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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is a part of the United States Department of Defense...

The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force. The Thunderbirds, as they are colloquially known...

USAF, USSF, & CAP) Rank group Non-commissioned officer NATO rank code OR-8 (USA & USMC) OR-7 (USAF, USSF, & CAP) Pay grade E-8 (USA & USMC) E-7 (USAF...

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...

USAF in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. USAF usually refers to the United States Air Force, the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. USAF...

aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1977, it is named after the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt...

different Boeing aircraft. The KC-135 was the United States Air Force's (USAF) first jet-powered refueling tanker; it replaced the KC-97 Stratofreighter...

of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force (USAF) selected McDonnell Douglas's design in 1969 to meet the service's need for...

Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The first aircraft was delivered to the USAF in January...

July 2026 - A USAF General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by the IRGCASF over Khvormuj, Bushehr province, Iran. 16 July 2026 - A USAF General Atomics...

stealth fighter aircraft. As a product of the United States Air Force's (USAF) Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as an...

Series of American jet fighters, it was the first United States Air Force (USAF) fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. The F-100 was envisioned...

States Air Force's (USAF) two air reserve components, alongside the Air National Guard (ANG). The USAFR and ANG constitute the USAF's contribution to the...

large military transport aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) during the 1980s and the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries...

USAF-96 is a high-strength, high-performance, low-alloy, low-cost steel, developed for new generation of bunker buster type bombs, e.g. the Massive Ordnance...

fighter aircraft under development by Boeing for the United States Air Force (USAF) under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. It is designed to...

its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that...

maiden flight on 10 April 1959. The T-38 was introduced to USAF service on 17 March 1961. The USAF is the largest operator of the T-38. Additional operators...

Jane's USAF: United States Air Force is a combat flight simulation video game developed by Israeli studio Pixel Multimedia and released in 1999 as part...

1947. Until the late 2000s, USAF combat uniforms were the same as those of the U.S. Army, with the exception of unique USAF insignia. The fatigue uniform...

States Air Force (USAF) chose the UH-60A Black Hawk to replace its HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters. After acquiring some UH-60s, the USAF began upgrading...

or university. According to AFROTC HQ, in 2006, AFROTC commissioned 2,083 USAF Second Lieutenants, with AFROTC enrollment ranging from 23,605 in 1985 to...

original primary customer, which for the C-130 is the United States Air Force (USAF). The C-130 is the longest continuously produced military aircraft, having...

(1971) F-4E Phantom USAF Thunderbirds promotional film. USAF F-4 Phantom II conventional weapons delivery dive-bombing training film. USAF tactical weapons...

frequent flight", either aerially or in space, in performance of their duties. USAF aeronautical badges, commonly referred to as "wings" from their shape and...

high–altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since the 1950s. Designed for...

military police service of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. The USAF Security Forces were formerly known as Military Police (MP), Air Police (AP)...

operated by the United States Air Force for long-range SAR and CSAR. The USAF variants also execute on scene CSAR command and control, airdrop pararescue...

The USAF Weapons School is a unit of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force, assigned to the 57th Wing and Space Delta 1. It is located...

the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multirole aircraft in the early 1960s...

in 1997 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the United States Air Force (USAF) and to showcase how the service evolved since its split from United States...

Borman, USAF: commander of Apollo 8. Colonel Eileen Collins, USAF: first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission. Colonel Gordon Cooper, USAF: one of...

Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards AFB), California. The United States Air Force's (USAF) Strategic Air Command had F-86 Sabres in service from 1949 through 1950...

plan". Defense News. Retrieved 16 September 2025. Church 2023, p. 126. "2025 USAF & USSF Almanac: Equipment". airandspaceforces.com. 20 June 2025. Retrieved...

public in July 1964 and entered service in the United States Air Force (USAF) in January 1966. During missions, the SR-71 operated at high speeds and...

developed. The F-111 entered service in 1967 with the United States Air Force (USAF). In the meantime, the Australian government had ordered the F-111C, to replace...

relying on escort or electronic-warfare aircraft. United States Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagles can be generally distinguished from other US Eagle variants...

Refueling Wing (KC-135) at Fairchild AFB, Washington Bands USAF Band of Mid-America USAF Band of the Golden West Museums Air Mobility Command Museum...

with 3,000 USAF pilots trained by 1950. The 3525th Aircraft Gunnery Squadron activated on 11 February 1949, the base hosted the 1st USAF Gunnery Meet...

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rosenthal (June 11, 1917 – April 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and Army officer. A highly decorated B-17 commander of the...

Area 51 is a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range in southern Nevada, 83 miles (134 km)...

with additional awards denoted by oak leaf clusters. Prior to this time, USAF recipients received the Army Commendation Medal. It was not until 1996 that...

Strike Eagle, Mitsubishi F-15J and other F-15 variants. As of April 2026, 151 USAF F-15 aircraft had been destroyed in mishaps, with 59 fatalities. This was...

This page currently focuses on one of the two historical categories of USAF wings: "AFCON" (Headquarters (US) Air Force CONtrolled) units or "permanent"...

States Air Force (USAF) selected it for the T-X program to replace the Northrop T-38 Talon as the service's advanced jet trainer. The USAF's Air Education...

Defense (DoD) studies in 2018 to recapitalize the United States Air Force's (USAF) tactical aviation fleet that was aging due to curtailed modernization, particularly...

in an increased USAF emphasis on participation in the doctrine, equipment, personnel, and planning of Joint Special Operations. The USAF provided attack...

concept because they perceived it as a threat to the F-15 program, but the USAF's leadership understood that its budget would not allow it to purchase enough...

Headquarters Air Force (HAF), and directly above numbered air forces (NAFs). The USAF is organized on a functional basis in the United States and a geographical...

services of the United States; the United States Army, United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy (USN), United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States...

Lockheed's Skunk Works division and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). It was the first operational aircraft to be designed with stealth technology...

after 68 aircraft had been built. In the mid-1960s, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) was seeking an aircraft to replace its piston-engined Lockheed EC-121 Warning...

United States Air Force (USAF). The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) by the USAF to indicate ground control...

United States Air Force (USAF) officer and pilot who served from 1981 to 2006. With three air-to-air combat victories, he joined USAF pilots Thomas Dietz,...

States The U.S. Air Force (USAF) did not exist until September 1947. Therefore the Sikorski R4 of 1942 "notes" indicate USAF. Possibly it was meant to...

by USAF but rejected all. South Vietnam Republic of Vietnam Air Force received 91 aircraft transferred from USAF.  United Nations Five former USAF aircraft...

1950s in both the United States Navy (USN) and United States Air Force (USAF). The military version of the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation was used...

RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft. The Thunderjet became the USAF's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 sorties and...

nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H heavy bomber at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and transported...

The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) is the United States Air Force's advanced flight training school that trains experimental test pilots,...

On Friday, June 24, 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington...

was suspended by the USAF due to a number of delays and uncertainties regarding the aircraft. However, on 28 June 1954, the USAF officially ordered 15...

fast rescue for pilots shot down far behind enemy lines. An elite corps of USAF Firefighters, Airborne Rescuemen/Firefighters, were part of these rescue...

The pilots of two United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter aircraft, operating under the control of a USAF airborne warning and control system (AWACS)...

support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955 and was flown by NASA from 1959 to 2007. The bomber can carry...

USAF Air Police, at Bolling AFB with the responsibility of maintaining an Air Force ceremonial capability in the National Capital Region. The USAF HG...

Corps (USMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), and U.S. Space Force (USSF) (abbreviated "CPT" in the USA and "Capt" in the USMC, USAF, and USSF) is a company-grade...

high-profile mistakes made within the USAF, all of the B-2s, along with the nuclear-capable B-52s and the USAF's intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)...

and Western Air Defense Forces, have provided air defense capability. The USAF Special Operations Force controlled operational special forces. The Crew...

receiving his USAF pilot wings on February 25, 1948, at Williams AFB in Arizona. He then served in various fighter squadrons of the USAF. The Korean War...

was flown for decades as a primary trainer of the United States Air Force (USAF) as well as in the air forces of several other nations. The T-37 was developed...

