United_States_Air_Force

context: The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and one of the world's most technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, Global Integrated ISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, Personnel Recovery, Global Precision Attack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Support.
qas: answers: the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces
question: What is the USAF?

answers: seven
question: How many uniformed services are there in the United States?

answers: 18 September 1947
question: When did the USAF split from the US Army?

answers: National Security Act of 1947
question: What act formed the USAF?

answers: Nuclear Deterrence Operations
question: What is one of the functions of the USAF?

context: The U.S. Air Force is a military service organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, who reports to the Secretary of Defense, and is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation. The highest-ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who exercises supervision over Air Force units, and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Air Force combat and mobility forces are assigned, as directed by the Secretary of Defense, to the Combatant Commanders, and neither the Secretary of the Air Force nor the Chief of Staff have operational command authority over them.
qas: answers: three
question: How many departments are there in the Department of Defense?

answers: Secretary of Defense
question: Who does the Secretary of the Air Force currently report to? 

answers: Senate
question: What branch of the government must confirm the President's appointment of the Secretary of the Air Force? 

answers: Chief of Staff of the Air Force
question: Who serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

answers: Secretary of Defense
question: Who assigns combat missions to the Air Force? 

context: Recently, the Air Force refined its understanding of the core duties and responsibilities it performs as a Military Service Branch, streamlining what previously were six distinctive capabilities and seventeen operational functions into twelve core functions to be used across the doctrine, organization, training, equipment, leadership, and education, personnel, and facilities spectrum. These core functions express the ways in which the Air Force is particularly and appropriately suited to contribute to national security, but they do not necessarily express every aspect of what the Air Force contributes to the nation. It should be emphasized that the core functions, by themselves, are not doctrinal constructs.
qas: answers: twelve
question: How many core functions did the Air Force reduce its duties down to recently? 

answers: contribute to national security
question: What do these core functions of the Air Force express? 

answers: core functions
question: What are not considered doctrinal constructs of the Air Force? 

context: Assure/Dissuade/Deter is a mission set derived from the Air Force's readiness to carry out the nuclear strike operations mission as well as from specific actions taken to assure allies as a part of extended deterrence. Dissuading others from acquiring or proliferating WMD, and the means to deliver them, contributes to promoting security and is also an integral part of this mission. Moreover, different deterrence strategies are required to deter various adversaries, whether they are a nation state, or non-state/transnational actor. The Air Force maintains and presents credible deterrent capabilities through successful visible demonstrations and exercises which assure allies, dissuade proliferation, deter potential adversaries from actions that threaten US national security or the populations and deployed military forces of the US, its allies and friends.
qas: answers: Assure/Dissuade/Deter
question: What is the mission set of the Air Force called that includes nuclear strike operations? 

answers: Dissuading others from acquiring or proliferating WMD
question: How does the Air Force promote security to its allies? 

answers: carry out the nuclear strike operations mission
question: What is the US Air Force prepared to do to support its allies? 

answers: US national security
question: What do potential adversaries threaten that the US Air Force prevents? 

context: Nuclear strike is the ability of nuclear forces to rapidly and accurately strike targets which the enemy holds dear in a devastating manner. If a crisis occurs, rapid generation and, if necessary, deployment of nuclear strike capabilities will demonstrate US resolve and may prompt an adversary to alter the course of action deemed threatening to our national interest. Should deterrence fail, the President may authorize a precise, tailored response to terminate the conflict at the lowest possible level and lead to a rapid cessation of hostilities. Post-conflict, regeneration of a credible nuclear deterrent capability will deter further aggression. The Air Force may present a credible force posture in either the Continental United States, within a theater of operations, or both to effectively deter the range of potential adversaries envisioned in the 21st century. This requires the ability to engage targets globally using a variety of methods; therefore, the Air Force should possess the ability to induct, train, assign, educate and exercise individuals and units to rapidly and effectively execute missions that support US NDO objectives. Finally, the Air Force regularly exercises and evaluates all aspects of nuclear operations to ensure high levels of performance.
qas: answers: the ability of nuclear forces to rapidly and accurately strike targets
question: What is the definition of a nuclear strike? 

answers: deployment of nuclear strike capabilities
question: What action by the US Air Force would deter adversaries from threatening US Security? 

answers: President
question: Who has the authorization in the US to terminate a conflict?

answers: US NDO objectives
question: What organization does the US Air Force support on its missions? 

answers: Continental United States
question: What is one of the areas where the US Air Force might operate its missions? 

context: Nuclear surety ensures the safety, security and effectiveness of nuclear operations. Because of their political and military importance, destructive power, and the potential consequences of an accident or unauthorized act, nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon systems require special consideration and protection against risks and threats inherent in their peacetime and wartime environments. The Air Force, in conjunction with other entities within the Departments of Defense or Energy, achieves a high standard of protection through a stringent nuclear surety program. This program applies to materiel, personnel, and procedures that contribute to the safety, security, and control of nuclear weapons, thus assuring no nuclear accidents, incidents, loss, or unauthorized or accidental use (a Broken Arrow incident). The Air Force continues to pursue safe, secure and effective nuclear weapons consistent with operational requirements. Adversaries, allies, and the American people must be highly confident of the Air Force's ability to secure nuclear weapons from accidents, theft, loss, and accidental or unauthorized use. This day-to-day commitment to precise and reliable nuclear operations is the cornerstone of the credibility of the NDO mission. Positive nuclear command, control, communications; effective nuclear weapons security; and robust combat support are essential to the overall NDO function.
qas: answers: Nuclear surety
question: What ensures the safety of nuclear operations? 

answers: precise and reliable nuclear operations
question: What is the mission of the NDO in regards to nuclear security? 

answers: unauthorized or accidental use
question: What is a Broken Arrow incident in nuclear security? 

answers: effective nuclear weapons security
question: What is one of the five functions of NDO support? 

