Table of Contents
466 relations: Active electronically scanned array, ADM-160 MALD, Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, Aerial refueling, Aero L-39 Albatros, Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, Afghan Air Force, Afterburn (1992 film), Agence France-Presse, AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon, AGM-158 JASSM, AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-88 HARM, AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder, Air & Space Forces Association, Air brake (aeronautics), Air Combat Command, Air Force One, Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, Air Power Australia, Air superiority fighter, Air supremacy, Air University Press, Air-to-air missile, Air-to-surface missile, Airborne collision avoidance system, Aircraft engine, Aircraft flight control system, Aircraft flight dynamics, Aircraft flight manual, Airfoil, Al-Qaeda, Albacete, Aluminium alloy, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AMX International AMX, AN/APG-66, AN/APG-68, AN/APG-79, AN/APG-80, AN/APG-83, AN/ASQ-213 HARM targeting system, Angle of attack, Antenna array, ... Expand index (416 more) »
- 1970s United States fighter aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1974
- Fourth-generation jet fighter
- General Dynamics aircraft
- Lockheed Martin aircraft
- Relaxed-stability aircraft
Active electronically scanned array
An active electronically scanned array (AESA) is a type of phased array antenna, which is a computer-controlled antenna array in which the beam of radio waves can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving the antenna.
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ADM-160 MALD
The ADM-160 MALD (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy) is an air-launched, expendable decoy missile developed by the United States.
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Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
The AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is a design conversion of Hydra 70 unguided rockets with a laser guidance kit to turn them into precision-guided munitions (PGMs). APKWS is approximately one-third the cost and one-third the weight of the current inventory of laser-guided weapons, has a lower yield more suitable for avoiding collateral damage, and takes one quarter of the time for ordnance personnel to load and unload.
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Aerial refueling
Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
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Aero L-39 Albatros
The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced by Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Aero L-39 Albatros are single-engined jet aircraft.
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Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics (ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing.
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Aeroelasticity
Aeroelasticity is the branch of physics and engineering studying the interactions between the inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces occurring while an elastic body is exposed to a fluid flow.
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Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance
Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance (AMHP) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of aviation and aerospace medicine.
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Afghan Air Force
The General Command of the Air Force,(Dari: فرماندهی کل نیروی هوایی) also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Air Force and the Afghan Air Force, is the air force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces.
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Afterburn (1992 film)
Afterburn is a 1992 drama film written and produced for television, based on a true story where one woman takes on the United States military and General Dynamics, manufacturer of the F-16 jet fighter aircraft that took her husband's life.
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Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.
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AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is a glide bomb that resulted from a joint venture between the United States Navy and Air Force to deploy a standardized medium range precision guided weapon, especially for engagement of defended targets from outside the range of standard anti-aircraft defenses, thereby increasing aircraft survivability and minimizing friendly losses.
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AGM-158 JASSM
The AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces.
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AGM-65 Maverick
The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support.
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AGM-88 HARM
The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is a tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems.
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AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo
The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo, commonly known as the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), is a multirole combat aircraft named after Chiang Ching-kuo, the late President of the Republic of China. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo are fourth-generation jet fighter and mid-wing aircraft.
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AIM-120 AMRAAM
The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations.
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AIM-7 Sparrow
The AIM-7 Sparrow (Air Intercept Missile) is an American medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and various other air forces and navies.
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AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile.
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Air & Space Forces Association
The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, professional military association for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
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Air brake (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, air brakes or speed brakes are a type of flight control surface used on an aircraft to increase the drag on the aircraft.
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Air Combat Command
The Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon.
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Air Force One
Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States.
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Air Force Reserve Command
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Air National Guard
The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Air Power Australia
Air Power Australia is a private non-profit Australian think tank.
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Air superiority fighter
An air superiority fighter (also styled air-superiority fighter) is a fighter aircraft designed to seize control of enemy airspace by establishing tactical dominance (air superiority) over the opposing air force.
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Air supremacy
Aerial supremacy (also known as air superiority) is the degree to which a side in a conflict holds control of air power over opposing forces.
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Air University Press
Air University Press is a division of the Academic Services Directorate and housed under the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center of Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
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Air-to-air missile
Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back) An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles).
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Air-to-surface missile
An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea.
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Airborne collision avoidance system
An airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS, usually pronounced as ay-kas) operates independently of ground-based equipment and air traffic control in warning pilots of the presence of other aircraft that may present a threat of collision.
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Aircraft engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system.
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Aircraft flight control system
A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight.
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Aircraft flight dynamics
Flight dynamics is the science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions.
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Aircraft flight manual
An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a paper book or electronic information set containing information required to operate an aircraft of certain type or particular aircraft of that type (each AFM is tailored for a specific aircraft, though aircraft of the same type naturally have very similar AFMs).
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Airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag.
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Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.
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Albacete
Albacete (also) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete.
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Aluminium alloy
An aluminium alloy (UK/IUPAC) or aluminum alloy (NA; see spelling differences) is an alloy in which aluminium (Al) is the predominant metal.
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering.
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AMX International AMX
The AMX International AMX is a ground-attack aircraft jointly developed by Brazil and Italy. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and AMX International AMX are single-engined jet aircraft.
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AN/APG-66
The AN/APG-66 radar is a solid state medium range (up to 150 km) pulse-Doppler planar array radar originally designed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) for use in early generations of the F-16 Fighting Falcon; later variants use the AN/APG-68 or the AN/APG-83.
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AN/APG-68
The AN/APG-68 radar is a long range (Max Detection Range) Pulse-doppler radar designed by Westinghouse (now Northrop Grumman) to replace AN/APG-66 radar in the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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AN/APG-79
The AN/APG-79 is a type of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar that was developed for use on the United States Navy's Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft.
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AN/APG-80
The AN/APG-80 is an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) system designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman for use on the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft.
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AN/APG-83
The AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) is a full-performance active electronically scanned array (AESA) fire control radar for the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and other aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman.
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AN/ASQ-213 HARM targeting system
The AN/ASQ-213 HARM targeting system is a targeting pod mounted to either of the engine inlet hardpoints of an F-16 fighter jet that enables the aircraft to track the location of hostile radar systems in any weather, and identify them to allow for usage of the AGM-88 HARM or other air-to-ground weapons.
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Angle of attack
In fluid dynamics, angle of attack (AOA, α, or \alpha) is the angle between a reference line on a body (often the chord line of an airfoil) and the vector representing the relative motion between the body and the fluid through which it is moving.
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Antenna array
An antenna array (or array antenna) is a set of multiple connected antennas which work together as a single antenna, to transmit or receive radio waves.
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Anti-ship missile
An anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.
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Antonov An-26
The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Argentine Air Force
The Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina, or simply FAA) is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic.
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Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
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Aspect ratio (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its mean chord.
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Australian Aviation
Australian Aviation is an online and print aviation publication covering the aviation industry.
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Aviation accidents and incidents
An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction.
