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The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, romanized : Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, lit. 'tl', "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as חֵיל הָאֲוִיר , Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It was founded on May 28, 1948 ...
U.S. Air Force F-22A and F-35A over Florida's Emerald Coast. Today, the United States Air Force is the largest air force in the world, with about 5,778 manned aircraft in service, approximately 156 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles, 2,130 Air-Launched Cruise Missiles, and 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles. The USAF has 328,439 personnel on ...
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 ...
On 28 March 1923, the Italian Air Force was founded as an independent service by King Vittorio Emanuele III of the Kingdom of Italy. This air force was known as the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Air Force). During the 1930s, the fledgling Regia Aeronautica was involved in its first military operations, first in Ethiopia in 1935, and later in the ...
Royal Jordanian Air Force. The Royal Jordanian Air Force ( RJAF; Arabic: سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, romanized : Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. The current commander of the RJAF is Brigadier General Mohammad Hyasat .
David Wayne Allvin (born c. 1963) is a United States Air Force four-star general who has served as the 23rd chief of staff of the Air Force since November 2, 2023. [1] He most recently served as the 40th vice chief of staff of the Air Force from November 2020 to November 2023, and as acting chief of staff of the Air Force from September to ...
The 2019–20 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Falcons, led by eighth-year head coach Dave Pilipovich, played their home games at the Clune Arena on the Air Force Academy's main campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado as members of the Mountain West Conference.
Until the late 1970s, the Royal Malaysian Air Force used the same officer ranking system as the Royal Air Force.They were replaced by army-style designations and given Malay title equivalents, but the sleeve insignia remained the same mirroring the RAF practice, but all General Officers wear 1 to 5 stars on the shoulder board in addition to the existing sleeve insignia.