answers: Departments of Defense or Energy
question: What other US departments does the Air Force coordinate with for nuclear security? 

context: Offensive Counterair (OCA) is defined as "offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible" (JP 1-02). OCA is the preferred method of countering air and missile threats, since it attempts to defeat the enemy closer to its source and typically enjoys the initiative. OCA comprises attack operations, sweep, escort, and suppression/destruction of enemy air defense.
qas: answers: Offensive Counterair
question: What does the abbreviation OCA stand for? 

answers: offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms
question: What is the function or definition of the OCA according to JP 1-02?

answers: air and missile threats
question: OCA is the preferred method of defeating what kind of attacks? 

answers: suppression/destruction of enemy air defense
question: What is one of the important functions of the OCA in dealing with attacks? 

context: Defensive Counterair (DCA) is defined as "all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace" (JP 1-02). A major goal of DCA operations, in concert with OCA operations, is to provide an area from which forces can operate, secure from air and missile threats. The DCA mission comprises both active and passive defense measures. Active defense is "the employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy" (JP 1-02). It includes both ballistic missile defense and air breathing threat defense, and encompasses point defense, area defense, and high value airborne asset defense. Passive defense is "measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative" (JP 1-02). It includes detection and warning; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense; camouflage, concealment, and deception; hardening; reconstitution; dispersion; redundancy; and mobility, counter-measures, and stealth.
qas: answers: Defensive Counterair
question: What does the abbreviation DCA stand for? 

answers: friendly
question: What sort of airspace is the DCA designed to protect?

answers: employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks
question: What is active defense, according to the functions of the DCA? 

answers: ballistic
question: What kind of missile defense does active defense protect against, according to the DCA?

answers: counter-measures
question: What is one of the many ways the DCA utilizes passive defense to protect from enemy attacks? 

context: Space superiority is "the degree of dominance in space of one force over another that permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, air, space, and special operations forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force" (JP 1-02). Space superiority may be localized in time and space, or it may be broad and enduring. Space superiority provides freedom of action in space for friendly forces and, when directed, denies the same freedom to the adversary.
qas: answers: Space superiority
question: What is the dominance in space of one force over another? 

answers: localized in time and space, or it may be broad and enduring
question: What does Space Superiority encompass? 

answers: friendly forces
question: Who does space superiority ensure freedom of action in space for? 

answers: land, sea, air, space
question: What areas does Space Superiority operate in? 

context: Space Control is defined as "operations to ensure freedom of action in space for the US and its allies and, when directed, deny an adversary freedom of action in space. This mission area includes: operations conducted to protect friendly space capabilities from attack, interference, or unintentional hazards (defensive space control); operations to deny an adversary's use of space capabilities (offensive space control); and the requisite current and predictive knowledge of the space environment and the operational environment upon which space operations depend (space situational awareness)" (JP 1-02).
qas: answers: operations to ensure freedom of action in space
question: What is the definition of Space Control according to the US and its allies? 

answers: operations conducted to protect friendly space capabilities from attack
question: What is one of the areas of operation that space control serves to protect? 

answers: space situational awareness
question: What is the operational environment that Space Control depends on? 

context: This is the passive, active, and dynamic employment of capabilities to respond to imminent or on-going actions against Air Force or Air Force-protected networks, the Air Force's portion of the Global Information Grid, or expeditionary communications assigned to the Air Force. Cyberspace defense incorporates CNE, computer network defense (CND), and CNA techniques and may be a contributor to influence operations. It is highly dependent upon ISR, fused all-source intelligence, automated indications and warning, sophisticated attribution/characterization, situational awareness, assessment, and responsive C2.
qas: answers: Air Force
question: Who responds with the employment of capabilities where there is a threat?

answers: computer network defense
question: What is the definition of CND?

answers: CNE, computer network defense (CND), and CNA techniques
question: What does Cyberspace defense include?

answers: fused all-source intelligence
question: What is one of the things that Cyberspace defense highly dependent on? 

answers: Air Force
question: What branch of the military is in charge of Cyberspace defense? 

context: Cyberspace Support is foundational, continuous, or responsive operations ensuring information integrity and availability in, through, and from Air Force-controlled infrastructure and its interconnected analog and digital portion of the battle space. Inherent in this mission is the ability to establish, extend, secure, protect, and defend in order to sustain assigned networks and missions. This includes protection measures against supply chain components plus critical C2 networks/communications links and nuclear C2 networks. The cyberspace support mission incorporates CNE and CND techniques. It incorporates all elements of Air Force Network Operations, information transport, enterprise management, and information assurance, and is dependent on ISR and all-source intelligence.
qas: answers: Cyberspace Support
question: What division ensures the Air Force's information integrity and availability? 

answers: sustain assigned networks and missions
question: What is ability is critical in Cyberspace Supports mission?

answers: C2 networks/communications links and nuclear C2 networks
question: What important networks is it the function of Cyberspace support to protect?

answers: CNE and CND
question: What techniques does the Cyberspace Support branch of the Air Force use? 

context: Command and control is "the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Command and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission" (JP 1-02). This core function includes all of the C2-related capabilities and activities associated with air, space, cyberspace, nuclear, and agile combat support operations to achieve strategic, operational, and tactical objectives.
qas: answers: exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces
question: What is the definition of Command and Control in the Air Force operations? 

answers: commander in planning
question: Who is in charge of the Command and Control operations? 

answers: agile combat support operations
question: What is one of the C2 related functions that the Command and Control mission of the Air Force uses? 

answers: achieve strategic, operational, and tactical objectives
question: What are the main objectives of the Command and Control initiative? 