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Aviation Week & Space Technology
Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network, a division of Informa.
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İsmet Yılmaz
İsmet Yılmaz (born 10 December 1961) is a Turkish politician who was a member of the Grand National Assembly from 2011 to 2023.
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B61 nuclear bomb
The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War.
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B83 nuclear bomb
The B83 is a variable-yield thermonuclear gravity bomb developed by the United States in the late 1970s that entered service in 1983.
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Baghdad
Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.
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Bahrain
Bahrain (Two Seas, locally), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia.
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Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series created by Glen A. Larson that aired on the ABC network from September 17, 1978, to April 29, 1979.
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Belga (news agency)
Belga is a Belgian news agency which was founded in 1920 as the Agence télégraphique belge de presse by Pierre-Marie Olivier and Maurice Travailleur.
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Belgian Air Component
The Belgian Air Component (Luchtcomponent, Composante air) is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces, and until January 2002 it was officially known as the Belgian Air Force (Belgische Luchtmacht; Force aérienne belge).
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Belgian Armed Forces
The Belgian Armed Forces (Defensie; La Défense) is the national military of Belgium.
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Beqaa Valley
The Beqaa Valley (وادي البقاع,, Lebanese; also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ, and Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region.
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Beyond-visual-range missile
A beyond-visual-range missile is an air-to-air missile that is capable of engaging at ranges of or beyond.
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Bill Gunston
Bill Gunston (1 March 1927 – 1 June 2013) was a British aviation and military author.
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Bill Sweetman
Bill Sweetman (born 1956 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK) is a former editor for Jane's and currently an editor for Aviation Week group.
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Bird strike
A bird strike (sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)) is a collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a moving vehicle (usually an aircraft).
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Blended wing body
A blended wing body (BWB), also known as blended body, hybrid wing body (HWB) or a lifting aerofoil fuselage, is a fixed-wing aircraft having no clear dividing line between the wings and the main body of the craft.
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Boeing
The Boeing Company (or simply Boeing) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Brussels South Charleroi Airport
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (BSCA), also informally called Brussels-Charleroi Airport or Charleroi Airport, is an international airport located in Gosselies, a part of the city of Charleroi, Belgium.
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Bubble canopy
A bubble canopy is an aircraft canopy constructed without bracing, for the purpose of providing a wider unobstructed field of view to the pilot, often providing 360° all-round visibility.
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Bulgarian Air Force
The Bulgarian Air Force (Voennovazdushni sili) is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the other two being the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian land forces.
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CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder
The CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder (جے ایف-17 گرج), or FC-1 Xiaolong, is a lightweight, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder are fourth-generation jet fighter, mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Camber (aerodynamics)
In aeronautics and aeronautical engineering, camber is the asymmetry between the two acting surfaces of an airfoil, with the top surface of a wing (or correspondingly the front surface of a propeller blade) commonly being more convex (positive camber).
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Capstone Publishers
Capstone is a publisher of children’s books and digital products.
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Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers.
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Carrollton, Texas
Carrollton is a city in Dallas, Denton, and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Cathode-ray tube
A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.
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CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
The CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition (CEM) is a cluster bomb used by the United States Air Force, developed by Aerojet General/Honeywell and introduced in 1986 to replace the earlier cluster bombs used in the Vietnam War.
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CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a United States Air Force -class freefall Cluster Bomb Unit.
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Centennial of Flight Commission
The U. S. Centennial of Flight Commission (CoFC or CofF Commission) was created in 1999, by the U.S. Congress, to serve as a national and international source of information about activities commemorating the centennial of the Wright brothers' first powered flight on December 17, 1903 (purportedly the first fully controlled, sustained, powered flight of a heavier-than-air man-carrying airplane).
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Centre stick
A centre stick (or center stick in the United States), or simply control stick, is an aircraft cockpit arrangement where the control column (or joystick) is located in the center of the cockpit either between the pilot's legs or between the pilots' positions.
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Cessna 150
The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.
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Chaff (countermeasure)
Chaff, originally called Window or Düppel, is a radar countermeasure involving the dispersal of thin strips of aluminium, metallized glass fiber, or plastic.
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Chengdu J-10
The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon (NATO reporting name: Firebird), is a medium-weight 4.5 generation, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft capable of all-weather operations, configured with a delta wing and canard design, with fly-by-wire flight controls, and produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF). General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Chengdu J-10 are fourth-generation jet fighter and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Chilean Air Force
The Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh) is the air force of Chile and branch of the Chilean military.
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Chios
Chios (Chíos, traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the tenth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Clutter (radar)
Clutter is the unwanted return (echoes) in electronic systems, particularly in reference to radars.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
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Conformal fuel tank
Conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) are additional fuel tanks fitted closely to the profile of an aircraft that extend the endurance of the aircraft.
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Constantly computed impact point
A Constantly Computed Impact Point (CCIP) is a calculation provided by a weapon's sighting system.
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Controlled flight into terrain
In aviation, a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; usually) is an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, fully under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle.
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Copts
Copts (niremənkhēmi; al-qibṭ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity.
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CRV7
The CRV7, short for "Canadian Rocket Vehicle 7", is a 2.75-inch (70 mm) folding-fin ground attack rocket produced by Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Dassault Aviation
Dassault Aviation SA is a French manufacturer of military aircraft and business jets.
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Dassault Mirage 2000
The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, delta wing, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Dassault Mirage 2000 are fourth-generation jet fighter, relaxed-stability aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Dassault Mirage F1
The Dassault Mirage F1 is a French fighter and attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Dassault Mirage F1 are single-engined jet aircraft.
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Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany.
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David Packard
David Packard (September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board (1964–68, 1972–93) of HP.
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David S. Lewis
David Sloan Lewis Jr. (July 6, 1917 – December 15, 2003) was an aeronautical engineer who led aerospace and defense giant General Dynamics for 14 years.
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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) is a United States Air Force base southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona.
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Day fighter
A day fighter is a fighter aircraft equipped only to fight during the day.
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Deadstick landing
A deadstick landing, also called a dead-stick landing, is a type of forced landing when an aircraft loses all of its propulsive power and is forced to land.
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Defense Security Cooperation Agency
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) is an agency within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) which provides financial and technical assistance, transfer of defense materiel, training and services to allies, and promotes military-to-military contacts.
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Delta wing
A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
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Departure resistance
Departure resistance is a quality of an aircraft which enables it to remain in controlled flight and resist entering potentially dangerous less-controlled maneuvers such as spin.
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Derna, Libya
Derna (درنة) is a port city in eastern Libya.
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Directional stability
Directional stability is stability of a moving body or vehicle about an axis which is perpendicular to its direction of motion.
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Dogfight
A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft conducted at close range.
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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Drogue parachute
A drogue parachute, also called drag chute, is a parachute designed for deployment from a rapidly moving object.
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Drop tank
In aviation, a drop tank (external tank, wing tank or belly tank) is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried by aircraft.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California.
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Ejection seat
In aircraft, an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency.
