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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 ...
X-21A: Northrop USAF 1963 Boundary layer control [33] X-22: Bell Tri-service 1966 Quad ducted fan tiltrotor STOVL [34] X-23 PRIME: Martin Marietta: USAF 1966 Maneuvering atmospheric reentry [35] Designation never officially assigned. [31] X-24A: Martin Marietta USAF, NASA 1969 Low-speed lifting body [36] X-24B: Martin Marietta USAF, NASA 1973 ...
The first of the type, designated XP-3A, was the last P-1A (serial 26-300). Originally intended to be powered by a 390 hp (291 kW) Curtiss R-1454, the engine was deemed unsatisfactory and the 410 hp (306 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engine substituted.
The police version of ten-codes is officially known as the APCO Project 14 Aural Brevity Code. [ 1 ] The codes, developed during 1937–1940 and expanded in 1974 by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO), allow brevity and standardization of message traffic.
This non-stop scheduled-commercial distance was immediately surpassed by return Flight SQ22, which flew a then-record 16,600-kilometre (9,000 nmi) back to Newark, on a route over Asia and Alaska. [8] Despite the greater distance, Flight SQ22 averaged a slightly shorter 17 hours 45 minutes due to assistance from prevailing high-altitude winds.
Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings. Schiffer Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-88740-513-4. Menard, David W. Before Centuries: USAFE Fighters, 1948–1959. Howell Press, Inc., 1998. ISBN 1-57427-079-6. Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama ...
Ofri Bibas Levi, the sister-in-law of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage kidnaped during the Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel, holds a family picture of Bibas and one of her two boys, at Moshav Giv ...
The C-21A is a United States military designation for an "off the shelf" variant of the Learjet 35A for the United States Air Force, with room for eight passengers and 42 ft 3 (1.26 m 3) of cargo. In addition to its normal role, the aircraft is capable of transporting litters during medical evacuations.