The American Registry Of Pathology operates as a cooperative enterprise in medical research and education between the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the civilian medical profession on a national and international basis, under such conditions as may be agreed upon between the National Research Council and The Surgeons General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

* Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's How Things Fly website

The branches of Burkina Faso's military include its Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, and People's Militia.

Coca-Cola | Coke and Pepsi cans flown aboard STS-51-F on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The Military of Chad consists of the Armed Forces ( includes Ground Force, Air Force, and Gendarmerie ), Republican Guard, Rapid Intervention Force, Police, and National and Nomadic Guard ( GNNT ).

The three government agencies were the US Air Force, the Navy's David Taylor Model Basin, and the National Bureau of Standards ( now National Institute of Standards and Technology ).

The Djibouti Armed Forces ( DJAF ) are the military forces of Djibouti and consist of the Djibouti National Army and its sub-branches the Djibouti Air Force and Djiboutian Navy.

It includes the Djibouti National Army, which consists of the Coastal Navy, the Djiboutian Air Force ( Force Aerienne Djiboutienne, FAD ), and the National Gendarmerie ( GN ).

The National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) devised detailed plans for nuclear war against China.

The memorial will stand near the National Mall on Maryland Avenue, SW across the street from the National Air and Space Museum.

Dayton is also noted for its association with aviation ; the city is home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

A Lockheed T-33 trainer, diverted from an unrelated Air National Guard mission, also shadowed the 727 until it ran low on fuel and turned back near the Oregon-California border.

The National Environmental Policy Act ( 1969 ), the Clean Air Act ( 1970 ), the Clean Water Act ( 1972 ), and the Endangered Species Act ( 1973 ) all were enacted with broad bipartisan support, and ultimately signed into law by Republican President Richard Nixon.

The decisions of the Supreme Court in cases such as Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission ( broadly reading the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act ), Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill ( broadly reading the Endangered Species Act ), and, much more recently, Massachusetts v. EPA ( requiring EPA to reconsider regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act ) have had policy impacts far beyond the facts of the particular case.

The French Armed Forces encompass the French Army, the French Navy, the French Air Force and the National Gendarmerie.

The Military of Guatemala consists of National Army of Guatemala ( Ejercito Nacional de Guatemala, ENG ), the Guatemalan Navy ( Marina Nacional, includes Marines ) and the Guatemalan Air Force ( Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca, FAG ).

Powers is buried in Arlington National Cemetery as an Air Force veteran.

* 1947 – Cold War: U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.

A Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle being tested in the hush house at Florida Air National Guard base.

* 1948 – Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.

The Bronze Star Medal may be awarded by the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Homeland Security with regard to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy, or by such military commanders, or other appropriate officers as the Secretary concerned may designate, to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States, after 6 December 1941, distinguishes, or has distinguished, himself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight —

Additional awards of the Bronze Star Medal are denoted by oak leaf clusters in the Army and Air Force and 5 / 16 inch stars in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

This decoration takes precedence over the Distinguished Service Medals of the separate services and is not to be awarded to any individual for a period of service for which an Army, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal is awarded.

In contemporary use in the U. S. Armed Forces, the Legion of Merit is typically awarded to Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force general officers and colonels, and Navy and Coast Guard flag officers and captains occupying command or very senior staff positions in their respective services.

The criteria are " for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements "; additional awards of the Legion of Merit are denoted by oak leaf clusters ( in the Army and Air Force ), and by 5 / 16 inch stars ( in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard ).

The sea services ( i. e., the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard ) also permit the wearing of the " V " device ( Combat " V ") on the Legion of Merit, while the Army and Air Force do not.

Mali's armed forces are the Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National Guard, and National Police ( Sûreté Nationale ).

M16A2s are still in stock with the U. S. Army and Marine Corps, but are used primarily by reserve and National Guard units as well as by the U. S. Air Force.

Air traffic control presumed an emergency and a rescue effort was organized, including a Finnish Border Guard patrol boat.

A branch of the Air National Guard is stationed in Puerto Rico, known as the Puerto Rico Air National Guard ( PRANG ).

The Puerto Rico Air National Guard no longer has any fighter planes within its jurisdiction.

On January 12, 1981, a group calling itself Volunteer Organization for the Revolution claimed responsibility for blowing up six fighter jet planes in a Puerto Rico Air National Guard base at a loss of $ 40 million.

The largest of these installations were the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, and the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility ( AFWTF ) on Vieques ( all now closed ), the National Guard training facility at Camp Santiago in Salinas, the Army's Fort Buchanan in San Juan, the former U. S. Air Force Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, and the Puerto Rico Air National Guard at Muñiz Air Force base in San Juan.

Twelve O ' Clock High is a 1949 American war film about aircrews in the United States Army's Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II.

Once training levels for pilots and aircrews had reached operational levels, the 50th FBW began preparations for its move to Hahn Air Base, West Germany.

From Cannon, the aircrews were transferred to the F-100 bases in South Vietnam-Phù Cát Air Base ( 37th TFW ); Phan Rang AB ( 35th TFW ) and Tuy Hoa AB ( 31st TFW ).

From September 1992 to July 1993, 27th FW F-111 aircrews and support personnel rotated to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operation PROVIDE COMFORT.

As the US Air Force often risks aircraft and aircrews to attack strategic enemy communications targets, remotely disabling such targets using software and other means can provide a safer alternative.

Gunnery and flight training of Brigade 2506 aircrews was carried out by personnel from Alabama ANG ( Air National Guard ), using at least six Douglas B-26 Invaders in the markings of FAG ( Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca ), legitimate delivery of those to the FAG being delayed by about six months.

" British aircrews of the 1950s Royal Air Force dubbed part of the Hawker Hunter jet fighter plane " Sabrinas " due to two large humps on the underside of the aircraft.

His airborne advisor, Group Captain Cooper of the Royal Air Force, argued that a glider landing conducted at night with inexperienced aircrews was not practical, but the decision was left unchanged.

Air National Guard tanker support of Deny Flight began in June 1994 with the dispatch of 10 KC-135s and 18 aircrews from six units to Istres Air Base, France, and Pisa Airport, Italy.

Beginning in late 1952, rotating aircrews of the Philippine-based 581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing augmented the 91st SRS in flying leaflet missions.

U. S. Air Force aircrews in general, and those involved in flight tests in particular, use the term to describe the first card in a " deck " of flight or test maneuver cards.

The wing ’ s mission is to train mission-ready special operations, combat search and rescue, missile site support and UH-1 distinguished visitor airlift aircrews in direct support of Air Expeditionary Forces to six major commands in the Air Force.

Today, the 58th SOW trains aircrews in the MC-130 Combat Shadow and Combat Talon I / II variants of the C-130 Hercules and the CV-22 Osprey for the Air Force Special Operations Command ; the HC-130 Hercules and the HH-60G Pavehawk for the Air Combat Command and Pacific Air Forces ; the UH-1 Huey for Air Force Space Command ; and those aircrew operationally gained to those commands from the Air Force Reserve Command and the Air National Guard.

The 513th ACCW's mission was to provide theater and Air Force commanders with trained aircrews and maintenance personnel and systems for airborne surveillance, warning and control of U. S. and allied military aviation assets.

Air Training Command was host at the base from 1951 through 1958, training B-47 aircrews.

The Air Force Reserve associate unit provides aircrews while the 22d furnishes the maintenance crews and aircraft.

Also during World War II Barksdale played host to the major contingent of the Free French Air Forces and Nationalist Chinese aircrews.