- Industria: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
An enduring functional organization, with a supporting staff, designed to perform a joint function within a joint force commander’s headquarters.
Industry:Military
An emergency situation posing significant danger to life and property that results from a natural cause.
Industry:Military
An emergency reserve of men and/or materiel established for the support of a specific operation.
Industry:Military
An attack or other use of force against the US, US forces, or other designated persons or property. It also includes force used directly to preclude or impede the mission and/or duties of US forces, including the recovery of US personnel or vital US Government property.
Industry:Military
An attack on specific objectives by fighter, bomber, or attack aircraft on an offensive mission. May consist of several air organizations under a single command in the air.
Industry:Military
An armed struggle or clash between organized groups within a nation or between nations in order to achieve limited political or military objectives. Although regular forces are often involved, irregular forces frequently predominate. Conflict often is protracted, confined to a restricted geographic area, and constrained in weaponry and level of violence. Within this state, military power in response to threats may be exercised in an indirect manner while supportive of other instruments of national power. Limited objectives may be achieved by the short, focused, and direct application of force.
Industry:Military
An airspace of defined dimensions within which civilian air traffic control services are provided to control flights.
Industry:Military
An air-launched guided missile for use against air targets.
Industry:Military
An aircraft or balloon that does not carry a human operator and is capable of flight under remote control or autonomous programming.
Industry:Military
