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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...

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...

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...

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...

Elbit Hermes 900 was shot down in Borujerd, Lorestan. 11 March 2026 - A USAF General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper was shot down in Kerman province, Iran. (3) 11...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

the F-22A. It replaced the F-15 Eagle in most active duty U.S. Air Force (USAF) squadrons. Although the service had originally planned to buy a total of...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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

relief, international aid and counter-drug activities. As of the 2020s, the USAF is replacing its HH/MH-60Gs with a new variant, the HH-60W Jolly Green II...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

"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...

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...

September 15, 1948, at Muroc Dry Lake, flown by Major Richard L. Johnson, USAF. Five years later, on 18 May 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman...

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...

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and the United States Air Force (USAF), and also saw service with the British Royal Navy, the French Air Force...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

School (later, USAF Air Mobility School; Air Mobility Warfare Center; USAF Air Mobility School (later, Air Mobility Warfare Center, USAF Expeditionary...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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

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...

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,...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity...

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...

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

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

twin-radial-engined, amphibious flying boat that was used by the United States Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and Royal Canadian Air Force...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

maintaining low costs. The USAF plans to spend more than $8.9 billion on its CCA programs from fiscal years 2025 to 2029. The USAF CCAs will have their own...

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...

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...

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...

aviation maneuver carried out by then-Captain (Lt Col USAF Ret) John R. "Bob" Pardo (1934–2023), USAF in order to move his wingman's badly damaged F-4 Phantom...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

North American Aviation. It was offered to the United States Air Force (USAF) in response to its Utility Trainer Experimental (UTX) program. It was named...

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...

Joseph Albert Walker (February 20, 1921 – June 8, 1966) (Capt, USAF) was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut...

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...

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)...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

consisted of two highly customized Boeing 747-200B (VC-25A) aircraft. The USAF has ordered two Boeing 747-8s to serve as the next presidential aircraft...

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...

American and Asian nations through the MAP, they were delivered to the USAF with full USAF markings. They were, however, allocated new serial numbers (67-14862/14866...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

missiles, such as surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). The United States Air Force (USAF) has three types of flights: numbered, alphabetic, and aircraft (which may...

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

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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)...

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...

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...

Donahue, USAF, Ret. General Jimmy Doolittle – Doolittle Raider Lieutenant General Hans H. Driessnack, USAF, Ret. Colonel Arnold L. Franklin Jr. USAF, Ret...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

warbirdregistry.org. Retrieved 4 July 2020. "USAF Serial Number Search Results". cgibin.rcn.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020. "USAF Serial Number Search Results". cgibin...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

Initially established as the Air Force (USAF) Security Group in June, 1948, the USAF Security Service (USAFSS) was activated as a major command on 20 October...

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...

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...

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

between General Dynamics and Calspan for use by the United States Air Force (USAF). Originally designated NF-16D, the aircraft was redesignated X-62A in June...

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...

lifespans and support costs are increasing. Because of this, in 2019, the USAF began a program to develop a new platform. This program will take several...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

2017-01-02. Retrieved 2017-12-19. "USAF Serial Number Search (61-327)". "USAF Serial Number Search (61-2669)". "USAF Serial Number Search (61-2671)". Bibliography...

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

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...

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...

threat of the Soviet Union, the British provided RAF Wethersfield to the USAF as part of their NATO commitment. Work on upgrading the facilities at Wethersfield...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command See:List of USAF Fighter Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command See:List of USAF Provisional...

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...

Alison Anders (17 October 1933 – 7 June 2024) was a United States Air Force (USAF) major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

the Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) program with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who favored versatile aircraft...

Washington state history. The flight was part of "Operation: Sleigh Ride", a USAF airlift program to bring U.S. servicemen fighting in the Korean War home...

(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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

attacked airfields at Kimpo and Seoul, the South Korean capital, destroying one USAF C-54 on the ground at Kimpo Air Base. On 19 September 1950, a U.S. Navy C-54...

interceptors. During the Korean War, Japan-based F-82s were among the first USAF aircraft to operate over Korea. The first three North Korean aircraft destroyed...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

Force's Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstrator (LCASD) program, under the USAF Research Laboratory's Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Technology (LCAAT) project...

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

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

States Air Force (USAF) to initiate clandestine and covert operations in Laos to help the Lao fight the North Vietnamese communists. As USAF tactical air strikes...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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)...

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...

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...

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...

USAF General Michael A. "Mike" Minihan (born 1967) served as the commander of Air Mobility Command from 2021 to 2024. Minihan was commissioned in 1989...

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...

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...

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...

States has maintained air bases in the United Kingdom. Major Commands of the USAF having bases in the United Kingdom were the United States Air Forces in Europe...

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...

1975, Korat RTAFB was a front-line facility of the United States Air Force (USAF) in Thailand. During the 1980s and early-1990s, the airfield was jointly...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other...

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)...

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...

25, 2009) was a Lockheed test pilot and retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer, responsible for developmental flight testing of the F-117 Nighthawk...

