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Air Defense Region

Term
A geographical subdivision of an air defense area. (JP 3-01)
Source: JP 3-01Air & AviationU.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Coast Guard

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Active Air Defense
Term
Direct defensive action taken to destroy, nullify, or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats against friendly forces and assets. See also air defense. (JP 3-01)
Source: JP 3-01
Aerial Port
Term
An airfield that has been designated for the sustained air movement of personnel and materiel as well as an authorized port for entrance into or departure from the country where located. See also port of debarkation; port of embarkation. (JP 3-17)
Source: JP 3-17
Air Assault
Term
The movement of friendly assault forces by rotary-wing aircraft to engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain. See also assault. (JP 3-18)
Source: JP 3-18
Airborne
Term
1. In relation to personnel, troops especially trained to effect, following transport by air, an assault debarkation, either by parachuting or touchdown. 2. In relation to equipment, pieces of equipment that have been especially designed for use by airborne troops during or after an assault debarkation as well as some aeronautical equipment used to accomplish a particular mission. 3. When applied to materiel, items that form an integral part of the aircraft. 4. The state of an aircraft, from the instant it becomes entirely sustained by air until it ceases to be so sustained. (JP 3-17)
Source: JP 3-17
Airborne Alert
Term
A state of aircraft readiness wherein combat-equipped aircraft are airborne and ready for immediate action to reduce reaction time and to increase survivability. See also combat air patrol; ground alert. (JP 3-01)
Source: JP 3-01
Airborne Assault
Term
The use of airborne forces to parachute into an objective area to attack and eliminate armed resistance and secure designated objectives. (JP 3-18)
Source: JP 3-18
Airborne Early Warning
Term
The detection of enemy air or surface units by radar or other equipment carried in an airborne vehicle, and the transmitting of a warning to friendly units. Also called AEW. (JP 3-52)
Source: JP 3-52
Air Corridor
Term
A restricted air route of travel specified for use by friendly aircraft and established for the purpose of preventing friendly aircraft from being fired on by friendly forces. (JP 3-52)
Source: JP 3-52
Aircraft Carrier
Term
A warship designed to support and operate aircraft, engage in attacks on targets afloat or ashore, and engage in sustained operations in support of other forces. Also called CV or CVN. (JP 3-32)
Source: JP 3-32
Air Defense
Term
Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles in the atmosphere, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. Also called AD. See also active air defense; aerospace defense; passive air defense. (JP 3-01)
Source: JP 3-01
Air Defense Area
Term
1. overseas — A specifically defined airspace for which air defense must be planned and provided. 2. United States — Airspace of defined dimensions designated by the appropriate agency within which the ready control of airborne vehicles is required in the interest of national security during an air defense emergency. (JP 3-01)
Source: JP 3-01
Air Defense Artillery
Term
Weapons and equipment for actively combating air targets from the ground. Also called ADA. (JP 3-01)
Source: JP 3-01
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