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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

air assault force	A force composed primarily of ground and rotary-wing air units organized, equipped, and trained for air assault operations
air assault operation	An operation in which assault forces, using the mobility of rotary-wing assets and the total integration of available firepower, maneuver under the control of a ground or air maneuver commander to engage enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain
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