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	A Carrier Air Wing for the Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Air forces are consolidated under a central commander for unity of effort as well as economy of effort.
		Present Air Force basing in the southeastern US is a good example of units close together, each with a variety of aircraft, that could work and train in a more composite fashion without redistributing forces.
		Air Force units deployed to the Persian Gulf in the vast Desert Shield and Desert Storm operations had that particular look, in aggregate, of the force structure required for the scenarios just described.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/chris.html (4736 words)

	Air Force Link - Fact Sheet (Printable) : AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Air Education and Training Command, with headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, was established July 1, 1993, with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University.
		Air Command and Staff College is the Air Force's intermediate officer PME school, preparing field grade officers (primarily majors and majors-select) and civilians to assume positions of higher responsibility within the military and government arenas.
		Air War College is the senior school in the Air Force PME system and annually prepares more than 260 participants including officers from all branches of the armed forces, international officers, and civilians of equivalent rank from U.S. government agencies.
	www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=138&page=1 (2591 words)

	Nineteenth Air Force
		As of mid-2000, the 19th Air Force was composed of more than 35,000 assigned personnel and 1,600 aircraft in 19 units throughout the United States.
		Nineteenth Air Force also provides follow-on training for most Air Force pilots in their assigned aircraft.
		It was established as Nineteenth Air Force on 1 July 1955 and activated on 8 July 1955 at Foster AFB, TX, assigned to Tactical Air Command.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/19af.htm (837 words)

	Numbered Air Forces Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Following World War II this air force was involved in air defense and reserve training and concentrated entirely upon air defense in the latter 1960s and again after 1985.
		Assigned to Army Air Forces on September 16, 1943, to Continental Air Forces on April 16, 1945, and to Air Defense Command on March 21, 1946.
		The new air force drew its operational forces from existing air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
	www.maxwell.af.mil /au/afhra/wwwroot/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html (4679 words)

	Lighter-Than-Air
		Airplanes are heavier than air and fly because of the aerodynamic force generated by the flow of air over the lifting surfaces.
		Hot air balloons were flown by the brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier as early as the spring of 1783.
		From the beginning of the nineteenth century to the dawn of the space age, the balloon carried instruments and human beings to the roof of the atmosphere.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Lighter_than_air/LTA-OV.htm (1497 words)

	Numbered Air Forces Index
		Assigned to Army Air Forces on September 16, 1943, to Continental Air Forces on April 16, 1945, and to Air Defense Command on March 21, 1946.
		Neither the Air Field Forces nor the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command, were legitimate War Department establishments and must be classified in the same category as provisional units, although the term "provisional" was never used in connection with them.
		The new air force drew its operational forces from existing air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html (4692 words)

	Air Education and Training Command
		Air Education and Training Command's mission is to replenish the combat capability of America's Air Force with high quality, professional airmen.
		Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) is the Air Force's intermediate officer PME school, preparing field grade officers (primarily majors and majors-select) and civilians to assume positions of higher responsibility within the military and government arenas.
		Air War College is the senior school in the Air Force PME system and annually prepares more than 260 participants including officers from all branches of the armed forces, international officers, and civilians of equivalent rank from U.S. government agencies.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/aetc.htm (911 words)

	Fighter Pilot - Military Aviation - How to Fly Jets
		As of mid-2000, the 19th Air Force was composed of more than 35,000 assigned personnel and 1,600 aircraft in 19 units throughout the United States.
		Air Combat Command (ACC), established 1 June 1992, with headquarters at Langley AFB, Va., operates Air Force bombers and CONUS-based, combat-coded fighter and attack aircraft.
		Organizes, trains, equips and maintains combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime air defense.
	www.baseops.net /aviationbooks/fighterpilot (1095 words)

	Air Education and Training Command - USAF.com
		Air University, headquartered at Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex, Ala., is responsible for professional military education, graduate education and professional continuing education, as well as precommissioning education and training.
		AETC is responsible for all personnel accessions with the exception of the U.S. Air Force Academy, lawyers and chaplains.
		Air Force personnel requirements are given to Recruiting Service in the form of program goals for non-prior service enlistees, line officers (Officer Training School), health care professionals (physicians, nurses, etc.), applicants for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarships, and others as required.
	www.usaf.com /orgs/2.htm (2140 words)

	Development Planning: A Link Between Requirements and Systems
		The statement of Air Force objectives in the USAF Planning Concepts, mission evaluation studies such as those conducted by the Assistant Chief of Staff for Studies and Analysis and by industry, and studies of future technological trends and options—all these can lead to RDTandE programs that address projected force deficiencies.
		Forces derived on the basis of threat estimates and doctrine alone are not practical because of the impossibly high requirements for fiscal resources as well as technical advancements; therefore, USAF Planning Concepts also includes the implications of technology and alludes to our fiscal constraints.
		Air Force Systems Command also conducts presystem, system, and technological application studies that contribute directly to the overall development planning effort.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1970/nov-dec/smith.html (3810 words)

