Home > Industry/Domain > Military > 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.

Contributors in Air force

Air force

Physical effect

Military; Air force

An effect that physically alters an object or system.

Storage

Military; Air force

1. The retention of data in any form, usually for the purpose of orderly retrieval and documentation. 2. A device consisting of electronic, electrostatic, electrical, hardware or other elements into ...

Suppression of adversary counterspace capabilities (SACC)

Military; Air force

Suppression that neutralises or negates an adversary offensive counterspace system through deception, denial, disruption, degradation, and/or destruction. These operations can target ground, air, ...

Sustainment

Military; Air force

The provision of personnel, logistic, and other support required to maintain and prolong operations or combat until successful accomplishment or revision of the mission or of the national objective. ...

Strategic attack

Military; Air force

Offensive action conducted by command authorities action aimed at generating effects that most directly achieve our national security objectives by affecting an adversary's leadership, ...

Split operations

Military; Air force

One type of distributed operations. It describes those distributed operations conducted by a single command and control (C2) entity that is separated between two or more geographic locations. A ...

Strategic assessment

Military; Air force

The measurement of effects at the strategic level. Strategic assessment determines whether overall strategy is working and how well the strategic objectives of both sides are being achieved.

Featured blossaries

Top University in Indonesia

Category: Education   1 10 Terms

My Favourite Historic Places In Beijing

Category: Travel   1 8 Terms