United States Air Force

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air force military service branch space warfare force

The United States Air Force is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for air superiority, global strike, rapid mobility, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.

Aliases (18)

U.S. Air Force ×35
USAF ×3
HQ USAF ×2
Regular Air Force ×2
US Air Force ×2
air and space forces ×2
Air Force Active Component ×1
Air Force Intelligence ×1
The U.S. Air Force (Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder) ×1
United States Air Force (covertly) ×1
United States Air Force (for testing and integration roles) ×1
United States Air Force (former) ×1
United States Air Force (historical) ×1
United States Air Force (intended) ×1
United States Air Force demonstration teams ×1
United States Air Force officer ranks ×1
United States Air Force ranks ×1
United States Air Force units ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force → military service branch → space warfare force →
abbreviation	USAF →
alliance	North Atlantic Treaty Organization →
component	Air Force Reserve → Air National Guard → Regular Air Force →
country	United States of America →
domain	air → cyberspace → space →
foundedBy	United States government →
garrison	Joint Base Andrews →
headquartersCity	Arlington, Virginia →
headquartersCountry	United States of America →
headquartersLocation	The Pentagon →
inception	1947-09-18 →
legalBasis	National Security Act of 1947 →
motto	Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win →
operates	airlift aircraft → bomber aircraft → fighter aircraft → intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft → military satellites → remotely piloted aircraft → tanker aircraft →
parentDepartment	United States Department of Defense → United States Department of the Air Force →
partOf	United States Armed Forces →
precededBy	United States Army Air Forces →
primaryMission	defend the United States through control and exploitation of air and space →
role	aerial warfare → air superiority → global strike → intelligence operations → rapid global mobility → reconnaissance operations → space warfare → surveillance operations →
serviceChiefTitle	Chief of Staff of the Air Force →
serviceSecretaryTitle	Secretary of the Air Force →
trainingInstitution	Air University → United States Air Force Academy →
usesRankStructure	United States Air Force enlisted ranks → United States Air Force officer ranks →
warfareCapability	airborne command and control → conventional precision strike → nuclear strike → strategic airlift → tactical airlift →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
15th Wing → 36th Wing → 412th Maintenance Group → 412th Medical Group → 412th Mission Support Group → 412th Operations Group → 412th Test Wing → 50th Space Wing → 62nd Airlift Wing → 734th Air Mobility Squadron → 89th Airlift Wing → AFMC → Air Force District of Washington → Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center → Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center → Air Force Space Command → Air Force Space Command → Air Force Special Operations Command → Air Force Sustainment Center → Air Force Test Center → Air Mobility Command → Alexander Butterfield → Armed Forces Security Agency → Bobby Seale → Brent Scowcroft → Brigadier General Chuck Edwards → C. Robert Kehler → Cannon Air Force Base → Carl Spaatz → Charles Pearre Cabell → Chief of the National Guard Bureau → Chuck Yeager → Curtis LeMay → Department of the Air Force → Detachment 1, 69th Reconnaissance Group → Donald J. Kutyna → Donald J. Kutyna → Donald J. Kutyna → Edward White → Edwards Air Force Base → Eleventh Air Force → Ellison Onizuka → Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program → Fifth Air Force → Francis Gary Powers → Francis R. Scobee → Frank Borman → Fred Haise → George Steinbrenner → Gunter Annex ("U.S. Air Force") → Hap Arnold → Illinois National Guard → Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. → Jack Swigert → James R. Clapper → Joe Engle → John W. Raymond → Johnny Cash → Joint Special Operations Command → Kevin P. Chilton → Kirtland Air Force Base → Lance W. Lord → MacDill Air Force Base → Maxwell Air Force Base → Michael Collins → Michael P. Anderson → Michael V. Hayden → Mitchel Field complex → Morgan Freeman → Operation Gothic Serpent → Operation Linebacker → Operation Power Pack → Pacific Air Forces → Paul W. Tibbets III → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → Rick D. Husband → Robert M. Gates → Roy Scheider → Silver Star → Slade Gorton → Special Operations Command Europe → Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education → Thomas Stafford → U.S. Central Command → Warfighter’s Edge → William L. Shelton → Wright-Patterson Air Force Base →	militaryBranch