	Special Forces Search Engine : Military Bases/Air Force/Central States - Powered By The FOGs at The Swamp Team House
		Rate It The 22nd Air Refueling Wing is the host unit for McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.
		Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex are home to Air University, the 42nd Air Base Wing, the 908th Airlift Wing and many other associated organizations.
		Air University is the education arm of the Air Force and provides a professional educational environment that promotes creative thought on air and space power.
	www.sfahq.com /Military_Bases/Air_Force/Central_States/index.html (403 words)

	Foster L. Smith, Major General, United States Air Force
		Foster "Lee" Smith, 83, an Air Force Major General who was Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations at Air Force headquarters, died of heart disease October 7, 2005, at the Hermitage in Alexandria, Virginia.
		In September 1953 General Smith went to George Air Force Base, California, where he served as operations officer with the 21st Fighter Bomber Group; operations officer for the 479th Fighter Day Group; and was commander of the 436th Fighter Day Squadron when it was equipped as the world's first supersonic fighter squadron.
		From November 1955 to July 1957, General Smith was assigned to the Nineteenth Air Force at Foster Air Force Base, Texas, as director of operations and training.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /flsmith.htm (1077 words)

	United States Air Force and the United States Armed Forces and American Military History and the Arkansas Encyclopedia ...
		The mission of the USAF is "to defend the United States through control and exploitation of air and space".
		The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is the senior enlisted man in the Air Force.
		Air forces are composed of two or more air divisions.
	kajeroj.freeservers.com /airforce.html (674 words)

	Maurice Arthur Preston, General, United States Air Force
		Reassigned to Air Force Headquarters, Washington, D.C., in May 1956, he was named deputy director of operations in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff/Operations.
		On July 25, 1960, he became commander of the Tactical Air Command's Nineteenth Air Force, often termed "the suitcase Air Force" because of its ability to move instantly anywhere in the world as the command nucleus and planning elements of the Tactical Air Command's Composite Air Strike Force.
		He is rated as a navigator and bombardier, and in addition to being a command pilot, he became the first Air Force officer of his rank to go through the Army's paratroop jump school and won his paratrooper's wings in October 1960.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /mapreston.htm (743 words)

	19th Airforce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Established as Nineteenth Air Force on July 1, 1955.
		Assigned to Air Education and Training Command on June 8, 1993.
		The preceding web-site text was obtained from the Air Force Historical Agency.
	www.lyonresearch.com /html/19th_airforce.html (129 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Foster Army Air Field, an advanced single-engine flying school for fighter pilots six miles northeast of Victoria, was established in the summer of 1941.
		Foster Air Force Base was designated a permanent military installation in 1954 and began housing F-86F Sabrejet fighter planes.
		Foster Field's Nineteenth Air Force carried out the first overseas deployment of a complete tactical force as a unit in a training flight to Europe in 1956.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/FF/qcf13.html (645 words)

	JSUPT - USAF Military Pilot Training
		All Air Force pilot candidates begin their flying training with introductory flight screening (IFS).
		Joint training for Air Force and Navy students is conducted at Vance AFB, Okla., and Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla. Students complete primary flight training at these locations in the Air Force’s T-37B and Navy’s T-34 Turbomentor.
		Officer development topics include Air Force doctrine, rated officer duties, flying assignments, and perspectives of senior noncommissioned officers and senior officers.
	www.baseops.net /militarypilot (1120 words)

	biology - United States Air Force
		The Department of the Air Force consists of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), the Air Staff, and field units.
		In 2004 the Secretary of the Air Force was Dr. James G. Roche.
		The NAF is a level of command directly under a MAJCOM.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/USAF (1656 words)

	Altus AFB - B47, B52, Atlas - Altus Air Force Base
		In the summer of 1954, Altus AFB was assigned to the Strategic Air Command.
		On June 25, 1965, the 11h Air Refueling Squadron was assigned to the wing.
		Altus was host to the (tenant) 11th Air Refueling Squadron after the deactivation of the 11th BW / 11 the Strategic Aerospace Wing / and 11th Air Refueling Wing after several years as a Free Standing unit the 340th Air Refueling Group / 340th CAMS was activated.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Altus_AFB.htm (894 words)