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

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...

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...

Retrieved December 1, 2017. "The Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy" (PDF). AIR FORCE Magazine. USAF. May 1997. p. 156. Archived (PDF) from the original...

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...

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...

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...

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

– 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,...

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...

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...

delivered in 1950, with nearly twice the payload capacity of the C-97. The USAF Strategic Air Command operated C-97 Stratofreighters from 1949 to 1978. Early...

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...

United States Air Force astronaut and test pilot. Although he trained for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), the program was cancelled before any of...

California, and was an instructor there prior to his assignment in 1966 to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program as an astronaut. After the cancellation...

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...

command and control military aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The E-4 series are specially modified from the Boeing 747-200B for the...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

Base (IATA: SPS, ICAO: KSPS, FAA LID: SPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located five miles (8.0 km) north of the central business district...

(USAF) general, who served as 17th chief of staff of the United States Air Force from September 6, 2001 to September 2, 2005. He retired from the USAF...

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)...

the Air Mobility Command, a major command of the United States Air Force (USAF), released the final report of this accident. The cause of the accident was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(later, 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing): 1 October 1983 – 21 May 1990 USAF Special Operations School, 1 February 1987 – 22 May 1990 Air Force Special...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) is the United States Air Force (USAF) organization focused on education, research, and operational consultation...

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...

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

active service in World War II, he transferred to United States Air Force (USAF) when it was formed in 1947, and was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base,...

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

was introduced as an advanced trainer with the United States Air Force (USAF) shortly thereafter. It quickly proved popular with other operators, multiple...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

during World War II. McDonnell built two prototypes before the Air Force (USAF) terminated the program. The XF-85 was a response to an Army Air Forces (USAAF)...

accident (/ˈtuːli/; Danish: Thuleulykken), involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland...

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

States Air Force (USAF) in every even-numbered year. In the competition, teams representing the various major commands of the USAF compete in live-fire...

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...

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...

level a service member currently holds. As with the United States Air Force (USAF), USSF personnel are authorized to wear most badges issued by other branches...

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)...

Marathon Oil. Melroy has received various rewards over her career. 1995: USAF Air Medal, 1st Oak Leaf Cluster 2006: Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement...

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...

an American aerospace engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a USAF and NASA astronaut. Bobko was the first graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy...

cooperation in the Korean War, the newly created United States Air Force (USAF) again moved away from CAS, now to strategic bombers and jet interceptors...

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

Aerial Refueling) in between ground stops, thus proving once again that the USAF Tanker force is one of the reasons that the US military truly has global...

from the USAF as the Washington B.1) United States United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force United States Navy (four former USAF aircraft...

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

aircraft shipped to Marine Corps Harriers. June 2016: APKWS deployed on USAF F-16 and A-10 as part of an urgent operational requirement. October 2016:...

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

Man In Space Soonest (MISS) was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to put a man into outer space before the Soviet Union. The program was cancelled...

and began his space career as a systems engineer/flight controller at the USAF Satellite Test Center in Sunnyvale, California. In 1964 Griffin joined NASA...

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...

County, Missouri on June 15, 1988. SOURCES: Air Force Historical Study 85: USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, World War II His awards include:...

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...

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...

American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 16 victories in World War...

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...

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

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...

(October 11, 1936 – August 21, 2013) was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research...

(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...

the F-20 Tigershark. The USAF proposed the F-19 designation for the fighter, but Northrop requested "F-20" instead. The USAF finally approved the F-20...

Force on October 14, 1962, using CIA U-2 aircraft that were repainted with USAF insignia. Anderson was part of the 4028th Strategic Reconnaissance Weather...

Firefighter). The C-23 served with USAF starting in the 1980s, and later the U.S. Army. It was retired from the USAF in 1990 and the Army until 2014. The...

their own menu when assigned to a Group-level unit or higher. To see all USAF squadrons, regardless of active or not, as well as non-flying squadrons,...

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...

the umbrella organization for 34 operating units and approximately 6,500 USAF airmen, and also supported components of the Royal Thai Air Force and a complement...

helicopters and the USAF CV-22, USMC MV-22, and USN CMV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft. The USAF HC-130J is nearly identical to the USAF MC-130J, differentiated...

bomber outside the United States of America during the 1997 "50 Years of the USAF" event and in 2008 the first landing of the Lockheed F-22 Raptor in Europe...

This is a list of United States Air Force Strategic Reconnaissance Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1946 to 1992 when SAC was disestablished...

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...

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

use on the F-14 aircraft was begun, but not completed. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) put the HARM onto the F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft, and later on specialized...

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...

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

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...

program. The first Super Guppy, or "SG", was built directly from a retired USAF Boeing YC-97J Stratofreighter. The fuselage was lengthened to 141 feet (43 m)...

to Convair B-36 Peacemaker at Wikidata USAF Museum: XB-36 Documentary about the Convair b-36 Peacemaker USAF Museum: B-36A Video of The B-36 from Strategic...

specially equipped B-29s and later B-50s. The USAF made only one major change in the system used by the RAF. The USAF version had auto-coupling of the refueling...

