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Under the authority, direction and control of the secretary of the Air Force, the chief of staff presides over the Air Staff.They act as the Secretary's executive agent in carrying out approved plans, and exercises supervision, consistent with authority assigned to the commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands, over organizations and members of the Air Force as determined by the Secretary.
Royal Air Force – three aircraft on order, with potentially another two in future for a total of five; [65] [63] designated "Wedgetail AEW1" No. 8 Squadron United States. United States Air Force – two aircraft on contract; a fleet of 26 planned [72] [73] [74] NATO. NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force – six aircraft on order [78]
The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located in Arlington County, Virginia , on the former grounds of the Navy Annex near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery .
The Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps [1] (1907–1914) was the first heavier-than-air military aviation organization in history and the progenitor of the United States Air Force. [2] A component of the U.S. Army Signal Corps , the Aeronautical Division procured the first powered military aircraft in 1909, created schools to train its ...
U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel assigned to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), perform a hoist extraction of a survivor during an Urban Operations Training Exercise (UOTE) at the Maltz training site, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003.
The 60th Air Mobility Wing (60 AMW) is the largest air mobility organization in the United States Air Force and is responsible for strategic airlift and air refueling missions around the world. It is the host unit at Travis Air Force Base in California.
This is a list of initials, acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Air Force.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank).
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime. The DHA is in charge of integrating clinical and business operations across the ...