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El País
() is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain.
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Electronic countermeasure
An electronic countermeasure (ECM) is an electrical or electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, sonar, or other detection systems, like infrared (IR) or lasers.
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Electrostatic discharge
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a sudden and momentary flow of electric current between two differently-charged objects when brought close together or when the dielectric between them breaks down, often creating a visible spark associated with the static electricity between the objects.
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Empennage
The empennage, also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers on an arrow.
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Energy–maneuverability theory
Energy–maneuverability theory is a model of aircraft performance.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.
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F-16 training coalition
The F-16 training coalition is an international coalition formed on 11 July 2023 during the Vilnius Summit with the task of training F-16 pilots, technicians, and support personnel for the Ukrainian Air Force.
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FADEC
A full authority digital engine (or electronics) control (FADEC) is a system consisting of a digital computer, called an "electronic engine controller" (EEC) or "engine control unit" (ECU), and its related accessories that control all aspects of aircraft engine performance.
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Fault tolerance
Fault tolerance is the ability of a system to maintain proper operation despite failures or faults in one or more of its components.
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February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya
The February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya against Islamic State positions in Libya took place on 16 February 2015, and were triggered by a video released by ISIL in Libya a day earlier, depicting the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt.
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February 2018 Israel–Syria incident
On 10 February 2018, an Israeli F-16I was shot down by the Syrian air defenses after conducting an air raid on Iran-backed positions inside Syrian territory.
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Federally Administered Tribal Areas
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas, commonly known as FATA, was a semi-autonomous tribal region in north-western Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with the neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 through the Twenty-fifth amendment to the constitution of Pakistan.
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Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.
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Fighter Mafia
The Fighter Mafia was a controversial group of United States Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who, in the 1960s and 1970s, advocated for fighter design criteria in opposition to those of the design boards of the time, and the use of John Boyd and Thomas P. Christie's energy-maneuverability (E-M) theory in designing fighter aircraft.
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Fighter-bomber
A fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft.
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Fire-control radar
A fire-control radar (FCR) is a radar that is designed specifically to provide information (mainly target azimuth, elevation, range and range rate) to a fire-control system in order to direct weapons such that they hit a target.
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Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift.
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Flaperon
A flaperon (a portmanteau of flap and aileron) on an aircraft's wing is a type of control surface that combines the functions of both flaps and ailerons.
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Flare (countermeasure)
A flare or decoy flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by an aircraft to counter an infrared homing ("heat-seeking") surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile.
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Flight control surfaces
Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude.
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Flight envelope
In aerodynamics, the flight envelope, service envelope, or performance envelope of an aircraft or spacecraft refers to the capabilities of a design in terms of airspeed and load factor or atmospheric density, often simplified to altitude.
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Flight information region
In aviation, a flight information region (FIR) is a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service (ALRS) are provided.
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Flight International
Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.
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FlightGlobal
FlightGlobal is an online news and information website which covers the aviation and aerospace industries.
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Florennes Air Base
Florennes Air Base, also known as Base Jean Offenberg, is a Belgian Air Component (formerly the Belgian Air Force) military airbase, compliant to STANAG 3712 category 8 (and category 5 during quick reaction alert operations), located east-south-east of Florennes, in the Walloon municipality of Belgium.
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Fly-by-wire
Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface.
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Fokker
Fokker (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker), was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
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Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is an American news publication founded in 1970 focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is an American daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.
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Fourth-generation fighter
The fourth-generation fighter is a class of jet fighters in service from around 1980 to the present, and represents design concepts of the 1970s. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and fourth-generation fighter are fourth-generation jet fighter.
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Friendly fire
In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets.
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G-force
The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0, not to be confused with "g", the symbol for grams).
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Gallon
The gallon is a unit of volume in British imperial units and United States customary units.
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GATOR mine system
The GATOR mine system is a United States military system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers.
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Gaza War (2008–2009)
The Gaza War, also known as Operation Cast Lead (מִבְצָע עוֹפֶרֶת יְצוּקָה), also known as the Gaza Massacre, and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan (معركة الفرقان) by Hamas, Secondary source, Abdul-Hameed al-Kayyali, Studies on the Israeli Aggression on Gaza Strip: Cast Lead Operation / Al-Furqan Battle, 2009 was a three-week armed conflict between Gaza Strip Palestinian paramilitary groups and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that began on 27 December 2008 and ended on 18 January 2009 with a unilateral ceasefire.
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GÖKTUĞ
GÖKTUĞ is a Turkish program by TÜBİTAK-SAGE to develop four variants of air-to-air missiles that are to be launched from F-16s as well as future Turkish indigenous Hürjets and TF-Xs.
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GBU-10 Paveway II
The GBU-10 Paveway II is an American Paveway-series laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 84 general-purpose bomb, but with laser seeking capabilities and wings for guidance.
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GBU-12 Paveway II
The GBU-12 Paveway II is an American aerial laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 82 general-purpose bomb, but with the addition of a nose-mounted laser seeker and fins for guidance.
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GBU-24 Paveway III
GBU-24 Paveway III or simply GBU-24 is a family of laser-guided bombs, a sub-group of the larger Raytheon Paveway III family of weapons.
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GBU-27 Paveway III
The GBU-27 Paveway III (Guided Bomb Unit) is a laser-guided bomb with bunker buster capabilities, it is a GBU-24 Paveway III (fitted on the warhead of the BLU-109 bomb body) that has been redesigned to be used by the F-117A Nighthawk stealth ground attack aircraft.
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GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb
The GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is a precision-guided glide bomb that is intended to provide aircraft with the ability to carry a higher number of more accurate bombs.
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General Dynamics
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon operators
The United States Air Force (USAF), four of its NATO partners, and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), a major non-NATO US ally, are the primary operators of General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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General Dynamics F-16XL
The General Dynamics F-16XL is a derivative of the F-16 Fighting Falcon with a cranked-arrow delta wing. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and General Dynamics F-16XL are general Dynamics aircraft, relaxed-stability aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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General Dynamics X-62 VISTA
The General Dynamics X-62 VISTA ("Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft") is an experimental aircraft, derived from the F-16D Fighting Falcon, which was modified as a joint venture between General Dynamics and Calspan for use by the United States Air Force (USAF). General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and General Dynamics X-62 VISTA are general Dynamics aircraft, relaxed-stability aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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General Electric F110
The General Electric F110 is an afterburning turbofan jet engine produced by GE Aerospace (formerly GE Aviation).
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Gilmary M. Hostage III
Gilmary Michael "Mike" Hostage III (born April 29, 1955) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who last served as commander, Air Combat Command from September 13, 2011, to October 2014.
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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
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Green Ramp disaster
The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina.
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Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville (locally) is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.
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Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.
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Gulf War
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
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Gun harmonisation
In aerial gunnery, gun harmonisation, convergence pattern, convergence zone, convergence point or bore-sight point refers to the aiming of fixed guns or cannon carried in the wings of a fighter aircraft.