context: Planning and Directing is "the determination of intelligence requirements, development of appropriate intelligence architecture, preparation of a collection plan, and issuance of orders and requests to information collection agencies" (JP 2-01, Joint and National Intelligence Support to Military Operations). These activities enable the synchronization and integration of collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination activities/resources to meet information requirements of national and military decision makers.
qas: answers: Joint and National Intelligence Support to Military Operations
question: What agency is in charge of intelligence requirements? 

answers: development of appropriate intelligence architecture
question: What is one of the ways that the Air Force uses Planning and Directing in its operations? 

answers: national and military decision makers
question: Who benefits from the process analysis and dissemination of this information? 

context: Special Operations are "operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. These operations may require covert, clandestine, or low-visibility capabilities. Special operations are applicable across the ROMO. They can be conducted independently or in conjunction with operations of conventional forces or other government agencies and may include operations through, with, or by indigenous or surrogate forces. Special operations differ from conventional operations in degree of physical and political risk, operational techniques, mode of employment, independence from friendly support, and dependence on detailed operational intelligence and indigenous assets" (JP 1-02).
qas: answers: operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments
question: What are Special Operations? 

answers: achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives
question: What are the goals of Special Operations? 

answers: indigenous or surrogate
question: What kind of forces can Special Operations missions employ? 

answers: dependence on detailed operational intelligence
question: What is one of the ways that Special Operations is different from conventional methods?

context: Airlift is "operations to transport and deliver forces and materiel through the air in support of strategic, operational, or tactical objectives" (AFDD 3–17, Air Mobility Operations). The rapid and flexible options afforded by airlift allow military forces and national leaders the ability to respond and operate in a variety of situations and time frames. The global reach capability of airlift provides the ability to apply US power worldwide by delivering forces to crisis locations. It serves as a US presence that demonstrates resolve and compassion in humanitarian crisis.
qas: answers: operations to transport and deliver forces and materiel through the air
question: What is the definition of Airlift according to the Air Mobility Operations? 

answers: strategic, operational, or tactical
question: What objectives does Airlift support? 

answers: resolve and compassion
question: What does this US presence represent during a humanitarian crisis? 

answers: delivering forces to crisis locations
question: How does the US employ the global reach capability of airlift? 

context: Aeromedical Evacuation is "the movement of patients under medical supervision to and between medical treatment facilities by air transportation" (JP 1-02). JP 4-02, Health Service Support, further defines it as "the fixed wing movement of regulated casualties to and between medical treatment facilities, using organic and/or contracted mobility airframes, with aircrew trained explicitly for this mission." Aeromedical evacuation forces can operate as far forward as fixed-wing aircraft are able to conduct airland operations.
qas: answers: Health Service Support
question: Who coordinates the deployment of thee Aeromedical Evacuation? 

answers: Aeromedical Evacuation
question: What is the movement of patients who need medical attention called?

answers: to and between medical treatment facilities
question: Where does the Aeromedical Evacuation team transport casualties? 

answers: Aeromedical evacuation forces
question: Who operates and is able to conduct airland missions? 

context: Personnel Recovery (PR) is defined as "the sum of military, diplomatic, and civil efforts to prepare for and execute the recovery and reintegration of isolated personnel" (JP 1-02). It is the ability of the US government and its international partners to effect the recovery of isolated personnel across the ROMO and return those personnel to duty. PR also enhances the development of an effective, global capacity to protect and recover isolated personnel wherever they are placed at risk; deny an adversary's ability to exploit a nation through propaganda; and develop joint, interagency, and international capabilities that contribute to crisis response and regional stability.
qas: answers: Personnel Recovery
question: What does the abbreviation PR stand for in terms of the US military?

answers: military, diplomatic, and civil efforts to prepare for and execute the recovery and reintegration of isolated personnel
question: What is the definition of a Personnel Recovery mission? 

answers: deny an adversary's ability to exploit a nation through propaganda
question: What is one of the ways that PR uses its capabilities in a crisis? 

answers: crisis response and regional stability
question: What are the types of international duties of the PR mission? 

context: Humanitarian Assistance Operations are "programs conducted to relieve or reduce the results of natural or manmade disasters or other endemic conditions such as human pain, disease, hunger, or privation that might present a serious threat to life or that can result in great damage to or loss of property. Humanitarian assistance provided by US forces is limited in scope and duration. The assistance provided is designed to supplement or complement the efforts of the host nation civil authorities or agencies that may have the primary responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance" (JP 1-02).
qas: answers: Humanitarian Assistance Operations
question: What are programs that are designed to help with natural or manmade disaters? 

answers: limited
question: What kind of Humanitarian assistance is supplied by the US Forces?

answers: human pain, disease, hunger, or privation that might present a serious threat to life
question: What kinds of endemic conditions do the Human Assistance Operations entail? 

answers: host nation civil authorities or agencies
question: Who is the Humanitarian support intended to help? 

context: Building Partnerships is described as airmen interacting with international airmen and other relevant actors to develop, guide, and sustain relationships for mutual benefit and security. Building Partnerships is about interacting with others and is therefore an inherently inter-personal and cross-cultural undertaking. Through both words and deeds, the majority of interaction is devoted to building trust-based relationships for mutual benefit. It includes both foreign partners as well as domestic partners and emphasizes collaboration with foreign governments, militaries and populations as well as US government departments, agencies, industry, and NGOs. To better facilitate partnering efforts, Airmen should be competent in the relevant language, region, and culture.
qas: answers: airmen interacting with international airmen and other relevant actors
question: What does Building Partnerships relate to in the Air Force? 

answers: develop, guide, and sustain relationships for mutual benefit and security
question: What are the goals of the Building Partnership interactions?

answers: cross-cultural
question: What sort of inter-personal relationships does Building Partnerships encourage? 

answers: building trust-based relationships for mutual benefit
question: What is the major goal of Building Partnerships in these deeds and actions?

answers: relevant language, region, and culture
question: What are Airmen expected to be competent in for these Building Partnerships missions?

