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United States
(7423 entries)
Air Combat Command
ACC
air corridor
A restricted air route of travel specified for use by friendly aircraft and established for the purpose of preventing friendly aircraft from being fired on by friendly forces
air defense
Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles in the atmosphere, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack
air defense area
overseas - A specifically defined airspace for which air defense must be planned and provided
air defense area
United States - Airspace of defined dimensions designated by the appropriate agency within which the ready control of airborne vehicles is required in the interest of national security during an air defense emergency
air defense artillery
Weapons and equipment for actively combating air targets from the ground
air defense identification zone
Airspace of defined dimensions within which the ready identification, location, and control of airborne vehicles are required
Air Defense Identification Zone
ADIZ
air defense region
A geographical subdivision of an air defense area
air defense sector
A geographical subdivision of an air defense region
air defense warning condition
An air defense warning given in the form of a color code corresponding to the degree of air raid probability with yellow standing for when an attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is probable; red for when an attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is imminent or is in progress; and white for when an attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is improbable
air domain
The atmosphere, beginning at the Earth’s surface, extending to the altitude where its effects upon operations become negligible
air expeditionary task force
A deployed numbered air force or command echelon immediately subordinate to a numbered air force provided as the United States Air Force component command committed to a joint operation
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFROTC
Air Force special operations air component
The Air Force component of a joint special operations force, normally composed of a special operations wing, special operations group, or squadron, and element of an Air Force special tactics personnel
Air Force special operations air detachment
A squadron-size headquarters that could be a composite organization composed of different Air Force special operations assets, normally subordinate to an Air Force special operations air component, joint special operations air component, joint special operations task force, or a joint task force
Air Force Special Operations Command
AFSOC
Air Force special operations forces
Those Active and Reserve Component Air Force forces designated by the Secretary of Defense that are specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations
air interdiction
Air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy’s military surface capabilities before it can be brought to bear effectively against friendly forces, or to otherwise achieve objectives that are conducted at such distances from friendly forces that detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of friendly forces is not required
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