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Gun pod
calibre machine gun conformal-mount "blister" pod on the B-25 Mitchell A gun pod is a detachable pod or pack containing machine guns, autocannons, revolver cannons, or rotary cannons and ancillaries, mounted externally on a vehicle such as a military aircraft which may or may not also have its own guns.
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Hardpoint
A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load.
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HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
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Harpoon (missile)
The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security).
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Head-up display
A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD or head-up guidance system (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.
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Helmet-mounted display
A helmet-mounted display (HMD) is a headworn device that uses displays and optics to project imagery and/or symbology to the eyes.
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah (Ḥizbu 'llāh) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
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Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located in Davis County, Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and bordering the Cities of Layton, Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, and Sunset with its largest border immediately adjacent to Clearfield and Layton.
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Honeycomb structure
Honeycomb structures are natural or man-made structures that have the geometry of a honeycomb to allow the minimization of the amount of used material to reach minimal weight and minimal material cost.
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HOTAS
HOTAS, an acronym of hands on throttle-and-stick, is the concept of placing buttons and switches on the throttle lever and flight control stick in an aircraft cockpit.
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Houthi movement
The Houthi movement (الحوثيون), officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s.
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Hydra 70
The Hydra 70 rocket is a diameter fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role.
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IAI Searcher
The IAI Searcher (also known by the Hebrew name מרומית Meyromit - "Marsh tern", or officially in Israel as the חוגלה Hugla - "Alectoris") is a reconnaissance UAV developed in Israel in the 1980s.
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Idlib Governorate
Idlib Governorate (مُحافظة ادلب / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Idlib) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria.
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IHS Markit
IHS Markit Ltd was an information services provider that completed a merger with S&P Global in 2022.
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Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces.
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Indian MRCA competition
The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition in India, also known as the MRCA tender, was a competition to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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Infrared search and track
An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters.
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Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of organized crime.
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
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Iraq War
The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.
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Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF) (Al Quwwat al Jawwiyah al Iraqiyyah) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces.
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IRIS-T
The IRIS-T (infrared imaging system tail/thrust vector-controlled) is a medium range infrared homing missile available in air-to-air and surface-to-air variants.
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Islamabad
Islamabad (اسلام‌آباد|translit.
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Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.
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Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as, Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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Italian Air Force
The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare; AM) is the air force of the Italian Republic.
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James R. Schlesinger
James Rodney Schlesinger (February 15, 1929 – March 27, 2014) was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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Jane's Defence Weekly
Jane's Defence Weekly (abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs, edited by Peter Felstead.
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Janes All the World's Aircraft
Janes All the World's Aircraft (formerly Jane's) is an aviation annual publication founded by John Frederick Thomas Jane in 1909.
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John Boyd (military strategist)
John Richard Boyd (January 23, 1927 – March 9, 1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot and Pentagon consultant during the second half of the 20th century.
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John L. McLucas
John Luther McLucas (August 22, 1920 – December 1, 2002) was United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1973 to 1975, becoming Secretary of the Air Force on July 19, 1973.
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Joint Direct Attack Munition
The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs).
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Joint Strike Missile
The Joint Strike Missile (JSM) is a multi-role, air-launched cruise missile under development by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and American company Raytheon Missiles & Defense.
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Jorge Argüello
Jorge Martín Arturo Argüello (born 20 April 1956) is an Argentine politician and diplomat.
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KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle is a family of South Korean supersonic advanced jet trainers and light combat aircraft, developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with Lockheed Martin. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and KAI T-50 Golden Eagle are fourth-generation jet fighter, mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Karpathos
Karpathos (Κάρπαθος), also Carpathos, is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خېبر پښتونخوا; Hindko and,; abbr. KP), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) is one of three business units of Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG) of Norway and a supplier of defence and space related systems and products, mainly anti-ship missiles, military communications, and command and weapons control systems for naval vessels and air-defence applications.
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Korea Aerospace Industries
Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI) is a South Korean aerospace and defense company.
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Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.
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Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (Lufta e Kosovës; Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999.
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Kunsan Air Base
Kunsan K-8 Air Base is a United States Air Force base located at Gunsan Airport, on the west coast of the South Korean peninsula bordered by the Yellow Sea. It is located in the town of Gunsan (also romanized as Kunsan), about south of Seoul. Kunsan Air Base is the home of the 8th Fighter Wing, "The Wolf Pack," assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Seventh Air Force and the 38th Fighter Group of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
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Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
The Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency is an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, as well as its allied insurgent groups, both Kurdish and non-Kurdish, who have either demanded separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan, or attempted to secure autonomy, and/or greater political and cultural rights for Kurds inside the Republic of Turkey.
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Kyiv
Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.
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Lahore
Lahore (لہور; لاہور) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab.
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Lamination
μCT scanning) through the length of a knitting needle that consists of laminated wooden layers: the layers can be differentiated by the change of direction of the wood's vessels Shattered windshield lamination keeps shards in place Laminate flooring A flexible thin-film solar cell for aerospace use (2007) Lamination is the technique/process of manufacturing a material in multiple layers, so that the composite material achieves improved strength, stability, sound insulation, appearance, or other properties from the use of the differing materials, such as plastic.
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Landing gear
Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing.
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Langley Research Center
The Langley Research Center (LaRC or NASA Langley), located in Hampton, Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay front of Langley Air Force Base, is the oldest of NASA's field centers.
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LANTIRN
LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night) is a combined navigation and targeting pod system for use on the United States Air Force fighter aircraft—the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 40/42 C & D models) manufactured by Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin).
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Laser-guided bomb
A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than an unguided bomb.
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Le Monde
Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.
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Leading edge
The leading edge is the part of the wing that first contacts the air;Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 305.
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Licensed production
Licensed production is the production under license of technology developed elsewhere.
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Lightning
Lightning is a natural phenomenon formed by electrostatic discharges through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions, either both in the atmosphere or one in the atmosphere and one on the ground, temporarily neutralizing these in a near-instantaneous release of an average of between 200 megajoules and 7 gigajoules of energy, depending on the type.
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Lightweight Fighter program
The Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program was a United States Air Force technology evaluation program initiated in the late 1960s by a group of officers and defense analysts known as the "Fighter Mafia".
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Line-replaceable unit
A line-replaceable unit (LRU), lower line-replaceable unit (LLRU), line-replaceable component (LRC), or line-replaceable item (LRI) is a modular component of an airplane, ship or spacecraft (or any other manufactured device) that is designed to be replaced quickly at an operating location (1st line).
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Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers.
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List of active United States military aircraft
The United States Armed Forces uses a wide variety of military aircraft across the respective aviation arms of its various service branches.
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List of fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat.
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List of military electronics of the United States
This article lists American military electronic instruments along with brief descriptions.
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Litening
The AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening targeting pod is an advanced precision targeting pod system currently operational with a wide variety of aircraft worldwide.
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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a retired military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).
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Lockheed Corporation
The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer.