Adriatic Sea during aerial refueling. The pilot was rescued. 11 August 1993 – A USAF F-16C of the 23rd Fighter Squadron crashed over the Adriatic Sea due to mechanical...

is the highest joint service decoration. 1991 USAF Traffic Management School, Sheppard AFB, TX 1994 USAF Pararescue Selection Course (OL-H), Lackland AFB...

in U.S. Air Force Reserve being sufficient. In February 1968, under the USAF program Project Gunship III, 26 C-119Gs were converted to AC-119G standard...

a distinguished graduate of the USAF Academy, the top graduate in pilot training, and the top graduate from the USAF Test Pilot School. He has been awarded...

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...

Mark I and Nomad Mark II After becoming adopted as a primary trainer by the USAF, the United States Navy and Marine Corps adopted it as well. Although the...

Aviation Week Network. Retrieved 2025-03-26. "New Concepts Have Emerged for USAF Unmanned Hunter-Killer Aircraft". Aviation Week & Space Technology. September...

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...

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...

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...

but managed to land safely. Both pilots survived unharmed. 6 February A USAF General Dynamics F-111E, 68-0001, known as "Balls 1", out of RAF Upper Heyford...

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...

flying saucers in earlier works, claiming it was one more example of the USAF being in possession of such vehicles. More recently they are normally connected...

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...

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...

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...

kt W25 nuclear warhead. It was deployed by the United States Air Force (USAF 1957–1985) and Canada (Royal Canadian Air Force 1965–1968, Air Command 1968–1984)...

"USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers – 1908 to Present." Deprecated link archived 2022-05-22 at archive.today USAAS/USAAC/USAAF/USAF Aircraft Serials...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

Weisgerber, Marcus (8 April 2013). "Reduced flying hours forces grounding of 17 USAF combat air squadrons". Military Times. Retrieved 4 October 2016. Clay, p...

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

Chronology". USAF Space Command. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2011. "FactSheet: 2nd Space Operations Squadron". USAF Space...

here that he became involved with the high-speed rocket sled experiments (USAF project MX981, 1949) which resulted in his invention of Murphy's law. (The...

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...

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...

Stratofreighter, not -tanker. This includes both Boeing and the USAF themselves. The USAF began operating the KC-97 in 1950. It received 811 KC-97s from...

26th Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the USAF Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada The 26th Weapons Squadron...

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...

built. H-295 Super Courier Variant with a Lycoming GO-480-G1D6, purchased by USAF as U-10D, 173 built. HT-295 Super Courier or Trigear Courier H-295 with tricycle...

of active combat aircraft. In the mid-1960s, the United States Air Force (USAF) encountered difficulties over the skies of Vietnam. Supersonic fighter bombers...

222s under a USAF contract. Following upgrades by Alenia, deliveries began in 2009. By December 2012, 16 aircraft had been delivered; the USAF canceled the...

Nevada Test and Training Range Complex (Letter of Agreement) USAF (U.S. Air Force). USAF, 2002. Final Environmental Assessment: Changes in Reveille Airspace...

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...

Officer and Chief of the Management Operations Office. Ross graduated from the USAF Test Pilot School’s Flight Test Engineer Course in 1976 and subsequently...

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

States Air Force (USAF). In his thirty-four years of military service, he served in command assignments at five different levels in the USAF and retired as...

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

prominence after he was credited for shooting down nine United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft. Nguyễn Văn Cốc was born in December 1942 at Việt Yên of the province...

provide unique aircraft identification. Since 1993, the U.S. Air Force (USAF), Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard (ANG), except Air Mobility Command...

toward the United States Air Force's (USAF) requirement for a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker. After losing the USAF's tanker competition to the rival Boeing...

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...

Technical Sergeant Richard Bernard Fitzgibbon Jr., USAF (June 21, 1920 – June 8, 1956) was the first American to die in the Vietnam War. He was murdered...

(USN) or a weapon systems officers (WSO) in the United States Air Force (USAF). This crew configuration allowed for effective multi-role combat capabilities...

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

United States Air Force (USAF) major general who last served as the Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force, Headquarters USAF, Washington, D.C., and...

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...

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...

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...

Iroquois, s/n 64-13644 USAF". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 1 March 2024. "Airframe Dossier - Lockheed GC-130A Hercules, s/n 55-0037 USAF, c/n 3064". Aerial Visuals...

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

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...

United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, the United States Air Force (USAF), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as well as various units from...

in air combat doctrine. Eventually, in 1972, the bridge was destroyed by USAF F-4 Phantoms using laser-guided bombs and US Navy Vought A-7s with advanced...

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;...

export orders. Lockheed also supports its F-22 air dominance fighter in USAF service. On May 22, 2024, the unit was sanctioned by the Chinese government...

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...