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75 unusual facts about United States Air Force


28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (28 EARS) is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

305th Air Refueling Squadron

The 305th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

307th Air Refueling Squadron

The 307th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

310th Air Refueling Squadron

The 310th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

320th Air Refueling Squadron

The 320th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

321st Air Refueling Squadron

The 321st Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

380th Air Refueling Squadron

The 380th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

507th Air Refueling Wing

The 507th Air Refueling Wing (507 ARW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force.

6023d Radar Evaluation Squadron

The 6023d Radar Evaluation Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

711th Air Refueling Squadron

The United States Air Force's 711th Air Refueling Squadron (711 ARS) was an aerial refueling unit that operated the KC-10 Extender at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina.

71st Air Refueling Squadron

The 71st Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

763d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 763d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

7th Air Refueling Squadron

The 7th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

902d Air Refueling Squadron

The 902d Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force (USAF) unit.

90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (90 EARS) is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

Abraham Lavender

He served from 1964 to 1968 in the United States Air Force and completed his service as a Captain, serving at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and in Izmir, Turkey, as part of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

Alexander Gonzalez

His service in the United States Air Force allowed him to utilize the G.I. Bill to earn his undergraduate degree in history at Pomona College.

Arnold Tucker

Arnold Tucker (born January 5, 1924) is a retired United States Air Force officer who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1947.

Australian rules football during the World Wars

Because the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Lake Oval were taken over by the United States Air Force as bases, Melbourne and South Melbourne had to play their home games elsewhere, whilst the Junction Oval for two seasons and the Western Oval for 1942 were also commandeered.

Bill Stealey

(born 1947) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and the current CEO of iEntertainment Network.

Boston Camera

It was given to the Air Force Museum in 1964, along with a contact print of a golf ball on a course.

Brian Patrick Regan

Brian Patrick Regan is a former master sergeant in the United States Air Force who was convicted of offering to sell secret information to foreign governments.

CA Software Change Manager

CCC was designed to manage all the components that went into an aircraft engine, and seeing as the same engine was used by both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy (for the F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle) it required robust and reliable parallel development.

Chester A. Chesney

He entered the United States Air Force in June 1941 as a private and was discharged as a major in 1946 with service in the Pacific and European Theaters.

Chloe Sutton

Her father is a U.S. Air Force officer who was in the Pentagon at the time of the September 11 attacks and is a former football player who played for the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Colin Eaborn

Thanks to grants from the United States Air Force and Army, Eaborn was able to assemble a team of 15 researchers and students, and in 1960 published the textbook Organosillicon Compounds, which had "a major influence on the development of what has become one of the most prolific areas of organometallic chemistry, with extensive applications in organic synthesis, catalysis and materials science".

Community College of the Air Force

The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) is a federal program offered by the United States Air Force which grants two-year Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees in association with Air University.

Compass Cope

Compass Cope was a program initiated by the United States Air Force to develop an upgraded reconnaissance Unmanned aerial vehicle.

Connie Pillich

Prior, she had a career in the United States Air Force, serving in support of Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield.

Dayton's Devils

Frank Dayton (Leslie Nielsen) leads a group of crooks in a caper to steal $2,500,000 from an Air Force base.

Dick Goddard

Goddard began his weather career while taking classes on meteorology during a stint with the United States Air Force from 1949 through the early 1950s.

Eames Lounge Chair Wood

In 1942 Charles left MGM to begin making molded plywood splints for the U.S. Air Force.

Edgar Petersen

Siegfried Knemeyer, a subordinate of Oberst Petersen, who later served with the United States Air Force for over 30 years

Elliott Ward Cheney, Jr.

Cheney was awarded grants for his research on approximation theory from the National Science Foundation, United States Air Force and United States Army as well as the UK Research Councils and the Italian Scientific Research Council, among others.

Eric Schadt

In 1983, Schadt left high school early to enlist in the United States Air Force and joined a Special Operations/Rescue unit.

F-117 Night Storm

Arcade mode allows players to pick and choose every aspect of the mission, while campaign mode is basically a career in the United States Air Force.

Flight Officer Badge

The Navigator Badge and Aircrew Badge, variations of the Flight Officer Badge, are issued by the Air Force.

