The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) is an agency that conducts criminal investigations involving U.S. Air Force personnel.
October 28, 2025
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process
AFOSI's investigative role regarding criminal matters involving Air Force personnel.
The AC-130J Ghostrider is a heavily armed U.S. Air Force gunship configured to deliver precision fires onto ground targets using onboard large-caliber guns and precision munitions.
October 21, 2025
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capability
Role and armament profile of the AC-130J gunship in close air support and precision strike missions.
Kadena Air Base in Japan is the largest U.S. Air Force base in the Asia-Pacific region and is regarded as strategically important.
October 06, 2025
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infrastructure
Status and strategic characterization of the base
An August 2025 U.S. Air Force directive instructed that separation boards must recommend separation of members diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
August 01, 2025
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temporal
Service-specific guidance linking a medical diagnosis (gender dysphoria) to mandatory separation recommendations by administrative boards.
A 2022 U.S. Air Force environmental study proposed that Mountain Home Air Force Base would house 12 Qatari F-15 jets and about 300 additional Qatari and U.S. Air Force personnel.
January 01, 2022
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temporal
An environmental assessment identified the proposed scale of basing and personnel associated with hosting allied aircraft at an existing U.S. installation.
In 2020, the U.S. Air Force announced a deal to sell more than 35 F-15 fighter jets to Qatar.
January 01, 2020
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temporal
The F-15 sale represents a bilateral defense procurement agreement between the U.S. Air Force and Qatar.
Air Force One is the call sign and informal name for any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
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descriptive
Refers to the presidential aircraft used to transport the U.S. president.
The B-52 is a long-range bomber capable of carrying conventional or nuclear weapons.
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technical
Describes the capabilities of the B-52 bomber.
The F-16 fighter jets at some NATO bases are planned to be replaced in coming years by the F-35A, a fifth-generation fighter used by the U.S. Air Force.
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general
Ongoing modernization trend in NATO air forces to field fifth-generation fighters.
The 316th Wing of the U.S. Air Force is based at Joint Base Andrews.
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organizational
Unit assignment at the installation.
U.S. military services, including the U.S. Air Force, use administrative review boards composed of peers to consider whether individual service members may continue serving.
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process
Administrative boards are a recurring personnel-review mechanism used to evaluate continuation or separation decisions for service members.