	Military Installation Guides 2.0
		The 12th Flying Training Wing provides air transportation and immediate response emergency airlift in the C-21A Learjet, and trains and equips its people to meet the Air Force's worldwide mobility commitment.
		Historic and beautiful, Randolph AFB truly is the "Showplace of the Air Force".
		After the Air Force became a separate service September 18, 1947, Randolph Field was officially named Randolph Air Force Base January 14, 1948.
	benefits.military.com /misc/installations/Base_Content.jsp?id=4540 (328 words)

	Columbus Air Force Base: Welcome to Columbus, Mississippi
		Over 8,000 students came to the Columbus Air Force Base during World War II in hopes of becoming flying officers in the Army Air Corps.
		It was relinquished to the Strategic Air Command in April of 1955.
		Columbus AFB is a United States Air Force Base and it is home to the 14th Flying Training Wing of Air Education and Training Command’s Nineteenth Air Force.
	www.columbus-ms.org /visitors/cafb.html (209 words)

	JCAA Website > Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Boeing's offer was sent to the Air Force April 16, but the company has not provided official comment on the proposal yet.
		A key element in the deployment will be an accelerated effort to bring more and newer technologies to bear on the foe, in part by targeting insurgent commanders, often through their communication networks, say Pentagon and aerospace industry specialists.
		The U.S. Air Force will give Northrop Grumman "one more pass" at negotiations on how the service will retool its $200 billion refueling tanker competition to avoid the company's withdrawal from the duel with Boeing, according to industry insiders.
	www.jcaa.us (1086 words)

	Amazon.com: "strategic air forces": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Eisenhower had already seen that his ability to influence the battle would depend upon the use of his strategic air forces.
		Air Force -- GI Bill Benefits Made Easy.
		VA Certificate for US Air Force Veterans -- We send complimentary certificate of eligibility forms to US Air Force veterans to purchase a VA home.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/strategic-air-forces (575 words)

	97 Air Mobility Wing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 Oct 1992; Nineteenth Air Force, 1 Jul 1993-.
		After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in Aug 1990, the 97th deployed KC-135 aircraft and maintenance personnel overseas to support forces in transit to Southwest Asia, and in Jan-Feb 1991, its B-52s flew from overseas bases to drop conventional ordnance on Iraqi forces in the Kuwaiti theater of operations.
		Served as U.S. Air Force's primary training organization for strategic airlift, aerial delivery, and air refueling crews.
	afhra.maxwell.af.mil /wwwroot/rso/wings_groups_pages/0097amw.php (859 words)

	Welcome to 19th Air Force HQ
		From introducing raw recruits to the rigors of military life to training the new generations of Air Force mechanics, technicians and pilots, the Air Education Training Command has figured prominently in the history of air power.
		The command, based in Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio, includes two numbered air forces (the second and the nineteenth), the Air Force Recruiting Service and the Air University.
		The command was formed in 1993 from the previously named Air Training Command.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/0,13476,600050,00.html (101 words)

	Air Force
		In 1970, the Air Force decided to equip the B-52Gs to carry the Boeing AGM-69A short-range attack missile (SRAM) with the 42nd Bomb Wing in March of 1972.
		The ALCM is carried with the engine air intake, the wings, the elevons and the vertical tail surfaces all folded up into the body of the missile.
		The Sidewinder was developed by the U.S. Navy for fleet air defense and was adapted by the U.S. Air Force for fighter aircraft use.
	home.earthlink.net /~itsyspider/usaf/index.html (3125 words)

	Major General Robert Wiygul Burns US Air Force Military Biographies - Find Articles
		He returned to the United States in November 1942 and was assigned as deputy commander of the 351st Bombardment Group at Geiger Field, Wash. In April 1943 he went with the 351st Group to England as part of the Eighth Air Force, and in September 1944 he became group commander.
		In January 1949 he entered the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Va. Following graduation, he was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force where he was assigned to the Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and later Deputy Chief of Staff for Development.
		General Burns was assigned as commander, Nineteenth Air Force (Tactical Air Command) at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., in April 1967, and assumed duties as commander of the Fourth Air Force (Air Defense Command) at Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif., in August 1968.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0RBE/is_2004_Annual/ai_n8588942 (528 words)

	Uniforms - Air Force Uniforms
		Air University's mission is to educate Air Force people to develop and lead the world's best aerospace force -- inspiring commitment to a war-winning profession of arms.
		This is a national advocacy group to support the Royal Canadian Air Force (the Air element of the Canadian Forces), and to unite Air Force veterans of the Second World War.
		Information on how the Air Force operates and is organised, details of their aircraft, latest press releases and media information, and a comprehensive careers section.
	www.vipuniforms.com /airforceuniforms (1013 words)

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