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3 unusual facts about Air Command


Air Warfare Centre

The Air Warfare Centre Mission is to contribute to the military capability of Air Command by developing and implementing operational and tactical doctrine and providing essential and timely integrated mission support to RAF operational units in peace and in war.

No. 7644 Squadron RAF

The RAF has full-time officers serving in communications, notably at 7644's headquarters unit, Media & Communication Group at Air Command, RAF High Wycombe.

Volunteer Gliding Squadron

In 1977, Training Command was absorbed into RAF Support Command, and then moved into Personnel and Training Command on its establishment in 1994 before being subsumed into Air Command in March 2007, where the gliding schools rest today.


Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.

On March 30, 2005, Kelowna Flightcraft was awarded a $1.77 billion contract to lead a team of Canadian companies called Allied Wings to provide primary flight training for the Canadian Forces Air Command at Southport at the former CFB Base Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.


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1944 Rose Bowl

Their opponents were Whitman College, the Spokane Air Command, the March Field Flyers, and again against the Spokane Air Command.

Air Command Commander Side-By-Side

The Air Command Commander Side-By-Side is an American autogyro designed and produced by Air Command International of Caddo Mills, Texas.

Allahabad Airport

The Central Air Command is one of the five operational commands of the Indian Air Force.

Arnold W. Braswell

In July 1977 he returned to the United States as director for plans and policy (J-5), Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. In June 1978, he became commander of Tactical Air Command's 9th Air Force with headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.

Bruce Holloway

Bruce K. Holloway (1912–1999), U.S. Air Force general and Strategic Air Command commander

Devol Brett

In 2003 he was honored by The Air Command and Staff College Gathering of Eagles Foundation, which designated him an "Eagle"; the Foundation specifically noted his actions in the Lebanon Crisis: On 14 July 1958, Rock Brett led his F-100D/F squadron in Operation DOUBLE TROUBLE, a top secret mission to deploy the first full Composite Air Strike Force from the US to Turkey in support of Lebanon invoking the Eisenhower Doctrine following the 14 July coup d'etat in Iraq.

Frank Everest

Frank F. Everest, a four star U.S. Air Force general, and commander of Tactical Air Command

IDMS

Users included the Strategic Air Command, Ford of Canada, Ford of Europe, Jaguar Cars, Clarks Shoes UK, AXA/PPP, MAPFRE, Royal Insurance, Manulife, Hudson's Bay Company, Cleveland Clinic, Bank of Canada, General Electric, Aetna and BT in the UK.

James F. Hackler

In 1945 he became an operations staff officer for the XII Tactical Air Command in Germany, He remained in Europe after World War II as a P-51 Mustang squadron commander with the 357th Fighter Group stationed at Neubiberg, Germany.

Kevin A. Ford

He has attended the U.S. Air Force Squadron Officer School, the Air Command Staff College Associate Program, and the Air War College.

Leon W. Johnson

He was appointed in July 1953, U.S. Air Force Representative, Military Staff Committee, United Nations in addition to his primary duty as Continental Air Command commander.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne

The most damaging testimony for the Army's program came from the commander of the Air Force's Tactical Air Command, General William W. Momyer, who cited helicopter casualty statistics of Operation Lam Son 719.

No. 9 Squadron RCAF

It was primarily used in an anti-submarine role with Western Air Command and was based at Bella Bella, British Columbia.

Norman Anil Kumar Browne

A graduate of Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, USA, he has held many appointments including Joint Director at Air War Strategy Cell at Air Headquarters, Chief Operations Officer and Air Officer Commanding of an Sukhoi Su-30 base, Air-I at Western Air Command and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Intelligence) at Air Headquarters.

RCAF Station Marville

Larry Milberry, General Editor, Sixty Years, The RCAF and CF Air Command 1924-1984, (CANAV Books, 1984).

Timothy A. Kinnan

Kinnan’s military education includes the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Class of 1970); Distinguished Graduate Air Force Squadron Officers School in 1974, Air Command and Staff College in 1976, Armed Forces Staff College in 1981, Distinguished Graduate National War College in 1990, Joint Force Air Component Commander Course in 1995 and Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course in 1997.