (since it acts on the surrounding air). The aerodynamic force on a powered airplane is commonly represented by three vectors: thrust, lift and drag. [3] : 151 [1] : ยง 14.2. The other force acting on an aircraft during flight is its weight, which ...
A rendering of the US Air Force blended wing body aircraft project. A blended wing body ( BWB ), also known as blended body, hybrid wing body ( HWB) or a lifting aerofoil fuselage, [1] is a fixed-wing aircraft having no clear dividing line between the wings and the main body of the craft. [2] The aircraft has distinct wing and body structures ...
U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force The Modular Scalable Vest ( MSV ) is a bullet-resistant vest that has been introduced by the United States Armed Forces in 2018. The Modular Scalable Vest is replacing all other body armor systems in use, including the OTV (Outer Tactical Vest) , IOTV (Improved Outer Tactical Vest) and SPCS (Soldier Plate Carrier ...
The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. [8] It is the youngest of the five service academies, having graduated its first ...
The Airman Battle Uniform ( ABU) is a U.S. camouflage combat uniform formerly worn by members of the United States Air Force, United States Space Force, and some civilian employees of the U.S. Department of the Air Force until April 2021. It replaced the Battle Dress Uniform and Desert Camouflage Uniform on 1 November 2011 after a four-year ...
A VC-137C with Air Force serial number 62-6000, [a] SAM 26000 was a customized Boeing 707. It entered service in 1962 during the administration of John F. Kennedy and was replaced in presidential service in 1972 but kept as a backup. The aircraft was finally retired in 1998 and is now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air ...