Air Force One → Allison T56 → Andersen Air Force Base → Andrews Air Force Base → Atlas-Centaur → B-1B Lancer → Bell UH-1 Iroquois → Bell X-2 → Bell X-5 → Boeing B-52 Stratofortress → Boeing KC-46 Pegasus → Boeing X-37 → C-27J Spartan → C-5 Galaxy → Cannon Air Force Base → Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 → Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 → Convair T-29 → Defense Support Program → Douglas X-3 Stiletto → E-3 Sentry → Edwards Air Force Base → Eglin Air Force Base → Eielson Air Force Base → Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program → F-15 Eagle → F-22 Raptor → Ford Island → Grumman X-29 → Hickam Air Force Base → Hurlburt Field → Joint Advanced Strike Technology program ("U.S. Air Force") → Joint Base Andrews → Joint Base Lewis–McChord → Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam → Kirtland Air Force Base → Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II → Lockheed U-2 → MacDill Air Force Base → Maxwell Air Force Base → Moffett Field, California ("United States Air Force (historical)") → Morón Air Base → Nellis Air Force Base → Nevada Test and Training Range → North American F-86 Sabre → North American X-15 → Operation Noble Eagle → Operation Vittles → Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 → Prompt Global Strike → RAF Fairford → Runway 06L/24R → Runway 06R/24L → SAM 27000 → Space Test Course → Space-Based Infrared System ("U.S. Air Force") → Titan IIIE-Centaur → Tyndall Air Force Base → VC-25B Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program → Wright-Patterson Air Force Base → X-Plane experimental aircraft programs →	operator
Air Command and Staff College → Air Force Institute of Technology → Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center → Air Force Office of Scientific Research → Air Force ROTC → Air Force Research Institute → Air Force Research Laboratory → Air University → Air War College → Atlas → Bell X-1 → Community College of the Air Force → Experimental Test Pilot Course → Flight Test Engineer Course → Gunter Annex → International Officer School → Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling → Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson → KADW → LC-18A → LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education → McChord Field → Officer Training School (United States Air Force) → PGUA → Pope Army Airfield → RAF Chicksands → School of Advanced Air and Space Studies → Test Combat Systems Officer Course → United States Air Force Academy → United States Air Force Test Pilot School →	operatedBy
B-1B Lancer → B-2 Spirit → B-29 Superfortress → Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor → Bell X-1 → Bell X-2 → Boeing B-52 Stratofortress → Boeing KC-46 Pegasus → Boeing X-37 → C-17 Globemaster III → C-5 Galaxy → Cessna O-2 Skymaster → Convair T-29 → Douglas X-3 Stiletto ("USAF") → E-3 Sentry → F-15 Eagle → F-16 Fighting Falcon → F-22 Raptor → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → Learjet 35 → Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star → Lockheed U-2 → MH-60 Black Hawk → McDonnell Douglas YC-15 → North American F-100 Super Sabre → North American T-28 Trojan → Northrop X-4 Bantam → Republic F-84 Thunderjet → SR-71 Blackbird →	primaryUser
14th Air Force → 21st Space Wing → 30th Space Wing → 446th Airlift Wing → 460th Space Wing → 647th Air Base Group → 734th Air Mobility Squadron → Air Education and Training Command → Air Force Distinguished Service Medal → Air Force Gallant Unit Citation → Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor device → Andrews Air Force Base → Arkansas National Guard → Eglin Air Force Base → Eighth Air Force → Flight Test Engineer Course → Hurlburt Field → Joint Base Lewis–McChord → Joint Task Force-Bravo → Nellis Air Force Base → Officer Training School (United States Air Force) → Pope Army Airfield → Presidential Airlift Group → Special Operations Command South → Thirteenth Air Force → Twelfth Air Force → Twenty-Fifth Air Force → Tyndall Air Force Base →	branch
113th Wing → 14th Air Force → 167th Airlift Wing → Air Education and Training Command → Air Force Life Cycle Management Center → Air Force Materiel Command → Air Force Research Institute → Air Force Reserve → Air Force Space Command → Air Mobility Command → Air National Guard → Chief of Staff of the Air Force → Fifth Air Force → Headquarters United States Air Force → Pacific Air Forces → Strategic Air Command → Twelfth Air Force → United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps → United States Air Forces Africa → United States Air Forces in Europe →	partOf
