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  2. Air Force Specialty Code - Wikipedia

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    The Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) is an alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify a specific job. Officer AFSCs consist of four characters and enlisted AFSCs consist of five characters. A letter prefix or suffix may be used with an AFSC when more specific identification of position requirements and individual ...

  3. Badges of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Badges earned by an Air Force officer from the 308th Rescue Squadron (2008) Air Force skill level badge symbols Badges of the United States Air Force are specific uniform insignia authorized by the United States Air Force that signify aeronautical ratings, special skills, career field qualifications, and serve as identification devices for personnel occupying certain assignments.

  4. United States military occupation code - Wikipedia

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    Enlisted and NCO personnel had a five-symbol code. The first four code symbols were made up of a two-digit code for the career field, a letter code for the field specialty, and a number code (1 to 5) indicating level of instruction in their field specialty. The fifth code symbol was an SQI code letter indicating training in a special skill (the ...

  5. United States Air Force officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    The current Air Force officer rank names and insignia were taken from the Army upon the establishment of the Air Force as a separate service in 1947. The insignia have been essentially unchanged since then, except for a brief period during the 1990s, when then-Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill A. McPeak redesigned the service dress uniform.

  6. United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    The Air Force and Space Force are the only ones of the six branches of the United States military where NCO status is now only achieved at the grade of E-5. Formerly, the grade of sergeant was obtained after a time as a senior airman and successful completion of the Air Force NCO School.

  7. List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of initials, acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Air Force.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank).

  8. USAAF unit identification aircraft markings - Wikipedia

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    The first Eighth Air Force aircraft to receive unit markings were the Spitfires of the 4th and 31st Fighter Groups training with RAF Fighter Command in September 1942. The markings were two-letter fuselage squadron codes located on one side of the national insignia and a single letter aircraft code on the other side.

  9. United States Air Force Symbol - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Air Force Symbol Blue and silver version Monochrome version. The United States Air Force Symbol is the public logo of the United States Air Force. [1] It was unveiled in January 2000 following a period of research and planning, [2] and became official on May 5, 2004, four years after the Air Force first applied for trademark protection. [3]