context: The U.S. War Department created the first antecedent of the U.S. Air Force in 1907, which through a succession of changes of organization, titles, and missions advanced toward eventual separation 40 years later. In World War II, almost 68,000 U.S airmen died helping to win the war; only the infantry suffered more enlisted casualties. In practice, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) was virtually independent of the Army during World War II, but officials wanted formal independence. The National Security Act of 1947 was signed on on 26 July 1947 by President Harry S Truman, which established the Department of the Air Force, but it was not not until 18 September 1947, when the first secretary of the Air Force, W. Stuart Symington was sworn into office that the Air Force was officially formed.
qas: answers: U.S. War Department
question: Who created the first version of the US Air Force in 1907?

answers: 40 years later
question: When did the US Air Force separate from the War Department? 

answers: 68,000
question: How many causalities did the US Air Force suffer during WWII? 

answers: U.S. Army Air Forces
question: What does the USAAF stand for? 

answers: President Harry S Truman
question: Who signed the National Security Act of 1947? 

context: The act created the National Military Establishment (renamed Department of Defense in 1949), which was composed of three subordinate Military Departments, namely the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the newly created Department of the Air Force. Prior to 1947, the responsibility for military aviation was shared between the Army (for land-based operations), the Navy (for sea-based operations from aircraft carriers and amphibious aircraft), and the Marine Corps (for close air support of infantry operations). The 1940s proved to be important in other ways as well. In 1947, Captain Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in his X-1 rocket-powered aircraft, beginning a new era of aeronautics in America.
qas: answers: Department of Defense
question: What was the National Military Establishment renamed in 1949?

answers: three
question: How many subordinate divisions did the National Military Establishment contain?

answers: sea-based operations from aircraft carriers and amphibious aircraft
question: What does the US Navy's responsibilities include?

answers: Marine Corps
question: Who is in charge of closed air support of infantry operations? 

answers: Captain Chuck Yeager
question: What American broke the sound barrier in 1947?

context: During the early 2000s, the USAF fumbled several high profile aircraft procurement projects, such as the missteps on the KC-X program. Winslow Wheeler has written that this pattern represents "failures of intellect and – much more importantly – ethics." As a result, the USAF fleet is setting new records for average aircraft age and needs to replace its fleets of fighters, bombers, airborne tankers, and airborne warning aircraft, in an age of restrictive defense budgets. Finally in the midst of scandal and failure in maintaining its nuclear arsenal, the civilian and military leaders of the air force were replaced in 2008.
qas: answers: early 2000s
question: When did the USAF have several missteps of aircraft procurement projects? 

answers: Winslow Wheeler
question: Who wrote that these aircraft procurement projects were a failure of intellect and ethics?

answers: 2008
question: When were the military leaders replaced after a scandal over failure to maintain its nuclear arsenal? 

context: Since 2005, the USAF has placed a strong focus on the improvement of Basic Military Training (BMT) for enlisted personnel. While the intense training has become longer, it also has shifted to include a deployment phase. This deployment phase, now called the BEAST, places the trainees in a surreal environment that they may experience once they deploy. While the trainees do tackle the massive obstacle courses along with the BEAST, the other portions include defending and protecting their base of operations, forming a structure of leadership, directing search and recovery, and basic self aid buddy care. During this event, the Military Training Instructors (MTI) act as mentors and enemy forces in a deployment exercise.
qas: answers: Basic Military Training
question: What did the USAF strive to improve since 2005?

answers: BEAST
question: What is the deployment phase of BMT called? 

answers: directing search and recovery
question: What other training do the US Air force Personnel get during BMT? 

answers: Military Training Instructors
question: Who acts as a mentor during this deployment phase of the BMT?

context: In 2007, the USAF undertook a Reduction-in-Force (RIF). Because of budget constraints, the USAF planned to reduce the service's size from 360,000 active duty personnel to 316,000. The size of the active duty force in 2007 was roughly 64% of that of what the USAF was at the end of the first Gulf War in 1991. However, the reduction was ended at approximately 330,000 personnel in 2008 in order to meet the demand signal of combatant commanders and associated mission requirements. These same constraints have seen a sharp reduction in flight hours for crew training since 2005 and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel directing Airmen's Time Assessments.
qas: answers: 2007
question: What year did the USAF take a Reduction-in-force?

answers: budget constraints
question: Why did the USAF plan to take a reduction-in-force?

answers: 330,000
question: How many USAF personnel did the reduction end in during 2008?

answers: flight hours for crew training
question: What has there been a sharp reduction in during the years following 2005 in the USAF?

context: On 5 June 2008, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, accepted the resignations of both the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Wynne, and the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General T. Michael Moseley. Gates in effect fired both men for "systemic issues associated with declining Air Force nuclear mission focus and performance." This followed an investigation into two embarrassing incidents involving mishandling of nuclear weapons: specifically a nuclear weapons incident aboard a B-52 flight between Minot AFB and Barksdale AFB, and an accidental shipment of nuclear weapons components to Taiwan. The resignations were also the culmination of disputes between the Air Force leadership, populated primarily by non-nuclear background fighter pilots, versus Gates. To put more emphasis on nuclear assets, the USAF established the nuclear-focused Air Force Global Strike Command on 24 October 2008.
qas: answers: Secretary of Defense
question: Who was Robert Gates? 

answers: Michael Wynne
question: What Secretary of the Air Force resigned in 2008?

answers: Taiwan
question: Where did the US Air Force accidentally ship a component of Nuclear Weapons? 

answers: General T. Michael Moseley
question: What US Chief of Staff of the US Air Force also resigned in June of 2008?

answers: 24 October 2008
question: When was the Air Force Global Strike Command formed?