Expediter (USAF) Curtiss C-46D Commando (USAF) Douglas C-47A and B Skytrain (USAF) Douglas C-54G Skymaster (USAF) Douglas C-124A Globemaster II (USAF) Douglas...

suffered 4,055 service personnel killed and 2,714 aircraft lost with the USAF suffering 1,841 battle casualties, of which 1,180 were killed in action....

tanker and cargo aircraft that was operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1981 to 2024. A military version of the three-engine DC-10 airliner...

for a stealthy supersonic STOVL fighter intended for both US Air Force (USAF) and USMC; among key STOVL technologies explored was the shaft-driven lift...

USAF/USN joint AIM-9L. As the AIM-9E Sidewinder was entering service in Southeast Asia during the conclusion of Operation Rolling Thunder, the USAF started...

A 1951 USAF resolution test chart is a microscopic optical resolution test device originally defined by the U.S. Air Force MIL-STD-150A standard of 1951...

airstrike controllers, communications, and command-and-control experts. The USAF TACP, when operationally employed as an element of the Theater Air Control...

types such as the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. A formal United States Air Force (USAF) evaluation of the T-37 Tweet basic trainer for the COIN mission was conducted...

"Air House: A History". U.S. Air Force. 10 U.S.C. § 9033 10 U.S.C. § 9034 "USAF CHIEF OF STAFF SERVICE CAP". www.uniforms-4u.com. The Salute Uniforms. Archived...

and the Fury design was adapted as a submission for the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) CCA program. The design was eventually selected as one of the two winners...

below a Numbered Air Force. Most USAF wings are commanded by a colonel, but some are commanded by brigadier generals. USAF wings are structured to fulfill...

The United States Air Force (USAF) Combat Dive Course is a military diving training course established in 2006; as of 17 October 2018 the course is taught...

July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017. "USAF Serial Number Search 50-62". "USAF Serial Number Search 51-2075". "USAF Serial Number Search 51-2315". "B-47B...

2008, the USAF announced plans to start a fourth B-52 squadron at Minot Air Force Base to support Air Force Global Strike Command. The USAF added that...

Special Tactics Support Technical Operations Test Test and Evaluation Training USAF Air Demonstration Weapons Weather Weather Reconnaissance List of active United...

Air Force, with AFSOC as its USAF component command. For most of its history, the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (USAF ADS), better known as the Thunderbirds...

Command (AFMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). AFMC was created on July 1, 1992, through the amalgamation of the former...

Administration (NASA) and the USAAF became the United States Air Force (USAF). Other organizations such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...

security checks before taking museum buses to the hangar. The museum owns other USAF aircraft, including former U.S. Army Air Service, USAAC or USAAF aircraft...

States Air Force (USAF). The F-102 was designed in response to a requirement, known as the 1954 Ultimate Interceptor, produced by USAF officials during...

During Vietnam War," (Colorado Springs) Gazette, USAF Academy 50th Anniversary Edition, Spring 2004. "USAF Bio: Richard S. Ritchie". Af.mil. Archived from...

then replaced their Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) fielded its version of the tiltrotor, the CV-22B, in 2009. Since entering...

all USAF fighter assets in Europe could be concentrated in one command. As a result of the 1968 Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia, the USAF announced...

The commanding officer of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) is known as its Commandant. The commandant leads the school which combines Air...

transported to the USAF Hospital on the base. For thousands of servicemen whose tours took them into, through or out of Tachikawa, the USAF hospital became...

28, 2010, a C-17 Globemaster III transport plane of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, while practicing for a flight...

linked by video and voice systems. Aerial surveillance is provided by a USAF MQ-9 Reaper drone controlled from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada by Second...

United States Air Force's (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC). It was also adapted as a nuclear-armed fighter-bomber for the USAF's Tactical Air Command (TAC)...

Institute of Technology (AFIT) Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education USAF Air War College (AWC) Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) Squadron Officer...

Elmira, New York, on 10 August 1968. His father, Steve Caine, is a retired USAF fighter pilot with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Caine is a graduate of...

Air Force (USAF) installation near Lautzenhausen in Germany for over forty years. The major unit was the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing of the USAF during most...

extensive use of USAF SERE experts. The first USAF "survival instructors" were experienced civilian wilderness volunteers and USAF personnel with prior...

and FB-111, C-141 Starlifter and C-5 Galaxy, all became mainstays in the USAF operational inventory. Another aircraft which gained world fame in the late...

In November 1956, by agreement with the South Vietnamese government, the USAF assumed some training and administrative roles of the RVNAF. A full handover...

one of the nine Major Commands (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF), reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force. It was established...

Force (USAF) were considered RTAF bases and were commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police controlled access to the bases, along with USAF Security...

aggregation of two or more USAF squadrons will be designated as a group and two or more groups will be designated as a wing. USAF squadrons may be flying...

the same manner as other ACC units reporting to numbered air forces. The USAF Combat Rescue School was subsequently assigned to the 57th Wing at Nellis...

was transferred to the Federal Government in 1954.[citation needed] With USAF encouragement, Lockheed, looked upon with favor by the Air Force at this...

missiles. The first use and loss of a U.S. fighter to a J-6 was in 1965 when a USAF Lockheed F-104 Starfighter piloted by Captain Philip E. Smith was intercepted...

Force Association) Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award Lt Gen Claire Lee Chennault Award (top fighter pilot) USAF First Sergeant of the Year Award General...

The Air Force Cross (AFC) is the United States Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Space Force's (USSF) second highest military decoration for airmen and guardians...

modified as F-16/101 with GE F101 engine. Used as a travelling exhibit for USAF recruiting service.<[citation needed] 75-746 - Gate guard at McEntire ANGB...

its transition, and retired its last T-37 in April 2008. The last active USAF T-37Bs were retired at Sheppard Air Force Base in the summer of 2009. The...

Force (USAF) ordered 50 H-19A's for rescue duties in 1951. These aircraft were the primary rescue and medical evacuation helicopters for the USAF during...

during the period it was awarded for. Non-USAF personnel (e.g., USN, USMC, USCG) personnel assigned to USAF units awarded the Outstanding Unit Award are...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a single-seat transonic jet...

stealth strategic bomber in development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop Grumman. Part of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program...

USN, the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the United States Air Force (USAF), the Royal Navy (RN), the French Air Force, and the Republic of Vietnam...

air-to-surface missile under development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop Grumman. It is primarily designed to attack air-defences and...

The 52d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force strategic bombardment unit. Its flew the Boeing RB-29 Superfortress during its original...

version of the popular Cessna 172, operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Army, as well as the armed forces of various other countries as a pilot-training...

The USAF Airman Heritage Museum is an aviation field museum and heritage collection of the United States Air Force located at Lackland AFB near San Antonio...

attractive to other services, soon being adopted by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Air National Guard (ANG) to replace their aging Douglas A-1 Skyraider...

States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command (MAJCOM) responsible for command and control of the strategic...

The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) is a United States Air Force (USAF) initiative that aims to field systems to succeed the Lockheed Martin F-22...

replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart interceptor for the United States Air Force (USAF). The YF-12 was a twin-seat version of the then-secret single-seat Lockheed...

July–August 1996. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash. USAF accident report Archived 2017-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Dover...

drones capable of flying at 60,000 ft (18,000 m) over 32 hours, like the USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk or its variants used for ISR. This is above and longer than...

Florida, Gainesville 1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1992 USAF Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev. 1997 Master of Aerospace...

USAF major commands worldwide. The aircraft was also used by a number of Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard rescue squadrons. All USAF HH-3Es...

of the United States Air Force (USAF) human spaceflight program in the 1960s. The project was developed from early USAF concepts of crewed space stations...

it has been manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The United States Air Force (USAF), four of its NATO partners, and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), a major non-NATO...

the United States Navy (USN) and the newly-formed United States Air Force (USAF), the latter assigning it the designation F-80. The type was deployed widely...

