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While officially the air arm was the Army Air Forces, the term Air Corps persisted colloquially among the public as well as veteran airmen; in addition, the singular Air Force often crept into popular and even official use, reflected by the designation Air Force Combat Command in 1941–42.
The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron was the last USAF unit which flew the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, flying the QF-4E,-G, and QRF-4C versions in the role of an aerial target.. The 82 ATRS also had a Detachment at Holloman Air Force Base to fly QF-4s in support of DoD testing in the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) Comp
In July 2011, a Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130H crash killed 78 people after the aircraft, en route from Dakhla, a city in Morocco to Kenitra Air Base in Kenitra, crashed 9.7 km (6 mi) from a planned stop-over at Guelmim Air Base. The 6 crew, 60 members of the army and 12 civilians, mainly partners travelling with their partners, perished in ...
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and The PX or The BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army and Air Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more across 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries.
The Swiss Air Force (German: Schweizer Luftwaffe; French: Forces aériennes suisses; Italian: Forze aeree svizzere; Romansh: Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the army and in October 1936 as an independent service.
Air National Guard units are a reserve military force composed of state Air National Guard members or federally recognized units and report to the governor of their respective state, territory (Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands) or the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard.
The search for the passengers, which focused on waters east of Navarre, Florida, [4] was hindered by heavy fog in the area. [5] On the morning of March 11, a spokesman for the Eglin Air Force Base said that human remains had been found in the area of the search. [12] The wreckage was later found in 25 feet (7.6 m) of water off the coast of ...
Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mount Clemens, built 1917, originally an Air Force Base, transferred to Air National Guard, still in use; Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Oscoda, built 1923, closed 1993 per BRAC; Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, built 1929, closed 1969; Raco Air Force Station / Kincheloe AFB BOMARC Site, Raco, built 1940, closed 1972