context: Due to the Budget sequestration in 2013, the USAF was forced to ground many of its squadrons. The Commander of Air Combat Command, General Mike Hostage indicated that the USAF must reduce its F-15 and F-16 fleets and eliminate platforms like the A-10 in order to focus on a fifth-generation jet fighter future. In response to squadron groundings and flight time reductions, many Air Force pilots have opted to resign from active duty and enter the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard while pursuing careers in the commercial airlines where they can find flight hours on more modern aircraft.
qas: answers: Budget sequestration
question: Why was the USAF forced to ground some of its squadrons in 2013?

answers: General Mike Hostage
question: Who was the Commander of Air Combat Command in 2013?

answers: squadron groundings and flight time reductions
question: Why have many US Air Force pilots opted to resign from active service? 

answers: careers in the commercial airlines
question: Where have many of these US Air Force pilots chosen to find employment instead? 

context: Specific concerns include a compounded inability for the Air Force to replace its aging fleet, and an overall reduction of strength and readiness. The USAF attempted to make these adjustments by primarily cutting the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve aircraft fleets and their associated manpower, but Congress reversed this initiative and the majority of the lost manpower will come from the active forces. However, Congress did allow for $208 million of reprogramming from fleet modernization to enable some portion of the third of the grounded fleet to resume operations.
qas: answers: replace its aging fleet
question: What is one of the concerns of the Air Force? 

answers: cutting the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve aircraft fleets
question: How did the USAF try to make these adjustments to help with strength and readiness of its fleet? 

answers: $208 million
question: How much money did Congress give to the USAF to enable them to replace some of the grounded fleet? 

context: The Department of the Air Force is one of three military departments within the Department of Defense, and is managed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The senior officials in the Office of the Secretary are the Under Secretary of the Air Force, four Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force and the General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The senior uniformed leadership in the Air Staff is made up of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
qas: answers: Secretary of the Air Force
question: Who is the Department of the Air Force managed by?

answers: Secretary of Defense
question: Who does the Secretary of the Air Force report to?

answers: President
question: Who appoints the top positions in the USAF, including the Assistant Secretaries and General Council?

answers: Senate
question: Upon whom does the President call on for support in his appointments to the USAF?

answers: Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force
question: Who does the senior leadership roles in the USAF include? 

context: The organizational structure as shown above is responsible for the peacetime organization, equipping, and training of aerospace units for operational missions. When required to support operational missions, the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) directs the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) to execute a Change in Operational Control (CHOP) of these units from their administrative alignment to the operational command of a Regional Combatant Commander (CCDR). In the case of AFSPC, AFSOC, PACAF, and USAFE units, forces are normally employed in-place under their existing CCDR. Likewise, AMC forces operating in support roles retain their componency to USTRANSCOM unless chopped to a Regional CCDR.
qas: answers: Secretary of Defense
question: Who directs the Secretary of the Air Force during operational missions? 

answers: Change in Operational Control
question: What does the abbreviation CHOP stand for? 

answers: USTRANSCOM
question: Who does the AMC forces usually retain their componency to?

answers: Regional Combatant Commander
question: Who is in charge of these Change in Operational Control missions? 

context: "Chopped" units are referred to as forces. The top-level structure of these forces is the Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force (AETF). The AETF is the Air Force presentation of forces to a CCDR for the employment of Air Power. Each CCDR is supported by a standing Component Numbered Air Force (C-NAF) to provide planning and execution of aerospace forces in support of CCDR requirements. Each C-NAF consists of a Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) and AFFOR/A-staff, and an Air Operations Center (AOC). As needed to support multiple Joint Force Commanders (JFC) in the COCOM's Area of Responsibility (AOR), the C-NAF may deploy Air Component Coordinate Elements (ACCE) to liaise with the JFC. If the Air Force possesses the preponderance of air forces in a JFC's area of operations, the COMAFFOR will also serve as the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC).
qas: answers: forces
question: What are "Chopped" units called in the USAF?

answers: Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force
question: What is the top level structure of these Chopped forces in the USAF? 

answers: planning and execution of aerospace forces
question: What does the C-NAF provide support to?

answers: JFC
question: Who does the C-NAFF coordinate with on ACEE missions?

context: AFSCs range from officer specialties such as pilot, combat systems officer, missile launch officer, intelligence officer, aircraft maintenance officer, judge advocate general (JAG), medical doctor, nurse or other fields, to various enlisted specialties. The latter range from flight combat operations such as a gunner, to working in a dining facility to ensure that members are properly fed. There are additional occupational fields such as computer specialties, mechanic specialties, enlisted aircrew, communication systems, cyberspace operations, avionics technicians, medical specialties, civil engineering, public affairs, hospitality, law, drug counseling, mail operations, security forces, and search and rescue specialties.
qas: answers: judge advocate general
question: What kind of AFSC is a JAG?

answers: missile launch officer
question: What is one of the many types of AFSC employed by the USAF? 

answers: computer specialties
question: What is an example of an occupational field position in the USAF?

context: Beyond combat flight crew personnel, perhaps the most dangerous USAF jobs are Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Combat rescue officer, Pararescue, Security Forces, Combat Control, Combat Weather, Tactical Air Control Party, and AFOSI agents, who deploy with infantry and special operations units who disarm bombs, rescue downed or isolated personnel, call in air strikes and set up landing zones in forward locations. Most of these are enlisted positions augmented by a smaller number of commissioned officers. Other career fields that have seen increasing exposure to combat include civil engineers, vehicle operators, and Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) personnel.
qas: answers: Explosive Ordnance Disposal
question: What does the abbreviation EOD stand for in the USAF?

answers: Tactical Air Control Party
question: What is one of the most dangerous jobs for USAF personnel?

answers: rescue downed or isolated personnel
question: What do some of these special missions in the USAF who deploy with the infantry do?

answers: commissioned officers
question: What are these enlisted positions in the USAF complimented by?

answers: Air Force Office of Special Investigations
question: What other career fields have seen an increase in active combat missions? 