Alexander Butterfield → Buzz Aldrin → Carl Spaatz → Charles Pearre Cabell → Donald J. Kutyna → Donald J. Kutyna → Donald J. Kutyna → Edward White → Ellison Onizuka → Francis R. Scobee → Harold Brown → Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. → Joe Engle → Kevin P. Chilton → Lance W. Lord → Michael P. Anderson → Michael V. Hayden → William L. Shelton →	employer
412th Medical Group → Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals → Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center → Air Force Life Cycle Management Center → Air Force Materiel Command → Air Force One ("U.S. Air Force") → Air Force Reserve → Air Medal → Air War College → Cadet Wing → Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force → Chief of Staff of the Air Force →	serviceBranch
Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 → Executive Order 9981 ("U.S. Air Force") → John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 → Manual for Courts-Martial ("U.S. Air Force") → Munitions Board → National Military Strategy ("U.S. Air Force") → Public Law 99-433 → Warfighter’s Edge ("U.S. Air Force") →	appliesTo
Air Force One Pavilion → Guardians of the High Frontier → Hangar Three ("U.S. Air Force") → LOM → Rogers Dry Lake → The American Soldier → UAM →	associatedWith
Carl Spaatz → Charles Pearre Cabell → Curtis LeMay → George Carlin → George Carlin ("United States Air Force (former)") → Kevin P. Chilton →	memberOf
AFMC → Air Command and Staff College → Air Force Office of Scientific Research → Air Force Special Operations Command → U.S. Air Forces Northern → U.S. Air Forces Southern →	parentOrganization
Aerojet Rocketdyne ("U.S. Air Force") → Convair → JSF program → STP-2 ("U.S. Air Force") → VC-25B Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program →	customer
412th Test Wing → 62nd Airlift Wing → 89th Airlift Wing → Air Force Space Command → California National Guard →	service
International Officer School → MacDill Air Force Base → Maxwell Air Force Base → Tempelhof Airport →	controlledBy
Bell X-5 ("USAF") → Boeing X-37 → Boeing X-45 → E-3 Sentry →	developedFor
AMRAAM → C-17 Globemaster III → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → Lockheed C-130 Hercules →	enteredServiceWith
412th Medical Group → Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals → Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force → Headquarters United States Air Force →	jurisdiction
Gregg Popovich → John Seigenthaler → Rance Howard → Ross Perot Jr. →	militaryService
SecDef → Secretary of the Air Force → United States Department of Defense → United States Secretary of Defense →	oversees
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center ("U.S. Air Force") → Space Weather Prediction Center ("U.S. Air Force") → United States Missile Defense Agency ("U.S. Air Force") →	collaboratesWith
647th Air Base Group → Air Force Sustainment Center → Air National Guard →	commandStructure
Centaur → Defense Support Program → SM-65 Atlas →	developedBy
Air Force Satellite Control Network → Space Fence → Torrejón Air Base →	formerOperator
General Dynamics → Pratt & Whitney → Raytheon Company ("U.S. Air Force") →	majorCustomer
United States Army Air Corps → United States Army Air Forces → United States Army Air Service →	predecessorOf
Douglas X-3 Stiletto → Grumman X-29 → Northrop X-21 →	programSponsor
Bobby Seale → James Forman → Morgan Freeman →	servedIn
Air Force Falcons → United States Air Force Memorial Foundation →	affiliation
Kuwait Air Force → Republic of Korea Air Force →	alliedWith
RAF Air Mobility Force → Royal Air Force Air Command →	allies
Operation Desert Fox → Operation Rolling Thunder →	belligerent
Air Force Space Command → Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force →	branchOfService
Lincoln Laboratory → United States Army Institute of Heraldry →	client
Defense Communications Agency → TRW Inc. →	collaboratedWith
Japan Air Self-Defense Force → Qatar Emiri Air Force →	cooperatesWith
Air Defense Artillery Branch → Combined Force Space Component Command →	coordinatesWith
National Security Act of 1947 → Public Law 80-253 →	created
Lockheed C-130 Hercules → Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II →	designedFor
Air University → Community College of the Air Force →	foundedBy
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson → United States of America →	hasMilitaryBranch
Operation Joshua → Urgent Fury →	hasParticipant
Berlin Airlift → Operation Urgent Fury →	involvedMilitaryBranch
Buckley Space Force Base → Schriever Space Force Base →	militaryBranchHistory
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel → Powers incident →	militaryBranchInvolved
