The security forces rewrite
Article Abstract:
More than 30,000 airmen serve in security forces, but the field is in a flux due to an upsurge in expeditionary air operations and it is no longer enough merely to guard a perimeter. Future joint concepts of operation like forcible entry and vertical envelopment will take airmen and their air bases deep into dangerous territory.
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2006
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Storms of war
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Weather affects navigation, safety of flight, and tactics are very crucial for military aviation. The United States Air Force has installed safety measures like the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to aid fighter aircraft pilots.
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2004
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The missing aces
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The present day Air Force pilots are far more likely to tangle with SAMs than with enemy aircrafts. The Air Force has come across only 816 of the airmen in its 97-year history, called as ace, who have scored aerial victories.
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2004
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