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The 497th Combat Training Flight takes part in regional exercise and global contingencies, and provides housing; morale, recreation and welfare facilities and programs: medical services; force protection to resources and personnel; and legal, financial, communications, and contracting support to assigned and deployed personnel.
MEDEVAC: the tactical medical evacuation of wounded from the field of battle by air, bringing them to a higher level of medical care and treatment, e.g. from a forward field location or a forward aid station to a combat support hospital, forward surgical team or other treatment facility able to provide significant stabilizing care or definitive ...
A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
This is a list of initials, acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Air Force.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank).
The codes are intended for use by air, ground, sea, and space operations personnel at the tactical level. Code words that are followed by an asterisk (*) may differ in meaning from NATO usage. There is a key provided below to describe what personnel use which codes, as codes may have multiple meanings depending on the service.
The Alpena CRTC boasts the largest airspace east of the Mississippi River, has 147,000 acres available for ground maneuver units, and trains over 20,000 joint and coalition personnel annually. The Alpena CRTC is the second organization in the Air National Guard to be certified as a Joint National Training Center. The base has three JTE's ...
All USAF ICBM crew personnel (Atlas, Titan I, Titan II, Minuteman I,II, II) up to the inactivation of the 4315th in July 1993 were trained at one time or another by this unit. In 1993, Air Education and Training Command assumed the crew training role from Air Combat Command and activated the 381st Training Group to replace the 4315th.
The 31st Combat Training Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is currently assigned to the Nevada Test and Training Range at Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada. The squadron was first activated as the 31st Pursuit Squadron for the air defense of the Panama Canal shortly before the United States entered World War II .