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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decision support systems/tools

Military; Air force

A compilation of processes and systems developed from the application of maturing information systems technologies that provide the warfighter and the logistician with the means to rapidly plan, ...

defensive counterair (DCA)

Military; Air force

All defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to attack or penetrate the friendly air environment. Defensive counterair operations are ...

defensive counterspace (DCS)

Military; Air force

Operations to preserve US/friendly ability to exploit space to its advantage via active and passive actions to protect friendly space-related capabilities from adversary attack or interference.

deliberate targeting

Military; Air force

The part of the tasking process for prosecuting targets that are detected, identified, and developed in sufficient time to schedule actions against them in tasking cycle products such as the air ...

deliverables

Military; Air force

The desired or expected results of specific support functions that contribute to responsive combat support for an air and space expeditionary force.

denial

Military; Air force

A form of coercion strategy that destroys or neutralizes a portion of the adversary's physical means to resist.

direct effect

Military; Air force

First-order result of an action with no intervening effect between action and outcome. Usually immediate, physical, and readily recognizable (e.g., weapons employment results).