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Lockheed F-104 Starfighter are mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Lockheed Martin
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer with worldwide interests.
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II are Lockheed Martin aircraft, mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Look-down/shoot-down
A radar system has look-down/shoot-down capability if it can detect, track and guide a weapon to an air target that (as seen by the radar) is silhouetted against the ground.
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M61 Vulcan
The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 3 rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute).
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Mach number
The Mach number (M or Ma), often only Mach, is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics representing the ratio of flow velocity past a boundary to the local speed of sound.
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Maiden flight
The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power.
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Make in India
is an initiative by the Government of India to create and encourage companies to develop, manufacture and assemble products in India and incentivize dedicated investments into manufacturing.
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Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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Manly, New South Wales
Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
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Mark 82 bomb
The Mark 82 is a unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb, part of the United States Mark 80 series.
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Mark 83 bomb
The Mark 83 is a bomb, part of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs in United States service.
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Mark 84 bomb
The Mark 84 or BLU-117 is a American general-purpose bomb.
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Martin Marietta
The Martin Marietta Corporation was an American company founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation.
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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle are 1970s United States fighter aircraft and fourth-generation jet fighter.
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McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle are fourth-generation jet fighter.
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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.
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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet are 1970s United States fighter aircraft, fourth-generation jet fighter and mid-wing aircraft.
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Merlin (bird)
The merlin (Falco columbarius) is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia.
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Mette Frederiksen
Mette Frederiksen (born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has been serving as prime minister of Denmark since June 2019, and leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015.
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Mikoyan MiG-29
The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Mikoyan MiG-29 are fourth-generation jet fighter.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 are mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 are single-engined jet aircraft.
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Mil Mi-17
The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M), continuing in production at two factories, in Kazan and Ulan-Ude.
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Mil Mi-8
The Mil Mi-8 (Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968.
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MIL-STD-1553
MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard published by the United States Department of Defense that defines the mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics of a serial data bus.
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Military aircraft
A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type.
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Mitsubishi F-2
The Mitsubishi F-2 is a multirole fighter derived from the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, and manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, with a 60/40 split in manufacturing between Japan and the United States. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Mitsubishi F-2 are fourth-generation jet fighter, mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Mountain Home Air Force Base
Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States.
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Moving target indication
Moving target indication (MTI) is a mode of operation of a radar to discriminate a target against the clutter.
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Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.
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Multi-function display
A multifunction display (MFD) is a small-screen (CRT or LCD) surrounded by multiple soft keys (configurable buttons) that can be used to display information to the user in numerous configurable ways.
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Multirole combat aircraft
A multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) is a combat aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat.
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NACA airfoil
The NACA airfoil series is a set of standardized airfoil shapes developed by this agency, which became widely used in the design of aircraft wings.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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National Naval Aviation Museum
The National Naval Aviation Museum, formerly known as the National Museum of Naval Aviation and the Naval Aviation Museum, is a military and aerospace museum located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
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Naval Air Station Fallon
Naval Air Station Fallon or NAS Fallon is the United States Navy's premier air-to-air and air-to-ground training facility.
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Naval Air Station Key West
Naval Air Station Key West, is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States.
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Naval Air Station Oceana
Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana or NAS Oceana is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Naval Air Station Pensacola
Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits.
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Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center
The Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC, pronounced NAW-DIK) was formerly known as 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.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
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Night fighter
A night fighter (later known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor post-Second World War) is a largely historical term for a fighter or interceptor aircraft adapted or designed for effective use at night, during periods of adverse meteorological conditions, or in otherwise poor visibility.
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Night-vision device
A night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD) or night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision.
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No. 14 Squadron PAF
The No.
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No. 9 Squadron PAF
No.
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Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (NGES) was a business segment of Northrop Grumman from 1996 to 2015 until a reorganization on January 1, 2016 merged other Northrop Grumman businesses into NGES to form a new segment called Mission Systems.
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Northrop YF-17
The Northrop YF-17 (nicknamed "Cobra") was a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation for the United States Air Force's Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Northrop YF-17 are 1970s United States fighter aircraft, aircraft first flown in 1974 and fourth-generation jet fighter.
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NRK
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norwegian Realm Broadcasting), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-controlled radio and television broadcasting company.
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Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions.
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Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.
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Operating cost
Operating costs or operational costs, are the expenses which are related to the operation of a business, or to the operation of a device, component, piece of equipment or facility.
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Operation Northern Watch
Operation Northern Watch (ONW), the successor to Operation Provide Comfort, was a Combined Task Force (CTF) charged with enforcing its own no-fly zone above the 36th parallel in Iraq.
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Operation Opera
Operation Opera (מִבְצָע אוֹפֵּרָה.), also known as Operation Babylon, was a surprise airstrike conducted by the Israeli Air Force on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor located southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Operation Southern Watch
Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003.
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Oslo
Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.
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Pakistan Air Force
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (پاک فِضائیہ|translit.
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Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army, commonly known as the Pak Army (پاک فوج|translit.
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Pakistan Day Parade
The Pakistan Day Parade also known as the National Day Joint Services Parade is an annual event held at Shakarparian in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on the occasion of the Pakistan Day.
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Parachute
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or, in a ram-air parachute, aerodynamic lift.
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Paris Air Show
The Paris Air Show (Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace de Paris-Le Bourget, Salon du Bourget) is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France.
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Penguin (missile)
The Penguin anti-ship missile, designated AGM-119 by the U.S. military, is a Norwegian passive IR seeker-based short-to-medium range anti-ship guided missile, designed for naval use.
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People (magazine)
People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.
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Peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.
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Phil Oestricher
Philip F. Oestricher (1931 – December 18, 2015) was an American aerodynamics engineer and test pilot.
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Polycarbonate
Polycarbonates (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate groups in their chemical structures.
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Pope Field
Pope Field is a U.S. military facility located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.
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Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics (often abbreviated as PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics.
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Pratt & Whitney F100
The Pratt & Whitney F100 (company designation JTF22) is an afterburning turbofan engine designed and manufactured by Pratt & Whitney to power the U.S. Air Force's "FX" initiative in 1965, which became the F-15 Eagle.
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Primary flight display
A primary flight display or PFD is a modern aircraft instrument dedicated to flight information.
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Prototype
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process.
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Pulse-repetition frequency
The pulse-repetition frequency (PRF) is the number of pulses of a repeating signal in a specific time unit.
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Python (missile)
The Rafael Python (פיתון) is a family of air-to-air missiles (AAMs) built by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, formerly RAFAEL Armament Development Authority.
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Qods Mohajer
The Qods Mohajer (مهاجر, "Immigrant"; loanword is Arabic for "holy migrant" or "sacred migrant") is an Iranian single-engine tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by the Qods Aviation Industry Company in four main variants from the 1980s to the present day.
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R.550 Magic
The R.550 Magic (backronym for Missile Auto-Guidé Interception et Combat) is a short-range air-to-air missile designed in 1965 by French company Matra to compete with the American AIM-9 Sidewinder, and it was made backwards compatible with the Sidewinder launch hardware.
