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1Fighter aircraft — A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air to air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and… …
2Fighter mafia — The Fighter Mafia was a group of U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who, in the 1970s, advocated the use of John Boyd s Energy Maneuverability (E M) theory to develop fighter aircraft. The theory enabled quantitative one to one …
3Indian Air Force — The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST: Bhartiya Vāyu Senā) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting aerial warfare and securing the Indian airspace. It was established on October… …
4United States Air Force — USAF redirects here. For other uses, see USAF (disambiguation). The U.S. Air Force redirects here. For the song, see The U.S. Air Force (song). United States Air Force …
5United States Air Forces in Europe — emblem Active 7 August 1945 Current …
6Close air support — A Boeing AH 64 Apache attack helicopter provides close air support to United States Army soldiers patrolling the Tigris River southeast of Baghdad, Iraq during the Iraq War In military tactics, close air support (CAS) is defined as air action by… …
7Eighth Air Force — emblem Part of Air …
8Soviet Air Forces — The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно воздушные силы ( Voenno Vozdushnye Sily ), was the official designation of one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet… …
9357th Fighter Group — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 357th Fighter Group caption=357th Fighter Group dates= 16 December 1942 20 August 1946 country= United States allegiance= branch= United States Army Air Forces type= Fighter group role= Air Superiority size= 125 P …
10Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center — NSAWC logo The Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC, pronounced EN SOCK ) at Naval Air Station Fallon located in the city of Fallon in western Nevada is the center of excellence for naval aviation training and tactics development. NSAWC… …
