- Industry: Military
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces which was created under the National Security Act of 1947 signed President Harry S Truman. The Air Force ended a 40-year association with the U.S. Army to become a separate service two years after the ...
An air-launched vehicle designed to deliver a nuclear warhead in an air-to-ground mission.
Industry:Military
Those measures taken to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of enemy attacks on, or sabotage of, airbases to ensure the senior commander retains the capability to accomplish assigned missions.
Industry:Military
The coordinator who serves as an extension of the executing component’s personnel recovery coordination cell (PRCC) and coordinates the recovery effort between the combat search and rescue task force (CSARTF) and the PRCC (or joint personnel recovery center) by monitoring the status of all CSARTF elements, requesting additional assets when needed, and ensuring the recovery and supporting forces arrive at their designated areas to accomplish the PR mission. The component PRCC or higher authority may designate the AMC. The AMC appoints, as necessary, an on-scene commander.
Industry:Military
Operations to transport and deliver forces and materiel through the air in support of strategic, operational, or tactical objectives.
Industry:Military
Any US Air Force member (officer or enlisted, active, reserve, or guard, along with Department of the Air Force civilians) who supports and defends the US Constitution and serves our country. Air Force Airmen are those people who formally belong to the US Air Force and employ or support some aspect of the US Air Force’s air and space power capabilities. An Airman is any person who understands and appreciates the full range of air and space power capabilities and can employ or support some aspect of air and space power capabilities.
Industry:Military
The translation of the air apportionment decision into total numbers of sorties by aircraft type available for each operation or task. See also allocation. The translation of the air apportionment decision into total numbers of sorties or missions by weapon system type available for each operation or task.
Industry:Military
1. Analysis of the security, effectiveness, and potential of an existing or planned intelligence activity. The evaluation of progress toward the creation of effects and the achievement of objectives and end state conditions.
Industry:Military
Any capability that confers an advantage an adversary cannot directly compensate for.
Industry:Military
Operations that confer disproportionate advantage on those conducting them by using capabilities the adversary cannot use, will not use, or cannot effectively defend against.
Industry:Military
States the most fundamental and enduring beliefs that describe and guide the proper use, presentation, and organization of air and space forces in military action. It describes the “elemental properties” of air and space power and provides the Airman’s perspective. Because of its fundamental and enduring character, basic doctrine provides broad and continuing guidance on how Air Force forces are organized, employed, equipped, and sustained. Because it expresses broad, enduring fundamentals, basic doctrine changes relatively slowly compared to the other levels of doctrine. As the foundation of all air and space doctrine, basic doctrine also sets the tone and vision for doctrine development for the future. AFDD 1 is the Airman’s basic doctrine.
Industry:Military