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Radar jamming and deception
Radar jamming and deception is a form of electronic countermeasures (ECMs) that intentionally sends out radio frequency signals to interfere with the operation of radar by saturating its receiver with noise or false information.
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RAF Fairford
Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. (רפאל - מערכות לחימה מתקדמות בע"מ) is an Israeli defense technology company.
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RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm.
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Relaxed stability
In aviation, an aircraft is said to have relaxed stability if it has low or negative stability.
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Republic F-105 Thunderchief
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is an American fighter-bomber that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1984. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Republic F-105 Thunderchief are mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Republic of China Air Force
The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF; known historically as the Chinese Air Force and colloquially as the Taiwanese Air Force) is the military aviation branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces, based in Taiwan since 1947.
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Republic of Singapore Air Force
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is the aerial service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for controlling and defending the airspace of the country, and providing air support to the Army and Navy.
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Request for proposal
A request for proposal (RFP) is a form of reverse auction that solicits a business proposal by an organisation interested in the procurement of a service or product from potential suppliers.
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Reston, Virginia
Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.
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Retrofitting
Retrofitting is the addition of new technology or features to older systems.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
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RoAF 86th Air Base
The Romanian Air Force 86th Air Base "Lieutenant Aviator Gheorghe Mociorniță" (Baza 86 Aeriană "Locotenent aviator Gheorghe Mociorniță"), also known as Fetești or Borcea Air Base, is located in commune Borcea, Călărași County near the town of Fetești.
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Robert H. Widmer
Robert Henry Widmer (May 17, 1916 – June 20, 2011) was an American aeronautical engineer who specialized in designing aircraft for the military.
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Robert Hale (publishers)
Robert Hale Limited was a London publisher of fiction and non-fiction books, founded in 1936, and also known as Robert Hale.
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Romanian Air Force
The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) (Forțele Aeriene Române) is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces.
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Royal Bahraini Air Force
The Royal Bahraini Air Force (سلاح الجو الملكي البحريني, abbreviated as RBAF, formerly known as Bahrain Amiri Air Force) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF).
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Royal Danish Air Force
The Royal Danish Air Force (lit) (RDAF) is the aerial warfare force of the Kingdom of Denmark and one of the four branches of the Danish Armed Forces.
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Royal Jordanian Air Force
The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces.
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Royal Moroccan Air Force
The Royal Moroccan Air Force (القوات الجوية الملكية; Adwas ujenna ageldan; Forces Royales Air) is the air force of the Moroccan Armed Forces.
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Royal Netherlands Air Force
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF; Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), "Royal Air Force") is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces.
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Royal Norwegian Air Force
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) (The Air Defence) is the air force of Norway.
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RSAF Black Knights
The Black Knights is the official aerobatics team of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) featuring six F-16Cs Fighting Falcon in formation flight.
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Rumen Radev
Rumen Georgiev Radev (Румен Георгиев Радев; born 18 June 1963) is a Bulgarian politician and former major general who has been the president of Bulgaria since 22 January 2017.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.
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S-200 missile system
The NPO Almaz S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna (С-200 Ангара/Вега/Дубна), NATO reporting name SA-5 Gammon (initially Tallinn), is a long-range, high-altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s to defend large areas from high-altitude bombers or other targets.
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Saab 37 Viggen
The Saab 37 Viggen (The Tufted Duck, ambiguous with The Thunderbolt) is a single-seat, single-engine multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Saab 37 Viggen are single-engined jet aircraft.
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Saab JAS 39 Gripen
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (English: The Griffin) is a light single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab AB. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Saab JAS 39 Gripen are fourth-generation jet fighter, relaxed-stability aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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SABCA
SABCA (Sociétés Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques) is a Belgian aerospace company.
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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County.
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Sargent Fletcher
Sargent Fletcher is a subsidiary company of Cobham plc.
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Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, launched an intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who had been ousted from the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014 by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War.
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Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey (Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies, support and conduct research and development, and to "play a leading role in the creation of a science and technology culture" in the country.
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Semi-active radar homing
Semi-active radar homing (SARH) is a common type of missile guidance system, perhaps the most common type for longer-range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile systems.
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SEPECAT Jaguar
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French supersonic jet attack aircraft originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
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Shakarparian
Shakarparian (also known as Shakarparian Hills) is a hill and a national park located near the Zero Point Interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Side-stick
A side-stick or sidestick controller is an aircraft control stick that is located on the side console of the pilot, usually on the righthand side, or outboard on a two-seat flightdeck.
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Signal Books
Signal Books is a British book publisher.
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Signal processing
Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing signals, such as sound, images, potential fields, seismic signals, altimetry processing, and scientific measurements.
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Sirte
Sirte (سِرْت), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya.
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Situation awareness
Situational awareness or situation awareness (SA) is the understanding of an environment, its elements, and how it changes with respect to time or other factors.
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Skid (aerodynamics)
In a straight flight, the tail of the airplane aligns the fuselage into the relative wind.
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Skin (aeronautics)
The skin of an aircraft is the outer surface which covers much of its wings and fuselage.
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Slip (aerodynamics)
A slip is an aerodynamic state where an aircraft is moving somewhat sideways as well as forward relative to the oncoming airflow or relative wind.
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Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod
The Lockheed Martin Sniper is a targeting pod for military aircraft that provides positive target identification, autonomous tracking, GPS coordinate generation, and precise weapons guidance from extended standoff ranges. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod are Lockheed Martin aircraft.
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Sortie
A sortie (from the French word meaning ''exit'' or from Latin root surgere meaning to "rise up") is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops, from a strongpoint.
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Soviet–Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.
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Split S
The split S is an Aerobatic maneuver and an air combat maneuver mostly used to disengage from combat.
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Splitter plate (aeronautics)
A splitter plate is a component in some jet aircraft, used to control the airflow into the engine.
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Stabilator
A stabilator is a fully movable aircraft horizontal stabilizer.
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Stall (engine)
A stall is the slowing or stopping of a process and in the case of an engine refers to a sudden stopping of the engine turning, usually brought about accidentally.
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Stall (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases.
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Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
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Strake (aeronautics)
In aviation, a strake is an aerodynamic surface generally mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft to improve the flight characteristics either by controlling the airflow (acting as large vortex generators) or by a simple stabilising effect.
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Sukhoi Su-17
The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S-32; NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Sukhoi Su-17 are mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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Sukhoi Su-25
The Sukhoi Su-25 Grach (Грач (rook); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi.
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Sukhoi Su-30MKI
The Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a two-seater, twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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Supercruise
Supercruise is sustained supersonic flight of a supersonic aircraft without using afterburner (also known as "reheat").
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Supersonic speed
Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 1).
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Supreme Council of National Defence (Romania)
The Supreme Council of National Defence (Consiliul Suprem de Apărare a Ţării; acronym: CSAT) is the autonomous administrative authority in Romania, invested by the Constitution with the task of organising and coordinating, by unanimous decisions, the activities related to the country's defence and national security.