Ian Lewis

In 2008 he was appointed an Honorary Commander of the United States Air Force.

Jeep CJ

Produced in Mexico from 1984 to 1986, they were used by the United States Air Force for use as an aircraft pulling vehicle.

Jim Van Pelt

Van Pelt's football career was cut short when he was drafted into the United States Air Force in the summer of 1960 for a three-year period of service.

His professional football career ended in 1960 when he was drafted into the United States Air Force for a three-year term of service.

Joel L. Malter

Upon graduating from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1953, Malter enlisted in the United States Air Force, with an initial station in England and later one in Tripoli, Libya.

Joseph Cyril Bamford

Working in supply and logistics, he returned to the African Gold Coast, to run a staging post for USAF planes being ferried to the Middle East.

Joseph Ligambi

He attended South Philadelphia High School before dropping out his junior year to join the United States Air Force, where he eventually earned his high school diploma.

Judy Buenoano

In 1971, she was married to James Goodyear (1934–1971), a sergeant in the United States Air Force.

Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2003

Physician and former Air Force pilot Ernie Fletcher won the Republican primary easily.

Kissin' Cousins

Elvis plays the dual role of look-alike cousins Josh Morgan, a dark-haired U.S. Air Force second lieutenant, and Jodie Tatum, a blond hillbilly.

Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research

The Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project is a collaboration of the United States Air Force, NASA, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory for the systematic discovery and tracking of near-Earth asteroids.

Linda Vallejo

Her father entered the United States Air Force as a commissioned officer and the family moved to Germany.

Little Johnny Jet

He then finds out he and Mary are going to have a kid, so needing to find work, he heads off to reenlist in the Air Force, but finds even they won't take him back in, as they're looking for jets as well, which further angers him.

Lo'renzo Hill-White

After graduating high school, Hill-White joined the United States Air Force.

Marion Keisker

Marion Keisker MacInnes (September 23, 1917 – December 29, 1989), born in Memphis, Tennessee, was a radio show host, station manager, U.S. Air Force officer, and assistant to Sam Phillips at Sun Records.

Non-commissioned officer

In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, all ranks of sergeant are termed NCOs, as are corporals in the Army and Marine Corps.

Outline of Ascension Island

The island is the location of Wideawake Airfield, which is a joint facility of the Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force.

Paicines, California

Famous people associated with Paicines include Lieutenant General Janet C. Wolfenbarger, the highest-ranking woman in the United States Air Force; her parents Eldon and Shirley Libby reside in Paicines.

Philip Lieberman

In the late 1950s and in the 1960s he worked as a research assistant at MIT before serving in the United States Air Force and also carrying out research there at the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (AFCRL) at Hanscom Air Force Base and also working at Haskins Laboratories.

Politics of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi

After the 1986 bombing of Libya by the United States Air Force, Gaddafi decreed that the word "Great" should be appended to the beginning of the name, rendering its official name Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma, or Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation

Dedicated to the honored dead of American aviation on the 50th anniversary of powered flight, December 17, 1953, by Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker USAF (retired).

Programmable read-only memory

The invention was conceived at the request of the United States Air Force to come up with a more flexible and secure way of storing the targeting constants in the Atlas E/F ICBM's airborne digital computer.

R.I. Bong Air Force Base

The United States Air Force then instructed the Air Defense Command to study the possibility of locating a base which would house two fighter-interceptor squadrons within a 70-mile radius from the city.

RAF Kirknewton

From 1952 to 1966, Kirknewton was home to several small United States Air Force units tasked with providing mobile radio facilities in Britain.

RAF Sturgate

In 1953 the station was allocated for use by the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command and the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing operating the Republic F-84 Thunderjet.

Robert J. McIntosh

McIntosh served in the United States Air Force from 1942 to 1945 and was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in England as a fighter pilot.

Robert M. L. Baker, Jr.

While on a two-year tour of active duty in the United States Air Force, he worked on a variety of classified aerospace projects.

Roy Padrick

Padrick has covered some of the Navy's most important events, from the rescue of downed Air Force pilot Capt. Scott O'Grady, to the rescue of thousands of refugees in then-Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in what was called Operation Noble Obelisk.

