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"The Evolution of the Department of the Air Force" – Air Force Historical Studies Office The German invasion of the Soviet Union, occurring only two days after the creation of the Army Air Forces, caused an immediate reassessment of U.S. defense strategy and policy. The need for an offensive strategy to defeat the Axis Powers required further enlargement and modernization of all the military ...
Frank Kendall III (born January 26, 1949) is an American engineer, lawyer and executive who is the 26th and current United States Secretary of the Air Force. He has served in several senior positions in the U.S. Department of Defense. [1] A West Point graduate (Class of 1971, Distinguished Graduate), [2] he retired as a lieutenant colonel from ...
The 2021 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by 15th–year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West ...
The Ukrainian Air Force ( Ukrainian: Повітряні сили Збройних сил України, romanized : Povitryani syly Zbroynykh syl Ukrayiny, PS ZSU) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the seven branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. [5] Its current form was created in 2004 by merging the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces into ...
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 ...
Today the army is by far the largest Armed Forces branch and is responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Sierra Leone within the framework of its international obligations. It had an active force of about 13,300 personnel circa 2007.
The Argentine Air Force ( Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Argentina, or simply FAA) is the air force of Argentina and branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. In 2018, it had 13,837 military [1] and 6,900 civilian personnel. [2] FAA commander in chief is brigadier mayor Fernando Mengo.
Parent agency. Department of Defense. Website. www .mda .mil. The Missile Defense Agency ( MDA) is a component of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive defense against ballistic missiles. It had its origins in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which was established in 1983 by Ronald ...