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  2. Convention on International Civil Aviation - Wikipedia

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    It received the requisite 26th ratification on March 5, 1947, and went into effect on April 4, 1947, the same date that ICAO came into being. In October of the same year, ICAO became a specialized agency of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The convention has since been revised eight times (in 1959, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1980 ...

  3. International Civil Aviation Organization - Wikipedia

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    The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO / ˌ aɪ ˈ k eɪ oʊ / eye-KAY-oh) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. [3]

  4. List of joint-use airports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Military airport/facility name City State IATA / ICAO / FAA Notes Albuquerque International Sunport Kirtland Air Force Base Albuquerque New Mexico ABQ / KABQ / ABQ Atlantic City International Airport: Atlantic City Air National Guard Base / Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City: Egg Harbor Township: New Jersey: ACY / KACY / ACY

  5. Strategic Airlift Capability - Wikipedia

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    They are registered and flagged in the program host nation Hungary bearing the name of the SAC home base, HDF Pápa Air Base, on their tails. Col. John Zazworsky addresses the audience after officially receiving the first of three C-17 Globemaster IIIs to be acquired by the 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability Program on 14 July 2009 at Long ...

  6. Treaty on Open Skies - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty on Open Skies establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. The treaty is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information about military forces and activities of concern to them ...

  7. Kirtland Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    Kirtland Air Force Base (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a United States Air Force base. It is located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico, urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport.

  8. Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field - Wikipedia

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    Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field (IATA: NGU, ICAO: KNGU, FAA LID: NGU),or LP-1/Chambers Field, is commonly known simply as, Chambers Field, and is named after Captain Washington Irving Chambers. It is a military airport in Norfolk, Virginia that is a part of Naval Station Norfolk.

  9. Government contract flight - Wikipedia

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    A government contract flight is a type of charter airline operation contracted with a government agency.. In the United States, the massive mobility requirements during World War II proved that military transport could not meet all the logistical needs that might arise.