Reaction of Deuterium with Methane and Ethane in the Gas Phase. He was a senior USAF pilot, accumulating well over 2,500 flight hours, 2,000 of which were in...

operates 45 B-1B bombers, with many retired units in the Boneyard. In 1955, the USAF issued requirements for a new bomber combining the payload and range of the...

"bunker buster" bomb developed by Boeing for the United States Air Force (USAF). Composed of a BLU-127 bomb body and an integrated GPS/INS guidance package...

(USAF). In 1955 the USN would repaint all its aircraft from midnight blue to light grey over white and would use exactly the same roundel as the USAF again...

Security Eligibility Military personnel only Reverse Joint Service Army Navy USAF USCG Status Currently awarded Established Naval Service (1961) Coast Guard...

complement of United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) KC-135 tankers in August 1966. The USAF had been flying B-52 Stratofortress bombers...

Kuwaiti Government, with the USAF maintaining a presence alongside their Kuwait Air Force counterparts. The principal USAF unit on the base is the 386th...

1926 – presumed dead November 23, 1953) was a United States Air Force (USAF) pilot who disappeared while performing an air defense intercept over Lake...

had been shot down by the MiG. USAF F-15C vs. IQAF MiG-29 On the opening night of the war, United States Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagles were tasked with...

States Patent and Trademark Office. February 29, 2024. Jumper, John P.; USAF Chief of Staff (February 10, 2003). "MEMORANDUM FOR ALMAJCOM/CC: Use of Air...

In the U.S. Air Force (USAF), a boom operator is an aircrew member aboard tanker aircraft who is responsible for safely and effectively transferring aviation...

against enlisted US Air Force (USAF) personnel misses the fact that the Medal of Honor (MOH) has rarely been awarded to USAF personnel of any rank; as of...

Attendance consists of both newly commissioned USAF officers (i.e., second lieutenants) and prior-commissioned USAF officers (e.g., first lieutenants, captains...

strategic bomber force, and the post–Cold War draw-down. Over time, the USAF has constantly realigned its forces within the network of bases to reflect...

program) via its HQ CAP-USAF activity. The current Commander of the Holm Center (Holm Ctr/CC) is Brigadier General Houston R. Cantwell, USAF and the current Commandant...

War II pilot. "USAF Academy Airfield - United States". "USAF Academy Airfield Airport - AFF - Airport Guide". "FAA Information about Usaf Academy Afld Airport...

the USAF began sending C-130 track student pilots to the Navy for advanced training. Command of VT-35 alternated between a Navy Commander and a USAF Lt...

Lò (over 8 years). John L. Borling, USAF pilot, POW for 6+1⁄2 years, retired major general. Charles G. Boyd, USAF pilot, POW for almost 7 years, retired...

Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) airborne ground surveillance, battle management and command and control...

favorably and was interested in the more capable S-65/CH-53A. In 1966, the USAF awarded a contract to Sikorsky for development of a CSAR variant of the CH-53A...

mid 2019, this course eliminated up to 30% of the A&S graduates. After the USAF Combat Diver course the trainee attends the Army Airborne School at Fort...

C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s,...

General) Gary North, USAF, fired an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile which destroyed the Iraqi fighter. This was the first combat kill by an F-16 in USAF service, and the...

CAP – Civil Air Patrol, the civilian USAF Auxiliary CAP – Combat air patrol, a kind of sortie mission CAP-USAF – Air Force support, liaison and oversight...

1991, the center became the USAF Fighter Weapons Center, and then the USAF Weapons and Tactics Center in 1992. The USAF Warfare Center uses the lands...

presidential transport and commonly operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as Air Force One, the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying...

one for the USAF. These three had been built as SA227-BC models. Later C-26Bs were the military equivalent of the Metro 23 and the USAF took delivery...

AFB portion of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, and is one of two USAF MAJCOMs assigned outside the continental United States, the other being the...

infrastructure, or human resource management). The United States Air Force (USAF) has three types of flights: numbered, alphabetic, and aircraft (which may...

detachment from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. It is the USAF's only European airfield for heavy bombers and routinely supports Bomber Task...

over several of the next games because they were held indoors. Both the USAF Thunderbirds (six) and the Navy Blue Angels (three) have been regular performers...

identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying saucers found too broad a range of shapes reported...

USAF, 1007th Air Intelligence Service Group, 23; Harold Silent, 59, of the Hycon Manufacturing Company that produced the U-2 camera; Fred Hanks, USAF...

as the F-102B prior to being redesignated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The F-106 was designed without a gun or provision for carrying bombs, instead...

facility at Bien Hoa to overhaul its F8F Bearcats. In April 15 airmen and USAF civilians from the 6410th Materiel Control Group arrived in Saigon to help...

transport modifications were later added. To supplement its VC-137s, the USAF converted several C-135 airframes to VC-135 VIP standard, and these were...

Aircraft Company. The B-66 was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) and is derivative of the United States Navy's A-3 Skywarrior, a heavy carrier-based...

experimental McDonnell XF-85 Goblin escort fighter proved to be a failure, USAF believed that the bomber-borne fighter concept was still viable. Instead...

Retrieved 2021-11-14. USAF Test Pilot School 50 Years and Beyond. p. 233. Young, J. Forging Aerospace Power for America. pp. 3–4. USAF TPS Graduate Course...

S. McCartney, USAF, Ret. General Bernard Schriever, USAF, Ret. General Lawrence Skantze, USAF, Ret. Major General Joseph K. Spiers, USAF, Ret. Lieutenant...

only in garrison environments.[citation needed] During the Vietnam War, USAF flight surgeons were utilized on flights. The position of a flight surgeon...

Air Forces Panama is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) headquarters. It was assigned to Tactical Air Command, most recently to Twelfth Air Force...

target areas. The Global Hawk is operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). It is used as a high-altitude long endurance (HALE) platform covering the...

General Atomics that was used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Conceived in the early 1990s for...

carrier-based aircraft (which led to the UCAS-D) while the United States Air Force (USAF) wanted a larger, long-range global strike platform. In December 2005, the...

an experimental aircraft used since 1992 by the United States Air Force (USAF). The aircraft, originally designated NF-16D, is an F-16D Fighting Falcon...

United Kingdom (designated Wedgetail AEW Mk1). The United States Air Force (USAF) had previously announced that the E-7 would replace the E-3 starting from...

training exercise held several times a year by the United States Air Force (USAF). It aims to offer realistic air-combat training for military pilots and...

civilian pilots who flew aircraft higher than 50 miles (80 kilometres). Seven USAF and NASA pilots qualified for the astronaut badge by flying the suborbital...

Fighter Tactics Instructors (SFTI), USAF air liaison officers, former USAF Thunderbirds demonstration pilots and USAF/USN/USMC forward air controller -...

the B-70 being near-invulnerable in doubt. In response, the US Air Force (USAF) began flying its missions at low level, where the missile radar's line of...

Thunderjet with over 55 percent commonality in tooling. In the meantime, the USAF, hoping for improved high-altitude performance from a more powerful engine...

the B-58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC). To achieve the high speeds desired, Convair...

The chief of chaplains of the United States Air Force (HAF/HC) is the senior chaplain in the United States Air Force, the functional leader of the United...

bases in the United Kingdom. Major Commands of the United States Airforce (USAF) having bases in the United Kingdom were the United States Air Forces in...

an aeronautical engineer, computer programmer, and an astronaut in the USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program. He was killed during the September 11...

the VPAF: 11 July 1966, a USAF F-105D (pilot McLelland) 30 April 1967, a USAF F-105D (pilot Abbott?) 19 November 1967, a USAF EB-66 (shared kill with Nguyễn...

Titan 23G) to carry payloads to Earth orbit for the United States Air Force (USAF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic...

Initially established as the United States Air Force (USAF) Security Group in June, 1948, the USAF Security Service (USAFSS) was activated as a major command...

Air Force which was first created during the Second World War. The current USAF badge is designated by Air Force Instructions as the Navigator/Observer Badge...

serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that...

