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United States Air Force
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U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command training mission The Union Balloon Corps and the balloon Intrepid Boeing B-9 and P-26 P-6E planes in formation USAF B-17 bombers Normandy Invasion: Allied bombardment of Pointe du Hoc USAF refueling operations during the Vietnam War USAF F-22 Raptor USAF E-3 Sentry Two F-16 Fighting Falcons of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic squadron performing a "calypso" maneuver over Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, S.D., May 30, 2009.
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Also Known As USAF • Air Force, United States
Areas Of Involvement air warfare
Related People William Mitchell • Charles Q. Brown, Jr. • Edward O’Hare • Lori Robinson • John Hay Whitney • Claire L. Chennault • Henry Harley Arnold • Chuck Yeager • Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. • James H. Doolittle • Carl Spaatz • Curtis E. LeMay • Nathan F. Twining • Frank M. Andrews • Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

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U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command training mission
The Union Balloon Corps and the balloon Intrepid
Boeing B-9 and P-26
P-6E planes in formation
USAF B-17 bombers
Normandy Invasion: Allied bombardment of Pointe du Hoc
USAF refueling operations during the Vietnam War
USAF F-22 Raptor
USAF E-3 Sentry
Two F-16 Fighting Falcons of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic squadron performing a "calypso" maneuver over Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, S.D., May 30, 2009.
Watch the takeoff of SR-71 Blackbird from Edwards Air Force Base, California
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