Saints, Seine-et-Marne

For a short period of time, this village became the operating base of almost the entire US Air Service, the predecessor of the US Air Force.

Stefanos Sarafis

He and his wife Marion were taking a walk when an automobile driven by a non-commissioned officer of the United States Air Force collided with them.

Stephen Reinhardt

After law school, Reinhardt worked at the legal counsel’s office for the United States Air Force as a lieutenant in Washington, D.C..

The Big Green Egg

The mushikamado first came to the attention of the Americans after World War II when US Air Force servicemen would bring them back from Japan in empty transport planes.

The Conversion of Chaplain Cohen

The Conversion of Chaplain Cohen is a 1963 novel by the American writer and rabbi Herbert Tarr about a young rabbi serving as a United States Air Force military chaplain.

Trouble in the Glen

By the time American widower, Major Jim "Lance" Lansing (Tucker), a former Air Force pilot who was stationed in Scotland during World War II, returns there, the disgruntled villagers are burning the laird in effigy.

United States Air Force Web Posting Response

The United States Air Force Web Posting Response Assessment is a twelve-point plan developed by the Emerging Technology Division of the US Air Force’s Affairs Agency that illustrates how US Airmen should respond to online blogs.

University of North Texas System

1982–2002: Alfred Hurley, PhD & Brig. Gen. USAF (Ret.), was appointed president and chancellor on February 1, 1982, making him UNT's twelfth president and second chancellor.

Wantagh Fire Department

During the month of August in 1954 a United States Air Force fighter while traveling from Delaware to Massachusetts crashed into the middle of the street on Denver Road in Wantagh.


2d Air Support Operations Squadron

The United States Air Force's 2d Air Support Operations Squadron (2 ASOS) is a combat support unit located at Vilseck, Germany.

340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

361st Fighter Group

Today, the 127th Wing is a part of the USA's national defense, being part of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command's First Air Force.

39th Airlift Squadron

The 39th Airlift Squadron (39 AS) is a United States Air Force unit based at Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas.

43d Air Refueling Squadron

The 43d Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

904th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 904th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

920th Air Refueling Squadron

The 920th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

Aluminium–air battery

Aluminium-chlorine battery was patented by United States Air Force in the 1970s and designed mostly for military applications.

Brian Bowman

Brian Bowman is a euphonium professor, performer and recording artist notable for having sat lead euphonium in the premier bands of both the United States Navy and the United States Air Force as well as having performed the first euphonium recital at Carnegie Hall.

CFB Shearwater

Beginning in the 1970s, CFB Shearwater began hosting an Armed Forces Day every fall, typically on the weekend following Labour Day, and included an air show where the long and wide runways at Shearwater hosted some of the largest aircraft in the world, including the U.S. Air Force's C-5 Galaxy transport planes and B-52 Stratofortress bombers.

Edward Higgins White, Sr.

He attended Harvard Business School, from which he received his Master of Business Administration in 1937, and spent World War II working as a budget and financial officer, first at the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field, Ohio, and then in the Office of the Chief of United States Army Air Forces in Washington, D.C. He transferred to the United States Air Force when it was created in 1947.

Gregory T. Baldwin

Gregory T. Baldwin, born March 23, 1976 in Hollywood, California, is a United States Air Force Officer and former video game developer, best known for his work with Electronic Arts' Westwood Studios and Interplay Entertainment.

Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash

The first emergency response arrived at 8:22 am with the fire brigade, ambulance and police services being assisted by doctors and a medical unit of the United States Air Force.

Hochvogel

According to the United States Air Force the accident was due to a navigation error when the aircraft flew into a snowstorm.

Illinois World War II Army Airfields

Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).

L. Neil Smith

His father was an Air Force officer, and his childhood was spent in various places including Waco, McQueenie, and La Porte, Texas; Salina, Kansas; Sacramento, California; and Gifford, Illinois (all before he completed fifth grade) and then St. John's, Newfoundland and Ft. Walton Beach, Florida where he graduated from high school.

