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The Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) is an alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify a specific job. Officer AFSCs consist of four characters and enlisted AFSCs consist of five characters. A letter prefix or suffix may be used with an AFSC when more specific identification of position requirements and individual ...
Operation Ivory Coast – On 21 November 1970, a joint United States Air Force/United States Army force commanded by Air Force Brigadier General LeRoy J. Manor and Army Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons landed 56 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers [161] by helicopter at the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp located only 23 miles (37 km) west of Hanoi ...
The Air Force Technical Applications Center, originally organized in 1959 as 1035th U.S. Air Force Field Activities Group, operated five technical operation squadrons to support its nuclear treaty monitoring mission. [1] [2] A 2014 reorganiation of the AF Technical Applications Center resulted in the activation of a single squadron
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a list of United States Air Force operations squadrons.
A B-24 with squadron code 2C, denoting the 838th Bombardment Squadron of the 487th Bombardment Group (tail Square P) A B-17 with squadron code LL, denoting the 401st Bombardment Squadron of the 91st Bombardment Group (tail Triangle A) A B-17 with squadron code VE, denoting the 532d Bombardment Squadron of the 381st Bombardment Group (tail ...
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois: Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) Arlington, Virginia: Air Force Flight Standards Agency (AFFSA) Oklahoma City, OK: Air Force Spectrum Management Office (AFSMO) Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama: Air Force Inspection Agency (AFIA)
In the United States Air Force, combat operations squadrons are responsible for monitoring, upholding, and, if necessary, modifying the air tasking order. These squadrons generally require a large amount of intelligence on the status of the battlefield. [1]
This Article is a list of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons active, inactive, and historical. The purpose of an aircraft control and warning squadron is to provide an airborne radar picket to detect vessels, planes, and vehicles before they enter an area of operations, as well as providing command and control in an engagement by directing aircraft strikes.