Gray Jedi is the term that refers to Force Users in the Expanded Universe who have left either the Jedi Order or the Sith and do not believe that there is a strict division between the light and dark sides of the Force.

She is then contacted by the Phoenix Force who refers Hope as her " child " and that the other lights needed her.

* In the United States Air Force, the term refers to Airmen ( other than pilots, navigators and weapon system officers ) performing duties in aerial flight, such as the operations crew on the E-3 Sentry.

Palmdale refers to itself with the nickname the " aerospace capital of the United States ", and has been the site of research, development, final assembly, flight testing and / or servicing / modifications of the Space Shuttle, B-1 Lancer, X-15, B-2 Spirit, F-117 Nighthawk, F-35 Lightning II, SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, and many other aircraft that have been used in the United States Air Force, NASA and air forces and airlines around the world.

In today's Air Force, the term sergeant refers to all Air Force non-commissioned officers up to senior master sergeant ( E-8 ).

The Air Force, in contrast, refers to all unaccompanied housing as " dormitories ", including open-bay barracks used for basic training that house dozens per room, as well as unaccompanied housing for senior ranking personnel, which resemble apartments and are only found in a select number of overseas locations.

In the context of college football, the term " service academies " most often refers specifically to the grouping of Army, Navy, and Air Force, the three academies whose football teams compete in the top-level NCAA Division I FBS.

The first usage of the term “ flak jacket ” refers to the armour originally developed by the Wilkinson Sword company during World War II to help protect Royal Air Force ( RAF ) air personnel from the flying debris and shrapnel thrown by German anti-aircraft guns ' high-explosive shells ( flak itself is an abbreviation for the German word " Fliegerabwehrkanone " ( anti-aircraft gun )).

Nowadays in the Spanish armed forces, the title Intendant refers to a Colonel in the Supply Branch either in the Navy, Army or Air Force.

The Sikhs are a unique spirit-born people believing in Guru Nanak ’ s basic concepts of “ Work, Worship and Charity ” and “ Gurmukh, Naam, Daan, Ishnan .” Naam refers to the Power, the Energy, the Universal Cosmic Life Force and the vibrant manifestation of God in creation.

In Canada, the term " cadet " refers to an officer in training, with the official rank names as Officer Cadet for the Air Force and Army and Naval Cadet for the Navy.

In Chinese, (), meaning Yin Force, refers to an asterism consisting of δ Arietis, 63 Arietis, ζ Arietis, τ Arietis and 65 Arietis.

* In Aqua Teen Hunger Force the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future also refers to 9595 and is from this year.

For those service members who serve in designated combat zones ( those receiving hostile fire pay ) while deployed ( with or without actually participating in actual combat ), a gold frame, which the Air Force refers to as a gold border, may be attached to the AFESR basic ribbon.

In the second book of the series, Robot Blues Xris refers to her as a member of Mag Force 7, in the beginning as well as the end.

A United States Aviator Badge refers to three types of aviation badges issued by the United States military, those being for Army, Air Force, and Naval aviation.

The first usage of the term “ flak jacket ” refers to the armour originally developed by the Wilkinson Sword company during World War II to help protect Royal Air Force ( RAF ) aircrew from the flying debris and shrapnel thrown by German anti-aircraft guns ' high-explosive shells ( flak itself is an abbreviation for the German word " Fliegerabwehrkanone " ( anti-aircraft gun )).

Blue Nine refers to a project which produced the AN / FPS-79 Tracking Radar Set built by General Electric, used with the 466L Electromagnetic Intelligence System ( ELINT ); US Air Force.

According to Slangsearch: Air Force, " File 13 " refers to an aircraft's garbage can.

According to the U. S. Air Force, The traditional military definition of a " Wingman " refers to the pattern in which fighter jets fly.

TADIL-J refers to " Tactical Digital Information Link Joint " ( TADIL ) which was used by the U. S. Navy, U. S. Army, U. S. Marine Corps, U. S. Air Force, the NSA, several NATO countries, and Japan as part of the Multi-Tactical Data Link Network ( MTN ).

to the SAC command and control post, forty-five feet below the ground at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska ; ;

Air Force forward headquarters in Europe and in the Pacific, which control tactical fighters on ships and land bases ; ;

; Royal Malaysian Air Force

Both the F-14 Tomcat and AIM-54 Phoenix missile continue in the service of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, although the operational abilities of these aircraft and the missiles are questionable, since the US refused to supply spare parts and maintenance after the 1979 revolution ; except for a brief period during the Iran-Contra Affair.

Because of this, the United States Air Force XB-70 Valkyrie program was cancelled in the early 1960s ; the later B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit aircraft entered service only after protracted political and development problems.

An increasing percentage of the ranks are " long-service " volunteer professionals ; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks ; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.

According to the document the military of the Republic of Bulgaria should include two mechanized brigades, four regiments ( Logistics, Artillery, Engineering, SpecOps ), four battalions ( Reconnaissance, Mechanized, NBC, PsyOps ) in the Land Forces ; Fighter base, helicopter base, SAM air defense brigade and Air force training base in the Air Force ; and two naval bases in the Navy.

Until recent years the Air Force suffered somewhat from fuel shortages ; a problem which was overcome in 2008.

