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AFROTC units at colleges and universities are called "detachments," and are headed by an active duty USAF officer in the rank of colonel or lieutenant colonel who functions as both the Detachment Commander for USAF purposes and with the nominal title of professor of aerospace studies (PAS) within the institution's academic community.
[33] [34] [35] UT's Air Force ROTC unit was designated Detachment 800. [36] By May 1953, UT separated its Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC programs into their own academic departments; Detachment 800's was named the Department of Air Science and Tactics. [37] By May 1956, the department was renamed the Department of Air Science. [38]
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
The location of the State of Missouri in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the State of Missouri An enlargeable map of the 114 counties and 1 independent city of the State of Missouri. Indigenous peoples. Mississippian culture; French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764 Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
The Mid-South is an informally-defined region of the United States, usually thought to be anchored by the Memphis metropolitan area. Exact definitions vary widely and consist of at least West Tennessee, North Mississippi, Northeast Arkansas, Southern Missouri and Missouri Bootheel at a minimum. [2]
Tennessee is in the Southeastern United States.Most of the state is considered part of the Upland South, and the eastern third is part of Appalachia. [1] Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2), or 2.2%, is water.
The drainage of the state is wholly into the Mississippi River, directly or indirectly, and to a large extent into either that river or the Missouri River within the borders of the state. The latter stream, crossing the state and cutting the eastern and western borders at or near St Louis and Kansas City respectively, has a length within ...
The East South Central region covers 183,401 square miles of land. Within the region, Tennessee is the largest state by population, though Alabama is the largest by land area; Tennessee was also the East South Central's fastest growing state between 2010 and 2020, [14] [15] with Alabama second. [16]