Man-In-Space-Soonest (MISS) was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to put a man into outer space before the Soviet Union. It consisted of orbiting...

XF-109 VTOL concept. The F- series number sequence used in USAF was a continuation of the pre-USAF pursuit aircraft (P- series) numbering, stretching back...

The United States Air Force (USAF) deployed combat aircraft to Thailand from 1960 to 1975 during the Vietnam War. Today, US military units train with other...

Assault School. He is also a space weapons officer, graduating from the USAF Weapons School in 2001, where students are taught how to be weapons instructors...

KC-X was the United States Air Force (USAF) program to procure its next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft to replace some of their older Boeing...

USAAC: United States Army Air Corps USAAF: United States Army Air Forces USAF: United States Air Force USAr: United States Army USCG: United States Coast...

United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145...

used by the United States Air Force for training navigators, later called USAF combat systems officers, from 1973 to 2010. Informally referred to as the...

Wolf is a twin-engine helicopter operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) for security and support missions. Built under licence by Boeing, the Grey...

T-34As were turned over to USAF aero clubs at air force bases in the United States and USAF air bases overseas. In all, the USAF acquired 450 T-34As. When...

primarily work alongside USAF Security Forces, the military police of the USAF and USSF. Although a separate branch from the USAF, the USSF still falls-under...

received the designation KC-767A, after being selected by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) initially to replace older KC-135Es. In December 2003, the contract was...

USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. "1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. "1985 USAF Serial...

reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. The B-57 is a license-built version of the British English Electric...

1970. It was later donated to the War Memorial of Korea and repainted with USAF markings. Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 55–0105. This aircraft is one of only...

Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) in 2004. It equipped multiple USAF platforms such as the F-16, F-15E, B-1, B-52, and A-10C. It also operates...

(1959–1975), it was a major base with United States Army, United States Air Force (USAF), and United States Marine Corps (USMC) units stationed there. Air Vietnam...

Base (IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida panhandle, located about three miles (5 km)...

Before the NATO ASCC reporting names became widely used, the USAF and United States Department of Defense applied their own system of allocating code names...

Edward Ryan (born December 24, 1941) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) general and was the 16th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from...

all-levels of PME". DVIDS. Retrieved 2025-09-25. Nair, Shalini (2022-02-18). "USAF to phase out Multi-Domain Warfare Officer (130) career field". Airforce Technology...

medical evaluation tests given to the Mercury Seven astronauts as part of a USAF project that assessed the capability of women for spaceflight. Although women...

unidentified flying objects (UFOs) undertaken by the United States Air Force (USAF) and active for most of 1948. It was the precursor to Project Grudge. The...

31 January Lockheed U-2C, 56-6714, Article 381, 21st airframe of first USAF order, delivered August 1957, to 4080th SRW, Laughlin AFB, Texas, as a 'hard...

association with the United States Air Force (USAF) whereby members may contribute appropriate art to the USAF Art Collection. Contributing artists are flown...

19 November 1967, a USAF EB-66 (shared kill with Vũ Ngọc Đỉnh); 3 January 1968, a USAF F-105D (pilot Bean); 14 January 1968, a USAF EB-66C (pilots Mercer...

and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While the USAF has released few details on the UAV's design...

levels. 15 USAF personnel were assigned to each base, and reside in former officer quarters, which was basically a small apartment. USAF aircraft transit...

American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. Originally designated as the SA-16 in USAF service and the JR2F-1 and UF-1 in USN and USCG service, respectively, it...

Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program of the United States Air Force (USAF), the Skyborg, that explored a similar theme—autonomous fighters that can...

the United States Air Force (USAF). The design team, with Northrop as the prime contractor, was a finalist in the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF)...

intervention. The USAF disputes Soviet and Chinese claims of 650 and 211 downed F-86s, respectively. More modern American estimates place the overall USAF kill ratio...

19 May, Air Force Chief of Staff general Norton Schwartz said that the USAF's focus in the 2010 budget was on "Long-range strike, not next-generation...

Air Force (USAF) general officer. She became the U.S. Air Force's first female fighter pilot in 1993, and was the first woman to command a USAF combat fighter...

high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. It originated in a December 1952 USAF study funded by the Wright Air Development Center for a turbojet-powered...

(March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman...

"Frozen". Eventually, Cuddeback Airfield was surplus to the USAF’s needs. On 13 April, 1992, the USAF officially removed Cuddeback Dry Lake from George AFB...

USAF were considered Royal Thai Air Force bases and were commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police controlled access to the bases, along with USAF Security...

United States Air Force Special Operations Security Forces Squadrons. The USAF DAGRE and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Anti-terrorism Specialty...

and Grumman. It was operated exclusively by the United States Air Force (USAF); its crews and maintainers often called it the "Spark-Vark", a play on the...

Lockheed Corporation. It was the first operational United States Air Force (USAF) fighter equipped with an afterburner as well as being the first jet-powered...

OV-10 Bronco replaced the O-1 in frontline USAF service, several former USAF O-1s were turned over to the USAF's civilian auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol...

and Pierre Sprey, Boyd formed a small advocacy group within Headquarters USAF that dubbed itself the "Fighter Mafia".[page needed] Riccioni was an Air...

Avro Vulcan bombers, was in development by the United States Air Force (USAF), with the United Kingdom as a customer. In 1962, with technical difficulties...

for a completely circular disk-shaped aircraft known as "Project Y-2". The USAF agreed to take over funding for Frost's Special Projects Group, and a contract...

US military between 1967 and 2010. In 1966, the United States Air Force (USAF) commissioned Cessna to build a military variant of the Model 337 Skymaster...

base becoming the first USAF squadron to deploy there. On 20 March 1966 the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing was the first permanent USAF organization to be stationed...

Air Base,  Italy, under USAF 31st Fighter Wing (F-16) 39th Weapons System Security Group: Incirlik Air Base,  Turkey, under USAF 39th Air Base Wing 48th...

list of Major Air Command (MAJCOM) Wings of the United States Air Force (USAF), a designation system in use from the summer of 1948 to the mid-1990s. From...

mathematics and economics in 1978, Collins was commissioned as an officer in the USAF through Syracuse's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. She...

U.S. Air Force Instruction 52-101, Attachment 2, retrieved 13 May 2011. USAF Instruction 52-101, retrieved 13 May 2011. DOD Instruction 5120.08, retrieved...

"Blackie" Black, USAF Walter Matthau as Professor Groeteschele Frank Overton as General Bogan, USAF Edward Binns as Colonel Jack Grady, USAF Fritz Weaver...

California, and was one of the third group of astronauts assigned to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program. He logged over 5,300 hours flying...

engine failure. The pilots & unit commanders were later jailed. 7 August A USAF Lockheed MC-130H aircraft, 90-0161 (C/n. 5265), flying from Rafael Hernandez...

Rawlings, USAF (Ret), (September 11, 1904 – December 8, 1997) was a leading figure in the administrative development of the United States Air Force (USAF). A...

Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force (USAF) effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable MiG-15 jet fighter, which...

of the American Fighter Aces Association is Col. Chuck DeBellevue retired USAF and the leading ace of the Vietnam war with six confirmed aerial victories...

2,197 of the losses were fixed-wing, and the remainder rotary-wing. The USAF sustained approximately 0.4 losses per 1,000 sorties during the conflict...

later redesignated as the USAF Air Mobility School on 1 June 1992, the Air Mobility Warfare Center on 1 October 1994, and the USAF Expeditionary Center on...

180 MiGs and 72 pilots by 1968. The Americans had at least 200 USAF F-4s and 140 USAF F-105s, plus at least 100 U.S. Navy aircraft (F-8s, A-4s and F-4s)...

fly as part of the 335th Fighter Squadron of the USAF. She was an F-16 instructor before joining the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds in 2019...

The David Grant USAF Medical Center (DGMC) at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, is the United States Air Force's largest medical center in...

one air-delivered weapon priority for both the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Navy (USN); and its acquisition out-prioritizes other weapon system...

fulfill the conventional standoff missile role. To replace the ALCM, the USAF planned to award a contract for the development of the new Long-Range Stand-Off...