The US military has specialized units, which can respond to a bioterrorism event ; among them are the US Marine Corp's Chemical Biological Incident Response Force and the U. S. Army's 20th Support Command ( CBRNE ), which can detect, identify, and neutralize threats, and decontaminate victims exposed to bioterror agents.

In 1801 the demoralised remains of the French army in Egypt were defeated by a British Expeditionary Force ; the Royal Navy used their dominance in the Mediterranean to invade Egypt without the fear of ambush while anchored off the Egyptian coast.

File: England ; London-The British Museum, Facade South Front ~-Main Entrance + West Wing-Collonade + The Africa Garden. 2. JPG | African Garden-created by BBC TV programme Ground Force

Blue Steel required up to seven hours of launch preparation, and was highly unreliable ; the Royal Air Force estimated in 1963 that half the missiles would fail to fire and would have to be dropped over their targets, contradicting their purpose of serving as standoff weapons.

After World War II, the generals of the newly-formed U. S. Air Force propounded a new doctrine: that strategic bombing, particularly with nuclear weapons, was the sole decisive element necessary to win any future war ; and was therefore the sole means necessary to deter an adversary from launching a Pearl Harbor like surprise attack or war against the United States.

During 1996, the Ministry of Public Security established the Fuerza Pública or Public Force which reorganized and eliminated the Civil Guard, Rural Assistance Guard, and Frontier Guards as separate entities ; they are now under the Ministry and operate on a geographic command basis performing ground security, law enforcement, counter-narcotics, and border patrol functions.

They decided to transfer the Cuban U-2 reconnaissance missions to the Air Force ; if another U-2 was shot down, they thought a cover story involving Air Force flights would be easier to explain than CIA flights.

The Army, twice as large as the other services combined with about 24, 000 active duty personnel, consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, an air cavalry squadron and a combat service support brigade ; the Air Force operates two main bases, one in southern region near Santo Domingo and one in the northern region of the country, the air force operates approximately 40 aircraft including helicopters ; and the Navy maintains three aging vessels which were donated from the United States, around 25 patrol crafts and interceptor boats and two helicopters.

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

These included container ships for Air Force munitions, missiles and spare parts ; a 500-bed hospital ship, and floating storage and offloading units assigned to Military Sealift Command supporting the Defense Logistics Agency, and an offshore petroleum discharge system ( OPDS ) tanker ship.

Neither of the Air Force fighter pilots saw anything exit the airliner, either visually or on radar, nor did they see a parachute open ; but at night, with extremely limited visibility and cloud cover obscuring any ground lighting below, an airborne human figure clad entirely in black clothing could easily have gone undetected.

The Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force is the armed force of Antigua and Barbuda.

Once these projects have been approved by the United States Air Force or other agencies such as the CIA, and are ready to be announced to the public, operations of the aircraft are then moved to a normal air force base.

The Brazilian Air Force (,, also known as FAB, or ) is the biggest air force in South America.

In 1970, the Escadrille was renamed the Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta, or FAHV, and in 1977 became an autonomous force.

The Cameroonian Air Force was founded in 1960 the year of independence from France. There are around 600 troops in the air force.

The Comorian Security Force ( French Armée nationale de développement ) consist of a small standing army and a 500-member police force, as well as a 500-member defense force.

These carrier groups eventually formed the Fast Carrier Task Force, which became the primary battle force of the U. S. Fifth and Third Fleets.

* 1965 – The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders.

* Force Dynamics, a semantic concept about how entities interact with reference to force

Madero, worried that Porfirio Díaz would not willingly relinquish office, warned his supporters of the possibility of electoral fraud and proclaimed that " Force shall be met by force!

As of February 2007, Germany had about 3, 000 NATO-led International Security Assistance Force force in Afghanistan as part of the War on Terrorism, the third largest contingent after the United States ( 14, 000 ) and the United Kingdom ( 5, 200 ).

The Hong Kong Police Force also has a highly trained and equipped counter terrorism unit, the Special Duties Unit, trained by United Kingdom's SAS and SBS, and a Marine Police force.

The Aeronautica Militare Italiana ( AMI ), the air force of Italy, was founded as an independent service arm on March 28, 1923, by King Vittorio Emanuele III as the Regia Aeronautica ( which equates to " Royal Air Force ").

Congress also passed the Force Bill which authorized President Andrew Jackson to use military force if Adams ' compromise bill did not force the belligerent states to capitulate.

The Lebanese Air Force is the air force branch of the Lebanese Armed Forces.

The uniforms of the air force, however, continued to resemble in both style and colour the uniforms of the United States Air Force, which served as a model when the Libyan Air Force was established.

Lithuanian Special Operations Force ( SOF ) of Lithuanian Armed Forces has been in operation de facto since 2002 and it was established de jure on April 3, 2008, when amendments of National Defence System organisation and military service law came into force.

It was not the world's first air force, because France's embryonic army air service, which eventually became the French Air Force ( Armée de l ’ Air ), was founded in 1909.

In 1956, under his direction, St-Laurent's Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson, helped solve the Suez Crisis in 1956 between Great Britain, France, Israel and Egypt, bringing forward St-Laurent's 1946 views on a U. N. military force in the form of the United Nations Emergency Force ( UNEF ) or peacekeeping.

In his 1861 paper On Physical Lines of Force he modelled these magnetic lines of force using a sea of molecular vortices that he considered to be partly made of aether and partly made of ordinary matter.