Air force

Air force

An branch of the military establishment that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army, navy or other branch. Typically, air forces are responsible for gaining control of the air, carrying out strategic and tactical bombing missions and providing support to surface forces.

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Garrison

Military; Air force

A permanent Air Force base where Airmen execute and support air and space operations. Also referred to as home station.

Functional effect

Military; Air force

An effect on the ability of a system to function properly.

Offensive counterair (OCA)

Military; Air force

Offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralise enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their ...

Offensive counterspace. (OCS)

Military; Air force

Operations to preclude an adversary from exploiting space to their advantage.

Network operations (NetOps)

Military; Air force

The integrated planning and employment of military capabilities to provide the friendly net environment needed to plan, control and execute military operations and conduct Service functions. NetOps ...

Network management

Military; Air force

The execution of the set of activities required for controlling, planning, allocating, deploying, coordinating, and monitoring the resources of a telecommunications network, including performing ...

Network warfare operations (NW Ops)

Military; Air force

Network warfare operations are the integrated planning and employment of military capabilities to achieve desired effects across the interconnected analogue and digital portion of the battlespace. ...