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  2. Collaborative combat aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will test their Skyborg manned-unmanned programs such as Autonomous Air Combat Operations (AACO), [52] and DARPA will test its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) [7] artificial intelligence program. [53] The System for Autonomous Control of Simulation (SACS) software for human interface is being developed by Calspan ...

  3. Aviation Cadet Training Program (USAAF) - Wikipedia

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    Enlisted pilots destroyed 249.5 enemy aircraft and 18 became aces. Lt. William J. Sloan was the leading ace of the 12th Air Force with 12 victories. [ 7 ] When Public Law 658 (Flight Officer Act) [ 8 ] was passed on 8 July 1942 most enlisted pilots were promoted to the new rank of flight officer and newly-graduating enlisted pilots were graded ...

  4. Professional military education in the United States Air Force

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    In the Air Force, Primary is Squadron Officer School (SOS), [2] Intermediate is Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), [3] and Senior is Air War College (AWC). [4] Basic was the Air and Space Basic Course (ASBC), but it is inactive as of July 2011. [5] Typically Captains take SOS, Majors attend ACSC, and Lt Colonels or Colonels take Air War College.

  5. Air Education and Training Command - Wikipedia

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    The Air Force Junior ROTC program is a cadet program for high school students at more than 870 high schools in the United States and at Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS) locations overseas. AFJROTC Instructors are retired USAF officers in the ranks of Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, assisted by retired USAF non-commissioned ...

  6. Initial Flight Training - Wikipedia

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    These three programs were originally for pilot candidates who did not have at least an FAA Private Pilot Certificate (e.g. current pilots and navigators/combat system operators), and were consolidated into the current single civilian contractor-operated program under direct USAF auspices and oversight of the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) at ...

  7. Flying ace - Wikipedia

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    A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied but is usually considered to be five or more.

  8. Loyal wingman - Wikipedia

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    The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will test their Skyborg manned-unmanned programs such as Autonomous Air Combat Operations (AACO), [27] and DARPA will test its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) artificial intelligence program. [6] [28] The System for Autonomous Control of Simulation (SACS) software for human interface is being developed by ...

  9. Air Command and Staff College - Wikipedia

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    ACSC prepares field grade or equivalent level commissioned officers of all U.S. military services in pay grade O-4 (e.g., majors in the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps and lieutenant commanders in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, as well as major-selectees and lieutenant commander-selectees), equivalent rank international ...