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Terms for subject United States (7770 entries)

airfield	An area prepared for the accommodation (including any buildings, installations, and equipment) landing, and takeoff of aircraft
airhead	A designated area in a hostile or potentially hostile operational area that, when seized and held, ensures the continuous air landing of troops and materiel and provides the maneuver space necessary for projected operations
airhead	A designated location in an operational area used as a base for supply and evacuation by air
airhead line	A line denoting the limits of the objective area for an airborne assault
airland	Move by air and disembark, or unload, after the aircraft has landed or while an aircraft is hovering
airlift capability	The total capacity expressed in terms of number of passengers and/or weight/cubic displacement of cargo that can be carried at any one time to a given destination by available airlift.
airlift control team	A core team within the joint air operations center with intratheater airlift functional expertise to plan, coordinate, manage, and execute intratheater airlift operations in support of the joint force air component commander
airlift mission commander	A commander designated when airlift aircraft are participating in airlift operations specified in the implementing directive
airlift requirement	The total number of passengers and/or weight/cubic displacement of cargo required to be carried by air for a specific task
airspace control	Capabilities and procedures used to increase operational effectiveness by promoting the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace
airspace control area	Airspace that is laterally defined by the boundaries of the operational area, and may be subdivided into airspace control sectors
airspace control authority	The commander designated to assume overall responsibility for the operation of the airspace control system in the airspace control area
airspace control order	An order implementing the airspace control plan that provides the details of the approved requests for airspace coordinating measures
airspace control plan	The document approved by the joint force commander that provides specific planning guidance and procedures for the airspace control system for the joint force operational area
airspace control procedures	Rules, mechanisms, and directions that facilitate the control and use of airspace of specified dimensions.
airspace control system	An arrangement of those organizations, personnel, policies, procedures, and facilities required to perform airspace control functions
airspace coordinating measures	Measures employed to facilitate the efficient use of airspace to accomplish missions and simultaneously provide safeguards for friendly forces
airspace coordination area	A three-dimensional block of airspace in a target area, established by the appropriate commander, in which friendly aircraft are reasonably safe from friendly surface fires
airspace management	The coordination, integration, and regulation of the use of airspace of defined dimensions
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