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Princeton's WordNet

  1. United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAFnoun

    the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space

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  1. USAF

    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. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. The United States Air Force is a military service branch organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Air Force through the Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, who reports to the Secretary of Defense and is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation. The highest-ranking military officer in the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who exercises supervision over Air Force units and serves as one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As directed by the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Air Force, certain Air Force components are assigned to unified combatant commands. Combatant commanders are delegated operational authority of the forces assigned to them, while the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force retain administrative authority over their members. Along with conducting independent air operations, the United States Air Force provides air support for land and naval forces and aids in the recovery of troops in the field. As of 2017, the service operates more than 5,369 military aircraft and 406 ICBMs. The world's largest air force, it has a $156.3 billion budget and is the second largest service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, with 329,614 active duty airmen, 172,857 civilian personnel, 69,056 reserve airmen, and 107,414 Air National Guard airmen.

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  1. usaf

    United States Air Force, a branch of the United States military responsible for aerial warfare and defense.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of USAF in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of USAF in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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  1. Roger Thompson:

    For most objects in space, there's nobody controlling The USAF system, there's somewhere between 22,000 and 24,000 pieces of debris being tracked by [ the US military ], but it doesn't see all of them, and it doesn't see all of them all the time.

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