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  2. 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system

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    The Tri-Service system was first enacted on 6 July 1962 by the DoD Directive 4505.6 "Designating, Redesignating, and Naming Military Aircraft" and was implemented via Air Force Regulation (AFR) 66-11, Army Regulation (AR) 700-26, Bureau of Weapons Instruction (BUWEPSINST) 13100.7 on 18 September 1962. [2]

  3. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...

  4. Civ-Alert - Wikipedia

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    Civ-Alert was the civil defense warning system in the U.S. state of Hawaii from 1960 to 1977. Civ-Alert was established in the wake of the tsunami generated by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake on the Chilean coast, which devastated Hilo.

  5. List of transponder codes - Wikipedia

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    Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) penetration when unable to establish communication with ATC or aeronautical facility. [3] 1277 US: VFR aircraft which fly authorized SAR missions for the USAF or USCG while enroute to/from or within the designated search area. [3] [11] 1300 US: Non-discrete code assignments in accordance with FAA Order JO ...

  6. Non-lethal weapon - Wikipedia

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    The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle (PHASR) is a prototype non-lethal laser dazzler developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, U.S. Department of Defense. [49] Its purpose is to temporarily disorient and blind a target.

  7. USA Freedom Act - Wikipedia

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    Section 603 permits a person who is subject to a nondisclosure requirement accompanying a FISA order, directive, or national security letter to choose one of four methods to report publicly, on a semiannual or annual basis, the aggregate number of orders, directives, or letters with which the person was required to comply. Specifies the ...

  8. Commander of the Department of the Air Force Office of ...

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    Commanders of the Office of Special Investigations [2] [3] Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll (left) being sworn in as OSI's first Commander, as Chief of Staff of the Air Force Hoyt S. Vandenberg (center) witnesses the swearing-in, ca. 1948.