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  2. Special Air Mission - Wikipedia

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    For presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush the flight was known as Special Air Mission 28000, where the number represents the aircraft's tail number. [1] [2] [3] For President Barack Obama, the Special Air Mission flight used the call sign SAM 44 (Obama was the 44th President).

  3. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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    The Special Air Service began life in July 1941, the brainchild of Lieutenant David Stirling of No. 8 (Guards) Commando.His idea was for small teams of parachute trained soldiers to operate behind enemy lines to gain intelligence, destroy enemy aircraft and attack their supply and reinforcement routes.

  4. No. 41 Squadron IAF - Wikipedia

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    The No. 41 Squadron were raised in 1958 at Jodhpur and moved to the present location. During the conflict with Pakistan in 1965, the squadron flew a total of 614 Op missions in support of front-line troops. The otters were phased out in 1984, the squadron became the first unit to induct, Dornier aircraft into the IAF inventory.

  5. 41st Rescue Squadron - Wikipedia

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    Air Force rescue is one of the few USAF assets that directly support combat units of all military branches, including allied combat units, through means other than munition drops, or intel. Members assigned to this squadron rapidly mobilize, deploy and employ to provide combat and peacetime search and rescue in support of U.S. national security ...

  6. 41st Electronic Combat Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 41st Electronic Combat Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. Its current assignment is with the 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona as a geographically separated unit from its parent wing, the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

  7. Jay Zeamer Jr. - Wikipedia

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    In March 1941, he received his wings and a commission in the U.S. Army Air Corps after graduating from basic and advanced flight school at Maxwell Field, Alabama.Initially assigned to the 96th Bombardment Squadron of the 2nd Bombardment Group as assistant engineering officer, Zeamer was transferred to the 63rd Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bombardment Group, where he served as squadron executive ...

  8. 41st Airlift Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 41st Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.It operates Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

  9. Basic fighter maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    When the attacker crosses the defender's flight path, the situation is called a "flight path overshoot". This happens when an attacker fails to control closure and crosses the defender's flight path from behind. Although not necessarily dangerous, it is possible for a flight path overshoot to cause the attacker to fly out in front of the defender.