context: Training programs vary in length; for example, 3M0X1 (Services) has 31 days of tech school training, while 3E8X1 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) is one year of training with a preliminary school and a main school consisting of over 10 separate divisions, sometimes taking students close to two years to complete. Officer technical training conducted by Second Air Force can also vary by AFSC, while flight training for aeronautically-rated officers conducted by AETC's Nineteenth Air Force can last well in excess of one year.
qas: answers: one year of training with a preliminary school
question: How long is the training for Explosive Ordnance Disposal in the USAF?

answers: 3M0X1 (Services)
question: What USAF tech school has 31 days of training?

answers: Second Air Force
question: Who conducts the training for Technical Officers in the USAF?

answers: excess of one year
question: How long does the flight training for the AETC's Nineteenth Air Force last? 

context: USAF rank is divided between enlisted airmen, non-commissioned officers, and commissioned officers, and ranges from the enlisted Airman Basic (E-1) to the commissioned officer rank of General (O-10). Enlisted promotions are granted based on a combination of test scores, years of experience, and selection board approval while officer promotions are based on time-in-grade and a promotion selection board. Promotions among enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers are generally designated by increasing numbers of insignia chevrons. Commissioned officer rank is designated by bars, oak leaves, a silver eagle, and anywhere from one to four stars (one to five stars in war-time).[citation needed]
qas: answers: enlisted airmen, non-commissioned officers, and commissioned officers
question: What groups is the USAF rank divided amoung? 

answers: based on a combination of test scores, years of experience, and selection board approval
question: How are Enlisted promotions in the USAF decided? 

answers: based on time-in-grade and a promotion selection board
question: How are Officer promotions within the USAF decided?

answers: designated by bars, oak leaves, a silver eagle, and anywhere from one to four stars
question: How is a Commissioned Officer's rank shown?

context: Air Force officer promotions are governed by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act of 1980 and its companion Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act (ROPMA) for officers in the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. DOPMA also establishes limits on the number of officers that can serve at any given time in the Air Force. Currently, promotion from second lieutenant to first lieutenant is virtually guaranteed after two years of satisfactory service. The promotion from first lieutenant to captain is competitive after successfully completing another two years of service, with a selection rate varying between 99% and 100%. Promotion to major through major general is through a formal selection board process, while promotions to lieutenant general and general are contingent upon nomination to specific general officer positions and subject to U.S. Senate approval.
qas: answers: Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act
question: Was does ROPMA stand for in the USAF? 

answers: Defense Officer Personnel Management Act of 1980
question: What are Air Force Officer promotions overseen by?

answers: virtually guaranteed after two years
question: How long does it usually take to be promoted from second to first lieutenant in the USAF? 

answers: DOPMA
question: Who establishes limits on the amount of Air Force officers? 

answers: Promotion to major through major general
question: What promotion in the USAF is governed by a formal selection process?

context: During the board process an officer's record is reviewed by a selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. At the 10 to 11 year mark, captains will take part in a selection board to major. If not selected, they will meet a follow-on board to determine if they will be allowed to remain in the Air Force. Promotion from major to lieutenant colonel is similar and occurs approximately between the thirteen year (for officers who were promoted to major early "below the zone") and the fifteen year mark, where a certain percentage of majors will be selected below zone (i.e., "early"), in zone (i.e., "on time") or above zone (i.e., "late") for promotion to lieutenant colonel. This process will repeat at the 16 year mark (for officers previously promoted early to major and lieutenant colonel) to the 21 year mark for promotion to full colonel.
qas: answers: Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base
question: Where is an officer's record in the USAF reviewed for a promotion?

answers: Texas
question: What state is the Randolph Air Force Base located in? 

answers: thirteen year
question: When does promotion from major to lieutenant colonel in the USAF typically occur?

answers: 16 year mark
question: The promotion process repeats when for officers promoted early in the USAF?

context: Although provision is made in Title 10 of the United States Code for the Secretary of the Air Force to appoint warrant officers, the Air Force does not currently use warrant officer grades, and is the only one of the U.S. Armed Services not to do so. The Air Force inherited warrant officer ranks from the Army at its inception in 1947, but their place in the Air Force structure was never made clear.[citation needed] When the Congress authorized the creation of two new senior enlisted ranks in 1958, Air Force officials privately concluded that these two new "super grades" could fill all Air Force needs then performed at the warrant officer level, although this was not publicly acknowledged until years later.[citation needed] The Air Force stopped appointing warrant officers in 1959, the same year the first promotions were made to the new top enlisted grade, Chief Master Sergeant. Most of the existing Air Force warrant officers entered the commissioned officer ranks during the 1960s, but small numbers continued to exist in the warrant officer grades for the next 21 years.
qas: answers: Title 10
question: What section in the US Code for the Secretary of the Air Force allows for the appointment of warrant officers?

answers: 1947
question: When did the USAF inherit warrant officer ranks from the Army?

answers: 1958
question: When did Congress authorize the creation of two new senior officer grades?

answers: 1959
question: When did the USAF stop appointing warrant officers?

answers: Chief Master Sergeant
question: What is the newest top enlisted grade in the USAF?

context: Enlisted members of the USAF have pay grades from E-1 (entry level) to E-9 (senior enlisted). While all USAF military personnel are referred to as Airmen, the term also refers to the pay grades of E-1 through E-4, which are below the level of non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Above the pay grade of E-4 (i.e., pay grades E-5 through E-9) all ranks fall into the category of NCO and are further subdivided into "NCOs" (pay grades E-5 and E-6) and "Senior NCOs" (pay grades E-7 through E-9); the term "Junior NCO" is sometimes used to refer to staff sergeants and technical sergeants (pay grades E-5 and E-6).
qas: answers: E-1 (entry level)
question: What is the lowest pay grade in the USAF?

