Air force

Air force

An branch of the military establishment that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army, navy or other branch. Typically, air forces are responsible for gaining control of the air, carrying out strategic and tactical bombing missions and providing support to surface forces.

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counterspace

Military; Air force

Those offensive and defensive operations conducted by air, land, sea, space, special operations, and information forces with the objective of gaining and maintaining control of activities conducted ...

countervalue

Military; Air force

The employment of strategic air and missile forces in an effort to destroy, or render impotent, selected industrial and economic capabilities of an enemy force under any of the circumstances by which ...

critical vulnerabilities

Military; Air force

Vulnerable components, conditions, or resources of a COG vital to its operation, and susceptible to moral or physical attack that will achieve the most decisive effects in neutralization, ...

cumulative effect

Military; Air force

An effect resulting from the aggregation of multiple, contributory direct or indirect effects.

cyberspace

Military; Air force

A domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modify and exchange data via networked information systems and associated physical infrastructures.

decentralized execution

Military; Air force

Delegation of execution authority to subordinate commanders. Decentralized execution of air and space power is the delegation of execution authority to responsible and capable lower-level commanders ...

decision superiority

Military; Air force

A competitive advantage, enabled by an ongoing situational awareness, that allows commanders and their forces to make better-informed decisions and implement them faster than their adversaries can ...