United States Air Force (USAF)

Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. military activities in the air began with army use of balloons for reconnaissance during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War; in 1907 the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps was created. In 1920 the Army Reorganization Act created the Air Service (after 1926, Air Corps) as a unit of the Army; in 1941 it became the Army Air Forces. In 1947 the independent U.S. Air Force was created and became part of the newly created Department of Defense in 1949. The Department of the Air Force is headquartered at the Pentagon. Separate operating agencies of the Air Force include the Air Force Reserve, the Air Force Intelligence Service, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. In 2000 there were over 350,000 Air Force personnel on active duty.

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GDIT), of Fairfax, Virginia, by the Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), under request for proposals (RFP) No.

Bid Protest Ruling: L-3 Services, Inc by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony

This award is presented by the Department of the Air Force to a credit union that provides exceptional services to an Air Force base community.

Andrews Federal Credit Union by Credit Union Times

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this role, he is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, including organizing, training, equipping, and providing for the welfare of its nearly 370,000 men and women on active duty, 180,000 members of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve, and 160,000 civilians and their families.

Air Force print news (Nov. 3, 2005): Wynne sworn in as 21st Air Force ... by Defense AT & L

deoxyribonucleic acid clone

deoxyribonucleic acid complexity

Deoxyribonucleic Acid DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid footprinting

deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization

deoxyribonucleic acid lesion

deoxyribonucleic acid ligase

deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase I

deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase II

deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase III

deoxyribonucleic acid-directed ribonucleic acid polymerase