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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 ...
Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base Aircraft Tail Code 10th Flight Test Squadron: Air Force Reserve Command: Twenty-Second Air Force: 413 FTG: 15 January 1941 Tinker AFB, Oklahoma [609] B-1B [609] B-52H [609] E-3 [609] KC-135 [609] 40th Flight Test Squadron: Air Force Materiel Command: Air Force Test Center: 96 TW: 1 February 1940 Eglin ...
The first Eighth Air Force aircraft to receive unit markings were the Spitfires of the 4th and 31st Fighter Groups training with RAF Fighter Command in September 1942. The markings were two-letter fuselage squadron codes located on one side of the national insignia and a single letter aircraft code on the other side.
4 total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] T-51 Cessna: United States basic trainer: T-51A: 3 3 total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] T-53A Kadet II: United States basic trainer: T-53A: 24 24 T-53A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 25 T-53A operational (WAF 2025). [2] TC-135 Stratolifter: United ...
This is a table of 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system with selected letter sequences and number. Two previous USAF/AAF/AAC number series are included due to their impact and partial incorporation into the tri-service system (A, B, C, F and O reset to one, but # carryover existed).
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)