Symbol of the USAF
The United States Air Force is one of the five military branches of the United States.
History[]
In 1954, the Air Force conducted an exhaustive search for the missing aircraft, Vixen 03, until the search was called off by Admiral Walter Bass, when no leads were found. Prior to 1988, an trainer jet crashed in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado which triggered an avalanche and buried the crash site. [1]
Uniforms[]
The Air Force's uniforms are mainly blue.
Officer Ranks[]
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| Title | General of the Air Force | General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First_Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
| Abbreviation | GOAF | Gen | Lt Gen | Maj Gen | Brig Gen | Col | Lt Col | Maj | Capt | 1st Lt | 2d Lt |
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| NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | |
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List of Known Officers[]
- Major Dirk Eric Pitt - Active, on permanent loan to the National Underwater Marine Agency
- Major Raymond Vylander - Dead (1954)
- Captain George Hoffman - Dead (1954)
- Lieutenant Samuel Gold - Dead (1954)
- Albert Giordino - Active, on permanent loan to the National Underwater Marine Agency
Enlisted Ranks[]
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| Title | Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force | Command Chief Master Sergeant | Chief Master Sergeant¹ | Senior Master Sergeant¹ | Master Sergeant¹ | Technical Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Senior Airman | Airman First Class | Airman | Airman Basic | |||
| Abbreviation | CMSAF | CCM | CMSgt | SMSgt | MSgt | TSgt | SSgt | SrA | A1C | Amn | AB | |||
| Addressed as | Chief | Chief | Chief | Sergeant | Sergeant | Sergeant | Sergeant | Airman | Airman | Airman | Airman | |||
| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||
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List of Known Enlisted Personnel[]
- Master Sergeant Joseph Burns - Dead (1954)
List of Known Commands[]
Military Air Transport Service[]
Symbol of MATS
The Military Air Transport Service, also known as MATS, was an air transport command that transported materials and personnel. The Vixen 03 was assigned to MATS prior to its disappearance. [2]
List of Known Air Bases[]
- Chanute AFB - Near Rantoul, Illinois
- Hickam AFB - Near Honolulu, Hawai'i
- Norton AFB - Near San Bernadino, California
- Pentagon - Near Washington, D.C.
Types of Aircraft Used[]
- Boeing B-29 Super Fortress - 1945
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- C-47 Skytrain
- C-97 Stratofreighter - 1950s
- North American F-86 Sabre