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unusual facts about the United States Air Force



Colin O'Malley

Colin O'Malley (born on December 9, 1973) is a composer who has worked with CNN, the Walt Disney Company, the United States Air Force, Universal Studios, DC Comics and Electronic Arts.


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214th

214th Reconnaissance Group, a group of the United States Air Force located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

35th

35th Fighter Wing, an air combat unit of the United States Air Force

384th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 384th Bombardment Wing of the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command was established at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas on 1 August 1955.

415th

415th Flight Test Flight (415 FLTF), squadron of the United States Air Force Reserves

478th

478th Aeronautical Systems Wing (478 ASW), wing of the United States Air Force based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

507th

507th Air Refueling Wing, a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma

522nd

522d Special Operations Squadron (522 SOS), the Fireballs, a unit of the United States Air Force

9th Air Division

9th Air Division, the name of the 19th Air Division of the United States Air Force from May to November 1945

A119

Project A119, "A Study of Lunar Research Flights," a plan developed by the United States Air Force

Air officer commanding

In the United States Air Force, the term "air officer commanding" is used specifically to refer to the specially selected officers who command cadet squadrons and groups at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Albert Clark

Albert P. Clark (1913–2010), American, a superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy

ALCC

Airborne Launch Control Center, a portion of the United States Air Force's Airborne Launch Control System

Andrew P. Witt

Andrew Paul Witt (born 1982) is a former Senior Airman in the United States Air Force who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of a fellow Airman and his wife in 2004, while he was an avionics technician in the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base.

Aviano Middle/High School

It is located on the United States Air Force Base in Aviano, Italy which is operated by the 31st Fighter Wing.

Blassie

Michael Blassie (1948–1972), officer in the United States Air Force

Blue Book Project

Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force's study of Unidentified flying objects

Briarcliffe Acres, South Carolina

At the same time, the United States Air Force had decided to deal with the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base by treating it as a sort of reward to which people could be assigned if they deserved a vacation or a punishment for those whose careers were at an end.

British North Greenland Expedition

Three members of the crew were injured, and sheltered in the intact fuselage of the aircraft until air-lifted out by a Grumman HU-16 Albatross of the United States Air Force.

CCAF

Community College of the Air Force, a two year degree granting college in association with the United States Air Force

Charles Baldwin

Charles C. Baldwin, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force

Charles McDonald

Charles C. McDonald (born 1933), general in the United States Air Force

Don Armando

After completing a tour of duty with the United States Air Force, he graduated from New York University with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, and later he acquired a Master's Degree from Columbia University.

Evelio Otero

Evelio Otero, Jr. - Is a former officer in the United States Air Force who is a 2012 Republican candidate seeking election to the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 11th Congressional District of Florida.

Felman

Richard Felman (1921–1999), officer in the United States Air Force during World War II and the Korean War

Gale Schisler

Born Darwin Gale Schisler on a farm in Knox County, Illinois, he graduated from Abingdon High School in 1952, served in the United States Air Force from 1952–1955, and graduated from Western Illinois University in 1959.

GEO-1

Geosynchronous satellite USA-230, also known as SBIRS High GEO 1, the first in a series of space surveylance satellites launched in 2011 as part of the United States Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System

GEO-2

Geosynchronous satellite USA-241, also known as SBIRS GEO 2, the second in a series of space surveylance satellites launched on March 19, 2013 as part of the United States Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System

HPW

711th Human Performance Wing, a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio

Jack Gregory

Jack I. Gregory (born 1931), former general in the United States Air Force

Jackson, Louisiana

Junius Wallace Jones (1890-1977), Major-General of the United States Air Force.

Kahlil Ashanti

He then enlisted in the United States Air Force, winning the 1993 Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest, after which he toured with the elite Air Force Entertainment troupe Tops In Blue in 1994 and 1995 as a comedian, dancer, and actor.

Lambourn Valley Railway

The important developments were the construction of a new branch line from Welford Park to an RAF base, RAF Welford; the base was to be converted for the purposes of munitions, and when operational was to be operated by the United States Air Force from July 1954.

McPeak

Merrill McPeak (born 1936), American politician and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

Michael Gould

Michael C. Gould (born 1953), Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy

OneSource

Vocabulary OneSource a data vocabulary management tool created and used by the United States Air Force

Paul Carlton

Paul K. Carlton, Jr. (born 1946), Surgeon General of the United States Air Force

Paul Stein

Paul E. Stein (1944–2002), superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy

Risner

James Robinson Risner (born 1925), general officer and professional fighter pilot in the United States Air Force

S.A. Griffin

Griffin served honorably as a clerk typist in the United States Air Force from 1972–1976, and was stationed at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia and Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.

Safeguard Program

The site, near Cavalier, North Dakota, is now operated by the United States Air Force as Cavalier Air Force Station.

State Bar of Michigan

Kenneth N. Sanborn and Charles C. Lockwood assisted Milo Radulovich, a resident of Dexter, Michigan, in his fight against the United States Air Force.

Ted Vogt

From 1995 until he entered the United States Air Force in 2000, Vogt spent time chiefly in the private sector as an investment banker in the New York metropolitan area, advertising executive at Leo Burnett in Chicago, (beginning during the U.S. presidential election, 1996) executive assistant to then-former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and at night a member of The Second City comedy troupe (1997–2000).

The Cape

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing

Tony McPeak

Merrill McPeak, Merrill Anthony "Tony" McPeak, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

UF-1

Grumman HU-16 Albatross; a large twin-radial engine amphibious flying boat that was used by the United States Air Force/Navy/Coast Guard.

United States Air Force Expeditionary Center

The Center, which was officially renamed the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center on March 4, 2007, is the Air Force's leader in expeditionary training offering over 90 courses, and on January 7, 2011, the Center expanded in scope, taking added responsibility for evolving Air Mobility Command (AMC) mission sets.

William McBride

William V. McBride, general in the United States Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force