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 → Pope Army Airfield ("U.S. Air Force") →	militaryBranchUser
Baltic Air Policing → Operation Promote Liberty →	participant
Leonardo DRS ("U.S. Air Force") → McDonnell Douglas →	primaryCustomers
Department of the Air Force → National Military Establishment →	responsibleFor
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics → Missiles and Fire Control ("U.S. Air Force") →	servesCustomer
United States Air Force ("USAF") →	abbreviation
United States rocket program ("U.S. Air Force") →	administeredBy
National Defense Authorization Acts →	affects
Titan IIIE →	agencyUser
U-2 incident of 1960 →	aircraftOperator
West Berlin →	airliftOrganizedBy
Mayaguez incident →	airSupport
United States Marine Corps →	alliesWith
Headquarters United States Air Force ("HQ USAF") →	alsoKnownAs
flexible response doctrine ("U.S. Air Force") →	appliedBy
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) →	appliesBranch
Commandant of Cadets →	appointedBy
Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe →	associatedBranch
Yeager: An Autobiography →	associatedOrganization
Silver Star Medal →	awardingBranches
Military Intelligence Program ("U.S. Air Force") →	beneficiary
Luftbrücke →	carriedOutBy
Secretary of the Air Force →	civilianControlOf
Air Force ROTC →	commissioningService
United States Air Force Academy →	commissionsOfficersFor
United States Air Force ("Regular Air Force") →	component
Harry S. Truman →	createdOrganization
GPS →	declaredFullyOperationalBy
BLU-109 →	designedBy
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff →	eligibleServiceBranches
School of Advanced Air and Space Studies →	establishedBy
Air Force Falcons ("The U.S. Air Force (Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder)") →	fightSong
Armed Forces Security Agency →	formedBy
Cape Canaveral LC-41 →	formerUser
Space-Based Infrared System →	fundingAgency
Headquarters United States Air Force ("HQ USAF") →	hasAbbreviation
CAAF ("U.S. Air Force") →	hasAuthorityOver
Spanish Armed Forces ("air and space forces") →	hasBranch
Russian Armed Forces ("air and space forces") →	hasCapability
United States Armed Forces →	hasComponent
AM General →	hasCustomer
Royal Saudi Air Force →	hasInternationalPartner
United States Intelligence Community ("Air Force Intelligence") →	hasMember
Palmdale Regional Airport →	hasMilitaryAssociation
Yigo, Guam →	hasMilitaryPresence
Canadian International Air Show ("United States Air Force demonstration teams") →	hasNotableParticipant
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force →	hasPart
Natick Labs →	hasPrimaryUser
Ralph Plaisted expedition →	hasVerificationAgency
Air Force Memorial →	honors
Military Justice Act of 1968 →	implementedIn
U.S. Forces Japan →	includesBranch
Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ("Air Force Active Component") →	includesComponent
M240 ("U.S. Air Force") →	inServiceWith
Lockheed Martin X-35 →	intendedOperators
Operation Desert Shield →	involvedBranch
Ulchi Freedom Guardian →	involves
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo →	involvesBranch
Mayaguez incident →	involvesOrganization
446th Airlift Wing →	isReserveComponentOf
Titan IIIE →	launchProvider
Titan IIIE-Centaur →	launchServiceProvider
Yeager: An Autobiography →	mainSubject
Air Force Memorial →	maintainedBy
Virginia Military Institute →	militaryBranchAffiliation
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff →	militaryBranchEligibility
New Look defense policy →	militaryBranchEmphasis
Guardians ("United States Air Force ranks") →	militaryRankStructureBasedOn
Pueblo Memorial Airport →	militaryTenant
Gimhae International Airport →	militaryUser
United States Air Force Memorial Foundation →	namedAfter
Ball Aerospace ("U.S. Air Force") →	notableCustomer
Bell Textron →	notableMilitaryCustomer
Officer Training School (United States Air Force) →	oneOfPrimaryCommissioningSourcesFor
Easter Offensive →	opposedBy
Falcon Circle →	ownedBy
US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel →	owner
Air Force Gallant Unit Citation →	presentedBy
Distinguished Flying Cross →	presenter
Air Force Research Laboratory →	primaryClient
Sikorsky Aircraft →	primaryCustomer
Defense Communications Agency →	primaryUsers
Rockwell-MBB X-31 →	programPartners
Executive Order 8873 →	relatedTo
Lance W. Lord →	retiredFrom
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam →	runwaySharedBy
Under Secretary of the Air Force →	scopeIncludes
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus →	selectedBy
Defense Supply Agency →	servedBranch
PGUA →	serves
United States Armed Forces education system →	servesBranch