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  • 61air racing — ▪ sport  sport of racing airplanes (airplane), either over a predetermined course or cross country up to transcontinental limits. Air racing dates back to 1909, when the first international meet was held at Reims, France.       Sporting aviation… …

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  • 62fixed-wing aircraft — aeroplane aer *o*plane aeroplane a [ e]r*o*plane , n. [a[ e]ro + plane.] (A[ e]ronautics) 1. A light rigid plane used in a[ e]rial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane… …

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  • 63Air Training Corps — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Air Training Corps role=Volunteer Youth Organisation garrison=RAFC Cranwell garrison label=Headquarters motto= Venture Adventure current commander= Air Commodore Ian R W Stewart current commander label= Cmdt AC… …

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  • 64Air conditioning — The term air conditioning refers to the cooling and dehumidification of indoor air for thermal comfort. In a broader sense, the term can refer to any form of cooling, heating, ventilation or disinfection that modifies the condition of air.… …

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  • 65Air assault — An Air Assault is a tactical or operational manoeuvre of an infantry unit airlifted by helicopters, usually to fulfil an aerial envelopment role in a larger ground operation plan. The role of the assaulting force is rarely to immediately engage… …

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  • 66Air Force Reserve Command — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Air Force Reserve Command caption=Air Force Reserve Command emblem dates= 17 February 1997 Current country= United States allegiance= branch= United States Air Force type= Major Command role= size= command… …

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  • 67Air Rescue Service — The Air Rescue Service (ARS) was a former subcommand of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), a major command of the United States Air Force. On 1 Jan 1966, MATS was redesignated as the Military Airlift Command and ARS was redesignated as… …

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  • 68Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident — The two Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident, published in 1994/5 and 1997, form the basis for much of the skeptical explanation for the 1947 incident, the purported recovery of aliens and their craft from the vicinity of Roswell, New… …

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  • 69Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center caption= Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center emblem dates= 1 January 1974 country= United States allegiance= branch= United States Air Force type=… …

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  • 70air warfare — Military operations conducted by airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft against aircraft or targets on the ground and in the water. Air warfare did not become important until World War I (1914–18). The British, French, German, Russian, and… …

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