September 18, 1976) was a pioneering test pilot for the United States Air Force (USAF). During his 30-year career, he logged more than 23,000 hours of flight time...

'Warthog' (USAF) Lockheed AC-130A/H 'Spectre' (USAF) Boeing B-52G/H Stratofortress (USAF) Grumman C-2A Greyhound (USN) Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (USAF) Lockheed...

RTAF base used by the USAF were commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police controlled access to the bases, along with USAF Security Police, who assisted...

Aggressor Squadron Northrop F-5E Tiger II In 1964, the United States Air Force (USAF) helped the RTAF establish a transport squadron of eight C-123 Providers...

New Zealand Air Force. Displayed at right is the colour Air Force blue (USAF). US Air Force blue is designated as the colour Pantone 287. Displayed at...

aircraft lost by the USAF is unconfirmed since the USAF figures are also suspect. If a plane was badly damaged but managed to land, the USAF did not count as...

active under that designation. The USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center was activated in 1963 to improve use of USAF tactical aviation in support of ground...

owned by the Turkish Air Force. Incirlik Air Base has a U.S. Air Force (USAF) complement of about five thousand airmen, with several hundred airmen from...

September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023. Senior Airman Katelynn Jackson, USAF (10 September 2025). "SECWAR Hegseth visits Muñiz ANGB". Defense Visual Information...

authorized the delivery of 36 ex-USAF F-4s under the name Operation Nickel Grass, with the aircraft coming from the USAF 4th and 401st Tactical Fighter...

built at the Lockheed-Marietta, Georgia plant, and began their c/ns at 3001 (USAF 53-3129, still extant at the Air Force Armament Museum). The first prototype...

policy and direction on a broad scale, from the individual squadron to HQ USAF levels) Specific AFSC (numeric, specialty within career field subdivision)...

of Walter Reed Outpatient-Care Shortfalls "USAF Almanac 2011 Leaders Through the Years: Headquarters USAF Leaders" (PDF). Air & Space Forces Magazine...

assigned to Edwards Air Force Base in California, where he attended the USAF Test Pilot School class 88A along with future Canadian Space Agency astronaut...

by the US Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and the now retired USAF EF-111A Raven airborne jammer. In the F-111, the WSO (EWO in the EF-111)...

agent. OSI has grown with the USAF, but its independent nature is unchanged. Though OSI is organized in alignment with USAF major commands and deploys regularly...

Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force (USAF), as well as the "air militia" of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia...

Sergeant (SSgt) is an E-5 (NATO code OR-5) in the United States Air Force (USAF), ranking above Senior Airman and below Technical Sergeant. It takes a 32-48...

being developed by Zone 5 Technologies for the United States Air Force (USAF) Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) program which started in August 2024...

and built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. In addition to its USAF service, which included later service with the Air Force Reserve and the...

forces from U-Tapao. As a result, the USAF implemented Palace Lightning, closing all USAF bases. The last USAF personnel left Thailand in June 1976. The...

States Air Force (USAF) and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to strengthen their efforts to achieve that goal. The USAF launched a spaceflight...

tanker aircraft based on the Airbus A330 MRTT. The United States Air Force (USAF) had ordered 179 KC-45As in the first stage of replacing the aging Boeing...

The USAF Art Program of the United States Air Force was begun in 1950, with the transfer of ~800 works of art from the United States Army. Today the program...

forces first operated in significant numbers from the base in 1951. The first USAF unit to be assigned to the base was the 27th Fighter-Escort Wing, which arrived...

and he had the benefit of having attended the United States Air Force (USAF) Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS). He recalled that "even Deke Slayton...

Force (RAF) during the Second World War, and by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the Cold War, being the primary home for the 81st Fighter Wing under...

and shelter facilities to accommodate the largest United States Air Force (USAF) bomber aircraft in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) inventory, with the base...

William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) is a former USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s...

service with the USAF in 1956. Produced in both infrared and radar-guided variants, the missile served during the Vietnam War with USAF McDonnell Douglas...

Force became an independent service in 1947. As the Cold War began, both the USAF and the Soviet Air Force built up their nuclear-capable strategic bomber...

resumed them on 15 July with flight envelope restrictions. In June 2015, the USAF Air Education and Training Command (AETC)'s official report attributed the...

26 April 1984) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He saw combat in Korea and three tours in Vietnam, before becoming an instructor...

improved, all-metal derivative of the HRP-1, to the United States Air Force (USAF). Using two tandem, fully articulated three-bladed counter-rotating rotors...

Col. USAF (Ret) Fred J. Decision At Nagasaki: The Mission That Almost Failed. Privately Printed, 1999. ISBN 0-9678747-0-X. Sweeney, Maj.Gen. USAF (Ret)...

resulting in a large conventional explosion over the Inside Passage. The USAF later stated that the fake practice core on board the aircraft was inserted...

Assistance Advisory Group, Taiwan (MAAG, Taiwan) was stationed at the base. USAF use of the base began in 1958 with the deployment of twelve Lockheed F-104...

Air Training Command (ATC) under the reorganized United States Air Force (USAF). A steady pipeline of trained bomber-escort pilots was needed by Strategic...

Curran (born 1987) is a veteran United States Air Force (USAF) major and a pilot in the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, or Thunderbirds. Curran was the...

Planned armament is two AIM-120 AMRAAMs. The design is expected to provide the USAF with "affordable mass" to augment its crewed fighters in air-to-air missions...

kills NOTE 1: For certain early USAF F-4 victories, WSO aft seat was occupied by a junior USAF Pilot in lieu of a USAF Navigator WSO NOTE 2: For certain...

class. Two other USAF officers who later became astronauts, David Scott and Edgar Mitchell, took the course around this time. Another USAF officer, Charles...

designated "United States WAF Band", acknowledging their de facto status as USAF representatives rather than their original status as a simple base band....

United States general surveillance radar stations include Army and USAF stations of various US air defense networks (in reverse chronological order): Joint...

DAF civilians as part of a year-long on-base seminar program at an active USAF installation if they already have base access authorization (automatic for...

and fastest speed by a human being through the atmosphere. These were the USAF records, but were not submitted for aerospace world records to the Fédération...

DATCOM is a computer program that implements the methods contained in the USAF Stability and Control DATCOM to calculate the static stability, control and...

64th Air Division at Goose AFB, Labrador. The station was reassigned to the USAF Air Defense Command on 1 April 1957, and was given designation "N-29". In...

possible that a part of Eastern England would have become a desert". Another USAF officer remarked "near disaster was averted by tremendous heroism, good fortune...

The Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) is a United States Air Force (USAF) development program for a class of low-cost precision-guided air-launched...

train future F-35 pilots, but this might succumb to budget pressures in the USAF. Based on wind tunnel testing, Lockheed Martin slightly enlarged its X-35...

Fort Carson, Colorado Emblem of the USAF 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron of Joint Base Charleston Emblem of the USAF 405th Expeditionary Operations Support...

Port Harcourt area in the Niger-Delta region. Four persons were killed. USAF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, 88-0332, "Spirit of Washington", caught fire...

Colonel Gary Eugene Payton, USAF, (born June 20, 1948) is an American astronaut and USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer. Payton flew on the STS-51-C mission...

headquarters of the USAF Central Command, No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF, and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing of the USAF. In June 2017, the base...

Mullane (born September 10, 1945; Col, USAF, Ret.) is an engineer and weapon systems officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut. During...

Digital DATCOM was created. The USAF S&C Digital DATCOM implements the DATCOM methods in an easy-to-use manner. USAF (United States Air Force) Stability...

combat training (DACT) methods developed after the Vietnam War. Today's USAF aggressor training squadrons can symbolically trace their histories back...

construction for about a year. Although a base facility was ready for the USAF to use at the end of 1954, the facility was not ready for full acceptance...

emerged in the late 1990s after publication of a 1996 United States Air Force (USAF) report on weather modification, with the Air Force accused of secretly spraying...

the first USAF aircraft engaged in the Korean War, carrying out missions over South Korea on 27 and 28 June, before carrying out the first USAF bombing...