answers: E-9 (senior enlisted)
question: What is the highest pay grade in the USAF?

answers: pay grades E-7 through E-9
question: What pay grades are included in the USAF for Senior NCOs?

answers: staff sergeants and technical sergeants
question: What does junior NCO refer to in the USAF pay grade system?

context: The USAF is the only branch of the U.S. military where NCO status is achieved when an enlisted person reaches the pay grade of E-5. In all other branches, NCO status is generally achieved at the pay grade of E-4 (e.g., a Corporal in the Army and Marine Corps, Petty Officer Third Class in the Navy and Coast Guard). The Air Force mirrored the Army from 1976 to 1991 with an E-4 being either a Senior Airman wearing three stripes without a star or a Sergeant (referred to as "Buck Sergeant"), which was noted by the presence of the central star and considered an NCO. Despite not being an NCO, a Senior Airman who has completed Airman Leadership School can be a supervisor according to the AFI 36-2618.
qas: answers: pay grade of E-4
question: When does NCO status happen in all other branches of the US Military?

answers: when an enlisted person reaches the pay grade of E-5
question: When does NCO status occur in the USAF?

answers: completed Airman Leadership School
question: What must a Senior Airman do to become a supervisor in the USAF?

answers: Corporal
question: What rank is NCO status achieved in the US Army?

context: The first USAF dress uniform, in 1947, was dubbed and patented "Uxbridge Blue" after "Uxbridge 1683 Blue", developed at the former Bachman-Uxbridge Worsted Company. The current Service Dress Uniform, which was adopted in 1993 and standardized in 1995, consists of a three-button, pocketless coat, similar to that of a men's "sport jacket" (with silver "U.S." pins on the lapels, with a silver ring surrounding on those of enlisted members), matching trousers, and either a service cap or flight cap, all in Shade 1620, "Air Force Blue" (a darker purplish-blue). This is worn with a light blue shirt (Shade 1550) and Shade 1620 herringbone patterned necktie. Enlisted members wear sleeve insignia on both the jacket and shirt, while officers wear metal rank insignia pinned onto the coat, and Air Force Blue slide-on epaulet loops on the shirt. USAF personnel assigned to Base Honor Guard duties wear, for certain occasions, a modified version of the standard service dress uniform, but with silver trim on the sleeves and trousers, with the addition of a ceremonial belt (if necessary), wheel cap with silver trim and Hap Arnold Device, and a silver aiguillette placed on the left shoulder seam and all devices and accoutrement.
qas: answers: former Bachman-Uxbridge Worsted Company
question: Where was the Uxbridge Blue dress uniform developed?

answers: 1947
question: When was the first USAF dress uniform introduced?

answers: 1995
question: When was the current USAF dress uniform standardized? 

answers: pinned onto the coat
question: Where does an officer in the USAF wear their rank insignia? 

context: In addition to basic uniform clothing, various badges are used by the USAF to indicate a billet assignment or qualification-level for a given assignment. Badges can also be used as merit-based or service-based awards. Over time, various badges have been discontinued and are no longer distributed. Authorized badges include the Shields of USAF Fire Protection, and Security Forces, and the Missile Badge (or "pocket rocket"), which is earned after working in a missile system maintenance or missile operations capacity for at least one year.
qas: answers: various badges
question: What is worn by USAF members to indicate a billet assignment? 

answers: merit-based or service-based awards
question: What else can Badges be used to designate in the USAF? 

answers: Shields of USAF Fire Protection
question: What is one of the types of Authorized Badges in the USAF? 

answers: at least one year
question: When is the special "pocket rocket" badge given to USAF personnel working in a missile system operation? 

context: Officers may be commissioned upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy, upon graduation from another college or university through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program, or through the Air Force Officer Training School (OTS). OTS, previously located at Lackland AFB, Texas until 1993 and located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama since 1993, in turn encompasses two separate commissioning programs: Basic Officer Training (BOT), which is for line-officer candidates of the active-duty Air Force and the U.S. Air Force Reserve; and the Academy of Military Science (AMS), which is for line-officer candidates of the Air National Guard. (The term "line officer" derives from the concept of the line of battle and refers to an officer whose role falls somewhere within the "Line of the Air", meaning combat or combat-support operations within the scope of legitimate combatants as defined by the Geneva Conventions.)
qas: answers: United States Air Force Academy
question: USAF Officers can be commissioned after graduation from what school? 

answers: Air Force Officer Training School
question: What is another program that allows officers to become commissioned in the USAF?

answers: Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama
question: Where is the OTS in the US currently located?

answers: concept of the line of battle and refers to an officer whose role falls somewhere within the "Line of the Air"
question: What is a line officer in the USAF? 

answers: two
question: How many commissioning programs does the OTS offer the USAF?

context: The Air Force also provides Commissioned Officer Training (COT) for officers of all three components who are direct-commissioned to non-line positions due to their credentials in medicine, law, religion, biological sciences, or healthcare administration. Originally viewed as a "knife and fork school" that covered little beyond basic wear of the uniform, COT in recent years has been fully integrated into the OTS program and today encompasses extensive coursework as well as field exercises in leadership, confidence, fitness, and deployed-environment operations.
qas: answers: Commissioned Officer Training
question: What does the Air Force provide for officers of direct to non-line positions?

answers: medicine, law, religion, biological sciences, or healthcare administration
question: What fields of study in the COT are included in this area of the USAF? 

answers: deployed-environment operations
question: What is an example of the coursework now offered in the COT in the USAF? 

