A non-exhaustive list of acronyms and abbreviations found in the 2022 Almanac.
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Principal USAF and major command leaders through the years.
Cyber standards set for commercial vendors; What if GPS goes dark?: Senators vie for New Space National Guard; USSF plans to add three new intelligence squadrons; MDA wants its own satellites.
New USAF Brown and Blue Books; Refusing COVID vaccine leads to general discharges; 10-year low in E-7 promotions; Space Force eases uniform policies; AMC endurance record set.
Recent wargaming results; ARRW at hypersonic speed; Advanced F-22 capabilities revealed.
B-21 first flight postponed; New Air Force One coming; LaPlante sees risk in Sentinel ICBM.
Flying hours decline; Contract Red Air; Tyndall rebuild.
“World’s Greatest Air Force” is not a lifetime title like “Supreme Court Justice.”
The Air Force has nine major commands and two Air Reserve Components. (Air Force Reserve Command is both a majcom and an ARC.) In late 2019, Air Force Space Command was redesignated U.S. Space Force, a separate military branch under the Department of the Air ...
The Defense Department Budget rolls up the total spending by each military department—the Departments of the Air Force (which also includes the Space Force), the Navy (which also includes the Marine Corps), and the Army.
Emblems and Majcom affiliation.
A guide to Active duty, Reserve, and Air National Guard installations worldwide; locator maps for U.S. and overseas installations and operating bases.
