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  2. 18th Wing - Wikipedia

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    Republic F-105D-31-RE Thunderchief, AF Ser. No. 62-4375, 12th TFS/18th TFW on 18 May 1971. Noted in October 2003 at the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS and still there October 2006, this F-105 was the last of its kind in use with any US military service when retired from the Air National Guard in 1983.

  3. 18th Operations Group - Wikipedia

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    18 Fighter (later, 18 Fighter-Bomber) Wing, 14 August 1948 – 1 October 1957; Attached to: Thirteenth Air Force, 16 May-16 December 1949 Attached to: Fifth Air Force, 28 July-3 August 1950 Attached to: 6002 Fighter [later, 6002 Tactical Support] Wing, 4 August-30 November 1950 Attached to: Twentieth Air Force, 1–9 November 1954

  4. Air Force Specialty Code - Wikipedia

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    After the Air Force separated from the Army in 1947, it retained the Army's system of MOS occupation codes, modifying them in 1954. These were 5-digit codes; for example a maintenance data systems specialist was 39150 and a weather technician was 25170.

  5. 18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (18th ACCS) is an active United States Air Force unit operating the Bombardier E-11A BACN aircraft. Assigned to the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, the 18th ACCS is based at Robins AFB, Georgia, since being activated in February 2023.

  6. Flight service station - Wikipedia

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    The Lone Rock Flight Service Station from 1928 to 1985, in the EAA Aviation Museum. A flight service station (FSS) [1] is an air traffic facility that provides information and services to aircraft pilots before, during, and after flights, but unlike air traffic control (ATC), is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances or providing separation.

  7. Senior Foreign Service - Wikipedia

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    Prior to passage of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, the Rogers Act and subsequently the Foreign Service Act of 1946 had established a grade system from FSS-22 up to FSO-1. A single "senior" grade, Career Minister, was established by the 1946 Act for Foreign Service Officers who had served with noteworthy distinction in ambassadorships or other ...

  8. Uniformed services of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Air Force (USAF): Established 18 September 1947; Space Force (USSF): Established 20 December 2019; The order of precedence within the Department of Defense is set by DoD Directive 1005.8 and is not dependent on the date of creation by the U.S. Congress. Coast Guard (USCG): Established 4 August 1790

  9. Aircraft emergency frequency - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft emergency frequency (also known in the USA as Guard) is a frequency used on the aircraft band reserved for emergency communications for aircraft in distress.The frequencies are 121.5 MHz for civilian, also known as International Air Distress (IAD), International Aeronautical Emergency Frequency, [1] or VHF Guard, [1] and 243.0 MHz—the second harmonic of VHF guard—for military ...