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An air force is a military organization whose training and doctrines concern the use of aircraft and similar weapons for the purpose of projecting air power. Many air forces have a set of unrelated missions with common technologies. For example, ground attack, air superiority, bombing, and transport.

see also United States Air Force, Royal Air Force, Strategic Air Command, fighter aircraft, Military aircraft list



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