Lincoln Park, Calgary

The neighbourhood is located on the section of the former Canadian Forces Base Calgary that during World War II was a Royal Canadian Air Force airfield; the name of the district derives from a small area of military housing located between 54th Avenue S.W. and Glenmore Trail which was reserved for United States Air Force members stationed at the airfield during World War II.

Major Anderson

Rudolf Anderson (15 September 1927 – 27 October 1962), a pilot and officer in the United States Air Force

Michael I. Yarymovych

In 1962 he joined NASA Headquarters as Assistant Director of Systems Engineering on the Apollo project and later moved to the Air Force as Technical Director of the Air Force Manned Orbital Laboratory, and Deputy for Requirements to the Assistant Secretary for Research and Development.

Michael J. Saylor

Saylor was born in 1965 and spent his early years on various Air Force bases around the world, as his father was an Air Force chief master sergeant.

Montana Air National Guard

Under the "Total Force" concept, Montana Air National Guard units are considered to be Air Reserve Components (ARC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

National Solar Observatory

The site's name was chosen by the late James C. Sadler, (1920–2005), an internationally noted meteorologist and professor at The University of Hawaii, formerly with the United States Air Force on assignment during the early inception of the observatory.

Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle

Operations during this period were described by Ernest K. Gann, based upon his personal experiences in the Air Transport Command, in his book, Fate Is the Hunter.

Oregon World War II Army Airfields

Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).

Parasite aircraft

During the early years of the Cold War, the United States Air Force experimented with a variety of parasite fighters to protect its Convair B-36 bombers, including the dedicated XF-85 Goblin, and methods of either carrying a Republic F-84 Thunderjet in the bomber's bomb bay (the FICON project), or attached to the bomber's wingtips (Project Tom-Tom).

Pianosa

Joseph Heller's absurdist novel Catch-22 is set on a U.S. Army Air Corps bomber squadron base on Pianosa during World War II, but Heller conceded that he took literary license in making Pianosa big enough for a major military complex.

RCAF Station St. Margarets

The United States Air Force also operated four Pinetree Line stations further east at Stephenville, St. Anthony, Gander and St. John's on Newfoundland.

Richard R. Muller

Dr Richard R. Muller is professor of airpower history within the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at the USAF's Air University in Montgomery, Alabama.

Robert Macauley

Macauley first became involved in major charitable efforts following the Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident in April 1975, in which a United States Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy carrying South Vietnamese orphans as part of Operation Babylift, crashed on landing killing more than 150 and leaving 175 survivors, many of them among the 2,000 children awaiting transportation to the United States in the days before Fall of Saigon to forces of the Viet Cong later that month.

Russ Dugger

Upon graduating college, he felt a calling to serve his country and promptly decided to join the United States Air Force - a decision which ultimately led to an opportunity to play trumpet in the United States Air Force Band, which he did for five years before deciding to pursue motorsports.

Scientific Advisory Group

The Scientific Advisory Group of the United States Air Force, later renamed the Scientific Advisory Board, was established in 1944, when General Henry H. Arnold asked Dr. Theodore von Kármán to establish a group of scientists to review the techniques and research trends in aeronautics.

Squadron Officer School

Squadron Officer School (SOS), is an eight-week long Professional Military Education course for U.S. Air Force Captains.

Taejon Airfield

Taejon Airfield also known as K-5 Air Base was a former United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) air base northwest of the city of Taejon, South Korea.

Tennessee World War II Army Airfields

Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).

The Snuke

Meanwhile, the United States Air Force attacks and effortlessly destroys the British fleet.

Travis Raven

He entered the University of Texas in 1941 and graduated in 1948 with three years in between serving in the Air Force.

Utah World War II Army Airfields

Most of these airfields were under the command of Second Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).

Wendell L. Griffin

Major General Wendell Lee Griffin, USAF, is a retired American Air Force officer who served as the Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force from 2007 to 2009.

White Glacier

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for General Thomas D. White, United States Air Force (USAF), Chief of Staff and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957–61, who participated in the planning and organizational stages of Operation Deep Freeze in an administrative capacity and in matters relating to aircraft.

William Burton Roy

William Burton "Bill" Roy (born on 4 December 1958 in Versailles, Illinois) is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and former U.S. Olympian in skeet shooting.