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Swept wing
A swept wing is a wing angled either backward or occasionally forward from its root rather than perpendicular to the fuselage.
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Synthetic-aperture radar
Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) is a form of radar that is used to create two-dimensional images or three-dimensional reconstructions of objects, such as landscapes.
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Syrian Air Force
The Syrian Air Force (SyAF or SAF), officially the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF or SAAF; al-Quwwāt al-Jawwīyah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is the air force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces.
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Syrian civil war
The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.
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Tailhook
A tailhook, arresting hook, or arrester hook is a device attached to the empennage (rear) of some military fixed-wing aircraft.
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Taiwan News
Taiwan News (formerly China News) is an English-language online newspaper and former print newspaper in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Targeting pod
Targeting pods (TGP) are target designation tools used by attack aircraft for identifying targets and guiding precision-guided munition (PGM) such as laser-guided bombs to those targets.
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Tengah Air Base
The Tengah Air Base is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) located in the Western Water Catchment, in the western part of Singapore.
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Terma A/S
Terma A/S is a Danish defense and aerospace manufacturer for both civilian and military applications, and is owned by the Danish company Thrige Holding A/S.
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Terrain-following radar
Terrain-following radar (TFR) is a military aerospace technology that allows a very-low-flying aircraft to automatically maintain a relatively constant altitude above ground level and therefore make detection by enemy radar more difficult.
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The Express Tribune
The Express Tribune is a daily English-language newspaper based in Pakistan.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
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The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Thomas P. Christie
Thomas Philip Christie (born May 28, 1934 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American defense analyst who worked for the U.S. government.
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Thrust-to-weight ratio
Thrust-to-weight ratio is a dimensionless ratio of thrust to weight of a rocket, jet engine, propeller engine, or a vehicle propelled by such an engine that is an indicator of the performance of the engine or vehicle.
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Time Inc.
Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City.
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Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
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Track while scan
Track-while-scan (TWS) is a mode of radar operation in which the radar allocates part of its power to tracking a target or targets (up to forty with modern radar) while part of its power is allocated to scanning.
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Trim drag
Trim drag, denoted as Dm in the diagram, is the component of aerodynamic drag on an aircraft created by the flight control surfaces, mainly elevators and trimable horizontal stabilizers, when they are used to offset changes in pitching moment and centre of gravity during flight.
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Troels Lund Poulsen
Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976) is a Danish politician, who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and leader of italic.
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Turkish Aerospace Industries
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI; Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayi A.Ş., TUSAŞ) is the center of technology in design, development, manufacturing, integration of aerospace systems, modernization and after sales support in Turkey.
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Turkish Air Force
The Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) or TuAF is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.
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Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located east of Panama City, Florida.
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Ukrainian Air Force
The Ukrainian Air Force (Povitryani syly Zbroynykh syl Ukrayiny, PS ZSU) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the seven branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Ukrainska Pravda
Ukrainska Pravda (lit) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum).
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United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Air Force Plant 4
Air Force Plant 4 is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility in Fort Worth, Texas, currently owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
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United States Air Force Thunderbirds
The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force The Thunderbirds, as they are popularly known, are assigned to the 57th Wing, and are based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.
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United States Secretary of the Air Force
The Secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the Secretary of the Department of the Air Force, (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
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Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
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Vatan (2002 newspaper)
Vatan ("Homeland" or "Motherland") is a Turkish daily newspaper founded in 2002 by the Doğan Media Group.
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Venezuelan Air Force
Bolivarian Air Force of Venezuela (Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana), commonly known as the Venezuelan Air Force, is a professional armed body designed to defend Venezuela's sovereignty and airspace.
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Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Program
The Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Program was a United States Department of Defense (DOD) research program that ran from 1980 to 1990.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Viper
The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, New Zealand, Ireland, and various other isolated islands.
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Vortex
In fluid dynamics, a vortex (vortices or vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved.
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Vortex lift
Vortex lift is that portion of lift due to the action of leading edge vortices.
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Vought Model 1600
The Vought/General Dynamics Model 1600 series was a fighter aircraft proposal for the United States Navy's Navy Air Combat Fighter (NACF) program. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and Vought Model 1600 are mid-wing aircraft and single-engined jet aircraft.
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
The War in Afghanistan was an armed conflict that took place from 2001 to 2021.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
The Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser or WCMD system is a US tail kit produced by Lockheed Martin for use with the Tactical Munitions Dispenser family of cluster bombs to convert them to precision-guided munitions.
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Wing commander
Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.
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Wing root
The wing root is the part of the wing on a fixed-wing aircraft or winged-spaceship that is closest to the fuselage,Peppler, I.L.: From The Ground Up, page 9.
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Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but relatedNaimark (2003), p. xvii.
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Zuni (rocket)
The Zuni 5-inch Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket (FFAR), or simply Zuni, is a unguided rocket developed by the Hunter-Douglas Division of Bridgeport Brass Company and deployed by the United States Armed Forces, and the French Air Force.
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1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system
The Tri-Service aircraft designation system is a unified system introduced in 1962 by the United States Department of Defense for designating all U.S. military aircraft.
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1982 Lebanon War
The 1982 Lebanon War began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon.
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20 mm caliber
20 mm caliber is a specific size of popular autocannon ammunition.
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2006 Lebanon War
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War (حرب تموز, Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War (מלחמת לבנון השנייה, Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Golan Heights.
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2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
The 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, code-named Operation Sun (Güneş Harekatı) by the Turkish Armed Forces, began on February 21, 2008, when the Turkish Army sent troops into northern Iraq to target the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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2011 military intervention in Libya
On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention in Libya to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (UNSCR 1973), in response to events during the First Libyan Civil War.
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2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown
On 22 June 2012, a Turkish McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II reconnaissance jet was intercepted and shot down by the Syrian Army in international airspace, after having violated Syrian airspace.
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2013 United States budget sequestration
As a result of the Budget Control Act of 2011, a set of automatic spending cuts to United States federal government spending in particular of outlays were initially set to begin on January 1, 2013.
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2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash
On 26 January 2015, an F-16D Fighting Falcon jet fighter of the Hellenic Air Force crashed into a flight line shortly after take-off at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people: the two crew members and nine personnel on the ground.
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2015 Moncks Corner mid-air collision
On July 7, 2015, an F-16 fighter jet operated by the United States Air Force collided in-flight with a private Cessna 150 single-engine light aircraft over Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States.
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2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
On 24 November 2015, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M attack aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border.
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2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes
On 27 February 2019, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) conducted six airstrikes at multiple locations in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
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2023 Vilnius summit
The 2023 Vilnius summit was the 32nd formal meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the thirty-one members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), their partner countries, and the European Union, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 11–12 July 2023.