Just Cause, Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Provide Comfort. He completed USAF Fixed-Wing Qualification in 1993, and the United States Naval Test Pilot...

Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters USAF. He retired from the USAF in June 1987 and joined Analytic Services, a non-profit aerospace...

In the United States Air Force (USAF), an electronic systems squadron is a squadron primarily or solely focused on systems such as surveillance, intelligence...

2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017. "USAF Serial Number Search (61-327)". "USAF Serial Number Search (61-2669)". "USAF Serial Number Search (61-2671)". Bibliography...

War years, the Strategic Air Command (SAC) of the United States Air Force (USAF) was based at three major airfields in eastern England: RAF Lakenheath, RAF...

division. The ASM-135 was carried exclusively by United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft. The program was cancelled in 1988. Starting...

Commander works in close collaboration with Civil Air Patrol–U.S. Air Force (CAP-USAF), a U.S. Air Force command whose commander is responsible for overseeing...

The United States Air Force (USAF)'s 33rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron is a network warfare unit located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron...

speaking with a USAF Medical Recruiter, the completion of Commissioned Officer Training (COT) is required to be fully integrated into the USAF Nurse Corps...

made visual identification of damaged and destroyed aircraft difficult. USAF pilots were credited with a kill if the gun camera showed their guns striking...

Vietnam War as it operated in the shadow of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was dissolved in 1975 after the Fall of Saigon; many of its members...

Collins, USAF (March 2011 – Dec 2011) (766 AES & 966 AES Commander) Lt Col Thomas G. Single, USAF (Dec 2011 – Nov 2012) Lt Col William Rondeau, USAF (Nov...

Station Alumni Association. Annual Report of the USAF Medical Service, 291. Fifth Report of the USAF Medical Service, 21. McAuliffe, Lt Col Jerome J....

different requirements led to some divergence in the development of NASA and USAF Scouts. The basic NASA Scout configuration, from which all variants were...

Barrett, KIA); 24 June 1972, a USAF F-4E (serial number 68-0315, 421st TFS, pilot Grant, WSO Beekman, POWs); 27 June 1972, a USAF F-4E (serial number 67-0248...

AB were Army installations before the USAF took command in 1956. At its height, Itazuke AB was the largest USAF base on Kyūshū, but was closed in 1972...

EA-37B Moniker For USAF Electronic Warfare Jets". The War Zone. Retrieved 29 August 2024. Greet, Kai (9 April 2025), "Additional USAF and Foreign Sales...

1967. Before he was an astronaut, Casper was a United States Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot, earning his pilot wings at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. After...

Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a spaceplane that could be used for a variety of military...

(JTAC) Wes J. Bryant MSG (Retired USAF) the Co-author of Hunting the Caliphate (2018) (June 2022) Ep8: Wes J Bryant | USAF Master Sergeant retired | JTAC...

squadron on the East Coast. On 1 July 1957 the United States Air Force (USAF) 614th Airborne Control and Warning Squadron established an Air Defense Command...

Aircraft Corporation facilities. In September 2022, United States Air Force (USAF) General Mark D. Kelly, head of the Air Combat Command (ACC) suggested China...

one of several air bases built and used by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the Vietnam War. Cam Ranh Air Force Base was part of the large Cam...

discharge from the USAF, Eason enrolled in the Radio TV Broadcast Department at San Francisco State University from 1962 to 1964. During his USAF assignment in...

GBU-31(V)1/B (USAF) Mk 84 GBU-31(V)2/B (USN/USMC) Mk 84 GBU-31(V)3/B (USAF) BLU-109 GBU-31(V)4/B (USN/USMC) BLU-109 GBU-31(V)5/B (USAF) BLU-119/B GBU-31v11:...

threat reactions, aircraft communications, and hazard avoidance. In 2006, USAF undergraduate CSOs began attending Initial Flight Training (IFT), a civilian...

before the USAAF became a separate service, the United States Air Force (USAF), on 18 September 1947. According to aviation authors Bill Gunston and Peter...

officer of the United States Air Force (USAF). She was the second woman to hold the rank of lieutenant general in the USAF. She was the Vice Commander, Air Force...

General Tony D. Bauernfeind (USAF)". U.S. Air Force. August 2, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024. "Karol J. Bobko (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)". NASA. Archived from...

S. Army) (USMC uses "1stLt" and USAF uses "1st Lt") 2LT – Second Lieutenant (U.S. Army) (USMC uses "2ndLt" and USAF uses "2d Lt") 2IC – Second In Command...

Medal, and other decorations. After his tour of duty, Scobee attended the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class 71B) at Edwards Air Force Base, 100...

Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component command of both United States European...

the Man In Space Soonest program, ejected and was the sole survivor. The USAF summary report of the accident investigation stated that, given the position...

pilot and a general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He is notable as one of only six USAF fighter pilots to be recognized as an ace in two wars...

bracketed by an oak wreath became the missile operations badge. By 1992, all USAF tactical missiles were retired or in the process of being retired. The same...

between the front lines and the 38th parallel. That day, two Japan-based USAF F-82 Twin Mustangs destroyed three North Korean Air Force planes over Seoul...

and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF). The aircraft also served with airlift and air mobility wings of the Air...

Mach 5 (6,100 km/h; 3,800 mph). The USAF conducted another successful test of the missile on July 12, 2022. The USAF completed the first All-Up-Round (AUR)...

(USAAF) training base during World War II and a United States Air Force (USAF) training base during the Cold War. From 1955 to 1958, it served as the initial...

usage ended with the 1992 major reorganization of the USAF major commands. In Vietnam the USAF's 834th Air Division also had small Divisional lateral units...

ISBN 978-1437921311. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2010. (USAF Radar site) STRIKE: U.S. Naval Strike Warfare Center (Presidio Press, ISBN 0891413200)...

documentary short film produced by United States Air Force (USAF). The film documents the story of the USAF support to the United States Atomic Energy Commission...

General Surveillance Radar station, funded by the United States Air Force (USAF). It was used initially by the Northeast Air Command, which stationed the...

Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel, (born August 14, 1952) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air Force...

(PAVN) and the Pathet Lao, against airmen of the United States Air Force (USAF)'s 1st Combat Evaluation Group, elements of the Royal Lao Army, Royal Thai...

prisoner of war in American history. John L. Borling, USAF pilot, retired Major General. Charles G. Boyd, USAF pilot, recipient of the Air Force Cross, and the...

Regiment) of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and U.S. Air Force (USAF) personnel were deployed to Cairo West Air Base in Egypt for the exercise...

Universities South Africa (USAf), formerly known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), is an intermediary that represents all 26 public universities...

The Mil Mi-4 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 36", NATO reporting name "Hound") is a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian...

to Thessaloniki (3 km). In May 2018, it was announced that US Air Force (USAF) MQ-9 Reaper drones were temporarily based at Larissa while their usual base...

October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972,...

Aircraft Corporation facilities. In September 2022, United States Air Force (USAF) General Mark D. Kelly, head of the Air Combat Command (ACC) said China was...

aircraft from Pacific Corporation companies. It has serviced more than 12,000 USAF aircraft and retrofitted 8,000 aircraft engines during this period. During...

United States Air Force (USAF) general who served as the Commander, United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). He was the first USAF officer to become USSOUTHCOM's...

Directorship transferred to USN 1 July 2009 - AFCC Directorship transferred to USAF January 2010 - Schools move into new facility January 2010 - First USN classes...

(Similarly, the Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle had been adapted from the USAF Atlas missile.) The Gemini-Titan II rockets were assigned Air Force serial...

down over Korean waters by a USAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Pilot is rescued by an American destroyer. 5 August A USAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 44-87651...

The United States Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (USAF SEEK EAGLE Office, AFSEO) was started to improve the combat capability of the warfighter. The SEEK...

in Japan's internal waterways. After the war, he was assigned to command USAF Europe and coordinated the Berlin Airlift. He served as commander of the...

