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  2. Arrow Air Flight 1285R - Wikipedia

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    Atmospheric icing and overloading leading to stall. (CASB Report) Arrow Air Flight 1285R was an international charter flight carrying U.S. Army personnel from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, via Cologne, West Germany, and Gander, Newfoundland. [1] On the morning of Thursday, 12 December 1985, shortly after takeoff ...

  3. Indian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Air Force ( IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflicts. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honoured India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix ...

  4. United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    e. The United States Air Force ( USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. [12] Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 ...

  5. United States Under Secretary of the Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.af.mil. The under secretary of the Air Force ( USECAF, or SAF/US ), sometimes referred to as the under secretary of the Department of the Air Force, [1] is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the Department of the Air Force of the United States of America, serving directly under the secretary of the Air Force.

  6. Commemorative Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The Commemorative Air Force ( CAF ), formerly known as the Confederate Air Force, [1] is an American non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas, that preserves and shows historical aircraft at airshows, primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The CAF has about 13,000 members, more than 70 chapters, and more than 170 aircraft, [2] including the ...

  7. Cost Accounting Standards - Wikipedia

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    History. In 1970, Congress established the original Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) to promulgate cost accounting standards designed to achieve uniformity and consistency in the cost accounting principles followed by defense contractors and subcontractors in excess of $100,000, and to establish regulations to require defense contractors and subcontractors, as a condition of contracting ...

  8. Los Angeles Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles Air Force Base ( LAAFB) is a United States Space Force base located in El Segundo, California. Los Angeles Air Force Base houses and supports the headquarters of the Space Systems Command field command of the United States Space Force, which was established on August 13, 2021. [2] The center manages research, development and ...

  9. List of active United States Air Force aircraft - Wikipedia

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    An F-16C over Iraq in 2008. An F-22A Raptor flies over Andrews Air Force Base during an airshow in 2008. An F-35A in flight. A USAF B-52 bomber. A B-1B in flight over Afghanistan. A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft. One of 4 E-4B Nightwatch airborne command posts.