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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agile combat support (ACS)

Military; Air force

The ability to create, protect, and sustain air and space forces across the full range of military operations. It is the foundational and crosscutting United States Air Force system of support that ...

air and space expeditionary force (AEF)

Military; Air force

An organizational structure to provide forces and support rotationally, and thus on a relatively more predictable basis. They are composed of force packages of capabilities that provide rapid and ...

paratrooper

Military; Air force

Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force. They are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, ...

Rafale Dassault

Military; Air force

The Dassault rafale is a French Fighter aircraft built by "Dassault aviation". It is a multirole combat aircraft capable of simultaneously undertaking air supremacy, interdiction, reconnaissance and ...

airlift capability

Military; Air force

The total capacity expressed in terms of number of passengers and/or weight/cubic displacement of cargo that can be carried at any one time to a given destination by available airlift.