Vietnam and Laos. Miami Air International, Miami International Airport was a USAF military depot used to convert the commercial DC-3s/C-47s into military use...

overheating and conserve ammunition; barrel life is also a factor, since the USAF has specified a minimum life of at least 20,000 rounds for each set of barrels...

Cassidy, USAF – pilot of the B-52 bomber "Polar Bear 1" Rebecca De Mornay as Captain Moreau, USAF – copilot of "Polar Bear 1" James Earl Jones as USAF Major...

Defensive (Army, USAF): June 27 to September 15, 1950 Inchon Landing (USMC, Navy): September 13 to 17, 1950 United Nations Offensive (Army, USAF): September...

helicopter to be sold to a commercial user. Eleven S-51s were ordered by the USAF and designated the R-5F, while 92 went to the Navy as the HO3S-1, commonly...

Entered service in 2011 with some 800 units produced until early 2015. USAF is looking to restart production for domestic and international consumption...

Nighthawk stealth ground attack aircraft of the United States Air Force (USAF) by firing an S-125 Neva/Pechora surface-to-air missile. It was the first...

October 1967, a USAF F-4D Phantom II (pilot Moore/WSO Gulbrandson, both rescued; a shared kill with Nguyễn Ngọc Độ); 7 October 1967, a USAF F-4D Phantom...

Related development VC-137C SAM 27000 C-137 Stratoliner Boeing 707 It is USAF practice to truncate the serial number as presented on the tail to five-figures...

as an independent service, making the Sacred Cow the "birthplace" of the USAF. In 1947 the unit began to operate the Douglas VC-118 named "Independence"...

Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence...

System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program. In January 2002, the USAF cancelled the program because the drone didn't have enough range and endurance...

Archive. p. 67: Of several options stuided, three have been considered by the USAF to show enough promise for further study and consideration: mobility within...

guide the aircraft down to earth. The USAF usually utilized a performance car for this task. In 1986, the USAF was looking for a replacement for the Chevrolet...

became more common, the USAF initiated the International Fighter Aircraft (IFA) program to provide an equivalent to allies. The USAF desired a lightweight...

USAF. "AF.mil Leadership Biographies". af.mil. USAF. "AF.mil Leadership Biographies". af.mil. USAF. "AF.mil Leadership Biographies". af.mil. USAF. "AF...

all personnel who are assigned to the United States Air Force Honor Guard (USAF HG), or to active members of a Base Honor Guard (BHG). For males, the badge...

Air Force (USAF). The show is hosted at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada every few years. Being held at Nellis means that the USAF Thunderbirds...

meet a USAF Security Forces requirement for armored vehicles to use in base protection and patrols. The first Rangers were delivered to the USAF in April...

In its later years, it was a major base for the United States Air Force (USAF) RF-4C Phantom reconnaissance fighter fleet. Bergstrom, seven miles outside...

greater Frankfurt area, in April 1959. The remainder of the base remained in USAF hands as the principal aerial port for the US Department of Defense in Germany...

657 lb/(lbf⋅h) (18.6 g/(kN⋅s)). On 24 September 2021, the United States Air Force (USAF) selected the F130 (the US military designation for the BR725) for the B-52H...

joint Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) with the United States Air Force (USAF) to produce a common fighter for the services that could perform a variety...

the RCAF, for a continuous line of stations across southern Canada. The USAF's Continental Air Command and the RCAF met in October 1950 to start planning...

Levitow (November 1, 1945 – November 8, 2000) was a United States Air Force (USAF) loadmaster who received the Medal of Honor for exceptional heroism during...

American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot, and reached the rank of colonel. He was...

units it's assigned to, and bases they're stationed at. In addition to the USAF, A single RB-52B (52-008) was flown by the National Aeronautics and Space...

for graduates of the Air Force Academy, personnel assigned to the Academy, USAF officers in the rank of Lieutenant General and above, recipients of the Air...

assistant maintenance officer, developing his interest in applying for the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School. In 1958, Stafford attended the Air...

Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia. She is best known for her role as a USAF lieutenant who was one of two F-16 pilots who flew their unarmed planes in...

Thomas W. Hartmann is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Air Force Reserve. He has 32 years of criminal, commercial and civil litigation...

Battalion arrived to complete the repair of bombed out facilities. In 1947 the USAF 7280th Air Base Group was established at Landsberg as a detached unit of...

(USN), mission specialists Dr. Ronald McNair, Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka (USAF), Dr. Judith Resnik, and fellow civilian payload specialist Christa McAuliffe...

December 1950 – A USAF RB-45C Tornado was shot down by a Soviet Air Force MiG-15 "Fagot" east of Andong, China. 26 December 1950 – A USAF RB-29 Superfortress...

August 1967, a USAF RF-4C (US-side does not confirm); 10 September 1967, a USAF RF-101C (US-side does not confirm); 26 September 1967, a USAF F-4D (US-side...

performed well in the 1971–1972 Pave COIN test flown by USAF pilots, Piper failed to secure a USAF contract. In 1984, with a $US12 million appropriation...

The Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award was created in 1981 to recognize individuals who have demonstrated the highest qualities of leadership in their...

systems were able to acquire a missile lock with greater efficiency than USAF F-16 in wargame exercises. IRST sensors have now become standard on Russian...

the USAF started using the larger and faster F-15 Eagle as an aggressor aircraft alongside the F-16 at Nellis Air Force Base. However, the USAF began...

Air Force, Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF), United States Air Force (USAF) and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military...

Base (IATA: EDF, ICAO: PAED, FAA LID: EDF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Originally known as Elmendorf Field, it became...

USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers—1908 to present. USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers—1908 to present Donald, David, "Century Jets – USAF Frontline...

the RAF, only for it to be returned to USAF control. In 2009, USAF staffing at Welford was reduced as part of USAF-wide budgetary adjustments. The munitions...

Marine Corps insignia for captain is slightly different from the USA / USAF insignia depicted above in that it lacks beveled edges and the cross-bars...

occasionally on the side or in a wing to provide a clearer view. According to USAF General Robin Olds, a triple ace of World War II, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning's...

– November 15, 1967) was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and USAF astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15,...

known as Monkey Mountain SIGINT, Hill 621 or Panama) was a U.S. Air Force (USAF) and Marine base located on Sơn Trà Mountain east of Da Nang. The base was...

as the CUDA (expansion unknown) or Cuda™, is a United States Air Force (USAF) concept for a "next-generation," medium-range, relatively compact air-to-air...

Outstanding Unit Award. Further, he is seen wearing either the USAF Command Pilot "Wings" or the USAF Command Pilot Astronaut "Wings", more specifically named...

assignment as USAF EWOs. With the retirement of the T-37 from USAF service in 2009, the retirement of the T-43 in 2010, and the redesignation of USAF Navigators...

by the USAF. The unit was capable of firing 400 grenades per minute, up to 1,500 yards effective range. Into the twenty-first century, the USAF operates...

execution of aerospace operations at the tactical level. In Sep 2006, a USAF A-10A conducting CAS controlled by a Canadian JTAC strafed Canadian soldiers...

device. The USAF was also in the process of acquiring ex-USMC UH-1Ns, possibly involving as many as 26 helicopters to either add them to USAF's active fleet...

request satellite research proposals and choose mission experiments. The USAF Space and Missiles Organization created their own analog of the ARSP called...

inside. The bomb was used during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 by USAF F-15Es, notably against the Straževica command center in Belgrade, but without...

1943. p. 2. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com. "Col. Egan, USAF, dies; Served in two wars". Evening Star. 18 April 1961. p. 26. Retrieved...