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23rd Wing
The 23rd Wing is a front-line United States Air Force Air Combat Command wing currently assigned to Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
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2nd Tactical Wing
The 2nd Tactical Wing (2 Tactische Wing, 2 Wing Tactique) is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces based at Florennes air base in the Southern French speaking part of Belgium near the (small) city of Dinant.
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34th Fighter Squadron
The 34th Fighter Squadron is part of the United States Air Force's 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
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388th Fighter Wing
The 388th Fighter Wing (388FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force.
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74th Fighter Squadron
The 74th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.
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8th Fighter Wing
The United States Air Force 8th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea and is assigned to Seventh Air Force.
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See also
1970s United States fighter aircraft
- Convair Model 200
- F-14 Tomcat operational history
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- List of McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle operators
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
- Northrop YF-17
- Rockwell XFV-12
Aircraft first flown in 1974
- ADI Sportster
- Ahrens AR 124
- American Champion Scout
- BAE Systems Hawk
- Bede BD-6
- Beechcraft Duchess
- Berger BX-110
- Boeing Vertol YUH-61
- CARMAM Aiglon
- Coates Swalesong
- Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard
- Davis DA-5
- Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- Glaser-Dirks DG-100
- Glasflügel 206
- Grob G102 Astir
- Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar
- IAR-93 Vultur
- IPE KW-2 Biguá
- Issoire Silène
- Kraft Super Fli
- Light Heart (balloon)
- Marske Monarch
- Mil Mi-22 (1975)
- Mini-Hawk Tiger-Hawk
- Northrop YF-17
- Panavia Tornado
- Piel Zephir
- Piper PA-32R
- Pober Pixie
- Rockwell B-1 Lancer
- Ryan YQM-98 R-Tern
- Scheibe SF-30 Club-Spatz
- Schempp-Hirth Janus
- Schleicher ASK 18
- Shaanxi Y-8
- Short 330
- Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
- Sikorsky S-70
- Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
- Slingsby T67 Firefly
- Soko J-22 Orao
- Start + Flug Hippie
- W.A.R. FW-190
- Williams-Cangie WC-1 Sundancer
Fourth-generation jet fighter
- AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo
- Boeing F-15EX Eagle II
- Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
- British Aerospace Harrier II
- British Aerospace Hawk 200
- CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder
- Chengdu J-10
- Dassault Mirage 2000
- Dassault Mirage 4000
- Eurofighter Typhoon
- Fourth-generation fighter
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- Guizhou JL-9
- HAL TEDBF
- Hongdu JL-10
- IAI Lavi
- KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
- McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
- McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
- Mikoyan MiG-29
- Mikoyan MiG-31
- Mikoyan MiG-35
- Mikoyan Project 1.44
- Mitsubishi F-2
- Northrop F-20 Tigershark
- Northrop YF-17
- Panavia Tornado ADV
- Saab JAS 39 Gripen
- Shenyang J-11
- Shenyang J-15
- Shenyang J-16
- Sukhoi Su-27
- Sukhoi Su-30
- Sukhoi Su-33
- Sukhoi Su-34
- Sukhoi Su-35
- Xi'an JH-7
- Yakovlev Yak-130
- Yakovlev Yak-141
General Dynamics aircraft
- General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
- General Dynamics F-111C
- General Dynamics F-111K
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- General Dynamics F-16XL
- General Dynamics Model 100
- General Dynamics X-62 VISTA
- General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark
- General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven
- General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B
- Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra
- McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II
- Project Isinglass
Lockheed Martin aircraft
- Bell V-280 Valor
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- List of preserved Lockheed aircraft
- Lockheed AC-130
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed EC-130
- Lockheed HC-130
- Lockheed MC-130
- Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
- Lockheed Martin Cormorant
- Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II operators
- Lockheed Martin FB-22
- Lockheed Martin KC-130
- Lockheed Martin P-791
- Lockheed Martin Polecat
- Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
- Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar
- Lockheed Martin SR-72
- Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel
- Lockheed Martin X-33
- Lockheed Martin X-35
- Lockheed Martin X-44 (UAV)
- Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA
- Lockheed Martin X-55
- Lockheed Martin X-56
- Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst
- Lockheed WC-130
- Sikorsky VH-92 Patriot
- Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod
Relaxed-stability aircraft
- Dassault Mirage 2000
- Dassault Rafale
- Eurofighter Typhoon
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
- General Dynamics F-16XL
- General Dynamics X-62 VISTA
- Grumman X-29
- Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
- Lockheed Have Blue
- Northrop B-2 Spirit
- Saab JAS 39 Gripen
- Sukhoi Su-35
- Sukhoi Su-47
References
Also known as Block 1/5 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Block 10 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Block 15 ADF F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Block 15 F-16 Fighting Falcon, Block 15 F-16A ADF Fighting Falcon, Block 15 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Block 20 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Block 25 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, Block 30 F-16C Fighting Falcon, Block 30 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, Block 30 F-16D Fighting Falcon, Block 32 F-16C Fighting Falcon, Block 32 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, Block 40 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, Block 42 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, Block 5 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Block 5/10 F-16A Fighting Falcon, Block 52 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, F 16, F 16 viper, F-16, F-16 'Falcons', F-16 Falcon, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-16 Viper, F-16 fighter jet, F-16 jet fighter, F-16 jet fighters, F-161, F-16A, F-16A ADF Fighting Falcon, F-16A Block 15 Fighting Falcon, F-16A Block 5 Fighting Falcon, F-16A Fighting Falcon, F-16A/B Block 10 Fighting Falcon, F-16A/B Block 15 Fighting Falcon, F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, F-16A/B Fighting Falcon ADF, F-16A/B/ADF Fighting Falcon, F-16B, F-16C, F-16C Block 25 Fighting Falcon, F-16C Block 30 Fighting Falcon, F-16C Block 40 Lantirn Fighting Falcon, F-16C Block 42 Fighting Falcon, F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcon, F-16C Falcon, F-16C Fighting Falcon, F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 30, F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 42, F-16CG Falcon, F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, F-16D, F-16D Fighting Falcon, F-16E/F Fighting Falcon, F-16s, F.16, F16, F16 Falcon, F16 Fighting Falcon, F16 plane, F16I, FI6, Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16, General Dynamics F-16 MATV, General Dynamics F-16A, General Dynamics F-16A Block 15F Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16A Block 15J Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16A Block 5 Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16A block 10 Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16B, General Dynamics F-16B Block 15L Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16B Block 5 Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16B Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16C Block 30H Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16C Block 50C Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16D Block 30J Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16D Block 32F Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics YF-16, General Dynamics YF-16A Fighting Falcon, General Dynamics/SABCA F-16A Block 20 MLU Fighting Falcon, KF-16, Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16, Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16A Block 10A Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16A Block 15AQ OCU Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16B Block 20 MLU Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16B Block 5 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 25D Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 30J Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 32J Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 50 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 50D Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 50S Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16CG Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Block 50 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16CJ/D Block 50B Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16CM Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin F-16DJ Block 50D Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin Fighting Falcon, Lockheed-Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon, QF-16A Falcon, YF-16, YF16.
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