Base in California. Onizuka became a squadron flight test engineer at the USAF Test Pilot School and later worked as a manager for engineering support in...

known outside the US. Starting in 1948, the new United States Air Force (USAF) designated it the T-6, with the USN following in 1962. Internally designated...

survives on mice", and has been described by the United States Air Force (USAF) as a "pest control specialist". Though she is considered to be a stray cat...

systems, software and components as well as modeling and simulation for the USAF. It is also the host wing for Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. – the 2nd largest...

spyflight "A Tale of Two Airplanes" by Kingdon R. "King" Hawes, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) Bonnier Corporation (January 1919). "Popular Science". The Popular...

the F-86A Bu.No 49-1130 of Thomas C. Hanson (336th FIS, Killed), although USAF records list the aircraft as lost in an accident shortly after take-off....

He was briefly the 13th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (USAF) for 79 days in 1990 until he was dismissed by U.S. Secretary of Defense...

plan is to purchase 351 T-7s, and has an option to purchase up to 475. The USAF's Air Education and Training Command (AETC) began developing the requirements...

proficiency flying. After the war, the USAAF became the United States Air Force (USAF), and its Strategic Air Command had Model 18 variants (AT-11 Kansans, C-45...

RKSO) (K-55; Korean: 오산공군기지; Hanja: 烏山空軍基地) is a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base located near Songtan station...

57th Wing (57 WG) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force (USAF) Warfare Center, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The 57 WG's...

originally Harlingen Army Airfield, is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base in northeast Harlingen, Texas. After the base closed, the field was...

it grew from 2,000 acres to a 51,800-plus-acre installation and became a USAF center for research and development. Kirtland Air Force Base's beginnings...

January 12, 2012. Comparison of USAF Tier II, II+ and III- systems Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine USAF Tier system Archived May 14, 2006...

8, 1932 – November 12, 2005) was a USAF astronaut, test pilot, and combat veteran. Although he trained for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), the...

Farm Gate was the code name for a United States Air Force (USAF) mission operating in Vietnam before the overt US entry into the Vietnam War. In the early...

being E-42-1836. USAF Echo USAF Foxtrot USAF Golf USAF Hotel USAF India USAF Kilo C1-M-AV1 Type USAFS Sword Knot (E-45-1852) (scrapped) USAFS Rose Knot (E-45-1850)...

coordinates) Williams Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located in Maricopa County, Arizona, east of Chandler, and about 30...

Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) of the United States Air Force (USAF) since 2018 to help develop the ability to operate from unfamiliar locations...

Academy USAF Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (Thunderbirds) USAF Expeditionary Operations School USAF Honor...

The Bleaklow Bomber was a US Air Force (USAF) Boeing RB-29A Superfortress that crashed near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow in the Peak District in 1948...

Wild Weasel is a code name given by the United States Air Force (USAF) to any aircraft equipped with anti-radiation missiles and used to suppress enemy...

Colonel in the United States Air Force and a former USAF astronaut. Although he trained for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), the program was cancelled...

high-performance, supersonic interceptor prototype for a United States Air Force (USAF) series of lightweight and simple fighters. Only two aircraft were built;...

the AIM-4 Falcon IR and radar guided series for use in air combat by the USAF as well. A disadvantage to semi-active homing was that only one target could...

much more convincing evidence." The FTD sent all of its case files to the USAF Historical Research Center, which transferred them in 1976 to the National...

September 2006, USAF had 17 independent groups, nine of them flying establishments. The squadron is considered to be the basic unit within the USAF and exists...

flight" . USAF Edwards AFB News, 4 March 2010. "X-51A flight planned May 25" . US Air Force, 20 May 2010. "Shipping traffic delays X-51A launch". USAF. 26 May...

first female African-American pilot to serve in the United States Air Force (USAF). Claiborne came from a military family and she went to California State...

Other names 9-azafluorene dibenzopyrrole diphenylenimine diphenyleneimide USAF EK-600 Identifiers CAS Number 86-74-8 Y 3D model (JSmol) Interactive image...

produced through 1972 for US allies. Despite the United States Air Force (USAF) not needing a light fighter at the time, it did procure approximately 1...

The aircraft used for the project was pre-production TF-15A (F-15B) No. 1 (USAF S/N 71-0290), the first two-seat F-15 Eagle built by McDonnell Douglas (out...

military. The WAF program ended in 1976 when women were accepted into the USAF on an equal basis with men. WAF was distinct from the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying...

been issued. Approximately 100 aircraft were expected to be ordered, but USAF has reduced the number of aircraft sought to 15 aircraft. The 15 aircraft...

by the United States Air Force (USAF). The Model 100 was conceived by General Dynamics in 1966 as a response to a USAF requirement for a COIN aircraft...

Study in Control of Tactical Airpower, USAF Historical Study No. 24" (PDF). Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University. Retrieved...

Station on 1 July 1994. However, it is still owned by the USAF and is operated by the USAF Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center at Elmendorf AFB...

and deployments. A small USAF contingent, the 7366th Combat Support Group maintained the facilities. By the end of 1966, all USAF equipment was removed from...

Group (ADC), 1 April 1957 Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960 List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations  This article...

56-6955, Article 395, fifth and last airframe of the USAF supplementary production, delivered to the USAF in March 1959. Assigned to the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance...

French to select air bases and negotiate the details of establishing a large USAF presence. USAFE desired an air field in Alsace or Lorraine due to their eastern...

Button, was a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force (USAF). His mother, Joan Button, was a devout Jehovah's Witness. According to a...

needed] The CV-240/340/440 series was used by the United States Air Force (USAF) for medical evacuation and VIP transport and was designated as C-131 Samaritan...

was a modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress for air refueling needs by the USAF. Two primary versions were developed and produced: KB-29M and KB-29P. The...

are the lowest USAF rank eligible for selection as USAF recruiters, and (before the fall of 2013) as military training instructors for USAF basic military...

concentration of USAF colonels graduate from the Air War College (AWC) at Maxwell AFB, Alabama via in-residence at Maxwell AFB, while other USAF colonels complete...

Communications served as the prime contractor. In 2012, the United States Air Force (USAF) retired the C-27J after only a short service life due to budget cuts. They...

competition but the USAF asked Bell to develop a special version of the "Bravo" in using the General Electric T58 turboshaft as a powerplant. The USAF already had...

hours and 32 minutes. Upon the creation of the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1948, the new service inherited the P-82 fleet (redesignating it F-82)...

UH-1B/C for the USAF, with General Electric T-58-GE-3 engine of 1,325 shp. TH-1F Instrument and Rescue Trainer based on the UH-1F for the USAF. UH-1G Designation...

skies over Fargo, North Dakota, United States. United States Air Force (USAF) Captain Edward J. Ruppelt wrote in his bestselling and influential The Report...

reopened as Wheelus Air Base (Wheelus AB) on 1 June 1948 and transferred to the USAF Military Air Transportation Service (MATS). Its host unit under MATS was...

1951, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was established as a USAF field activity of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence. ATIC analyzed...

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is a USAF unit assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Established...

colleges including the Army War College, the Marine Corps War College, and the USAF Air War College. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense operates the...

jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955. The B-52A first flew in 1954, and the B model entered service...

US$250,000,000 VTHL Reusable Booster System program was initiated by the USAF in 2010. In 2012, the Air Vehicles Directorate merged with the Propulsion...

Designated C-137A/B Stratoliner by the USAF Designated C-137C Stratoliner by the USAF Designated T-43 by the USAF Customer code 00 was assigned only to...

propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the USAAF and USAF during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor...

operational jet bomber to enter service with the United States Air Force (USAF), as well as the first multiengine jet bomber to be refueled in midair. The...

Looking Glass. On October 1, 1998, the Navy's E-6 Mercury TACAMO replaced the USAF's EC-135C in the Looking Glass mission. The last active, former, Looking Glass...

immediately dispatched from the 55th Medical Group and 23rd Medical Group (USAF) to ferry the injured to Womack Army Medical Center. President Clinton, who...

poured into Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) would swell its FAC complement to as many as 668 FACs in Vietnam by 1968;...

(link) The Flying Greek, by Col Steve N. Pisanos, USAF (Ret.), Potomac Books Inc., Washington, D.C., 2008 USAF Test Pilot School: 50 Years and Beyond. Privately...