context: The US Air Force Fitness Test (AFFT) is designed to test the abdominal circumference, muscular strength/endurance and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of airmen in the USAF. As part of the Fit to Fight program, the USAF adopted a more stringent physical fitness assessment; the new fitness program was put into effect on 1 June 2010. The annual ergo-cycle test which the USAF had used for several years had been replaced in 2004. In the AFFT, Airmen are given a score based on performance consisting of four components: waist circumference, the sit-up, the push-up, and a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) run. Airmen can potentially earn a score of 100, with the run counting as 60%, waist circumference as 20%, and both strength test counting as 10% each. A passing score is 75 points. Effective 1 July 2010, the AFFT is administered by the base Fitness Assessment Cell (FAC), and is required twice a year. Personnel may test once a year if he or she earns a score above a 90%. Additionally, only meeting the minimum standards on each one of these tests will not get you a passing score of 75%, and failing any one component will result in a failure for the entire test.
qas: answers: Fit to Fight program
question: What is the more strict program that the USAF adopted in 2010 called?

answers: US Air Force Fitness Test
question: What test is designed to test the fitness of airmen in the USAF? 

answers: 1.5-mile
question: How long is the run that the USAF airmen are tested on for the fitness program? 

answers: 75 points
question: What is a passing score on the US Air Force Fitness Test? 

answers: 90%
question: What score must an airman get on the US Air Force Fitness test to be able to opt out of one of the mandatory twice a year retests? 

context: The ground-attack aircraft of the USAF are designed to attack targets on the ground and are often deployed as close air support for, and in proximity to, U.S. ground forces. The proximity to friendly forces require precision strikes from these aircraft that are not possible with bomber aircraft listed below. They are typically deployed as close air support to ground forces, their role is tactical rather than strategic, operating at the front of the battle rather than against targets deeper in the enemy's rear.
qas: answers: U.S. ground forces
question: What are the ground-attack aircraft in the USAF usually deployed in support for? 

answers: precision strikes
question: What does the closeness to friendly troops require of these US Air Force aircraft?

answers: front of the battle
question: What part of a battle line are the precision strike aircraft of the USAF deployed?

answers: bomber aircraft
question: What type of aircraft is not appropriate to be used in close proximity of US ground troops? 

context: In the US Air Force, the distinction between bombers, fighters that are actually fighter-bombers, and attack aircraft has become blurred. Many attack aircraft, even ones that look like fighters, are optimized to drop bombs, with very little ability to engage in aerial combat. Many fighter aircraft, such as the F-16, are often used as 'bomb trucks', despite being designed for aerial combat. Perhaps the one meaningful distinction at present is the question of range: a bomber is generally a long-range aircraft capable of striking targets deep within enemy territory, whereas fighter bombers and attack aircraft are limited to 'theater' missions in and around the immediate area of battlefield combat. Even that distinction is muddied by the availability of aerial refueling, which greatly increases the potential radius of combat operations. The US, Russia, and the People's Republic of China operate strategic bombers.
qas: answers: drop bombs
question: What are most attack aircraft in the US Air Force designed to do? 

answers: bomber
question: What type of USAF aircraft is designed for long range airstrike attacks? 

answers: fighter bombers and attack aircraft
question: What types of aircraft are typically limited to close proximity of battlefield conflict by the USAF? 

answers: aerial refueling
question: What increases the radius of combat missions by the US Air Force?

answers: US, Russia, and the People's Republic of China
question: What countries utilize strategic bomber aircraft in their missions? 

context: The service's B-2A aircraft entered service in the 1990s, its B-1B aircraft in the 1980s and its current B-52H aircraft in the early 1960s. The B-52 Stratofortress airframe design is over 60 years old and the B-52H aircraft currently in the active inventory were all built between 1960 and 1962. The B-52H is scheduled to remain in service for another 30 years, which would keep the airframe in service for nearly 90 years, an unprecedented length of service for any aircraft. The B-21 is projected to replace the B-52 and parts of the B-1B force by the mid-2020s.
qas: answers: 1990s
question: When did the B-2A aircraft enter into service of the US Air Force? 

answers: 1980s
question: When did the USAF introduce the B-1B aircraft? 

answers: B-52H
question: What aircraft in the USAF was introduced in the 1960s?

answers: 30 years
question: How long is the B-52H scheduled to remain in service of the USAF? 

answers: B-21
question: What aircraft is scheduled to replace the B-52 in the USAF?

context: Cargo and transport aircraft are typically used to deliver troops, weapons and other military equipment by a variety of methods to any area of military operations around the world, usually outside of the commercial flight routes in uncontrolled airspace. The workhorses of the USAF Air Mobility Command are the C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, and C-5 Galaxy. These aircraft are largely defined in terms of their range capability as strategic airlift (C-5), strategic/tactical (C-17), and tactical (C-130) airlift to reflect the needs of the land forces they most often support. The CV-22 is used by the Air Force for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). It conducts long-range, special operations missions, and is equipped with extra fuel tanks and terrain-following radar. Some aircraft serve specialized transportation roles such as executive/embassy support (C-12), Antarctic Support (LC-130H), and USSOCOM support (C-27J, C-145A, and C-146A). The WC-130H aircraft are former weather reconnaissance aircraft, now reverted to the transport mission.
qas: answers: Cargo and transport
question: What type of aircraft is used to deliver troops and weapons to military operations? 

answers: C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, and C-5 Galaxy
question: What aircraft are considered the workhorses of the US Air Force?

answers: U.S. Special Operations Command
question: The CV-22 aircraft is used by what section of the USAF?

answers: LC-130H
question: What aircraft offers Antarctic Support to the US Air Force?

answers: weather reconnaissance aircraft
question: What did the USAF use the WC-130H aircraft for before they converted them for transport missions? 

context: The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent an advantage in the EMS and ensure friendly, unimpeded access to the EM spectrum portion of the information environment. Electronic warfare aircraft are used to keep airspaces friendly, and send critical information to anyone who needs it. They are often called "The Eye in the Sky." The roles of the aircraft vary greatly among the different variants to include Electronic Warfare/Jamming (EC-130H), Psychological Operations/Communications (EC-130J), Airborne Early Warning and Control (E-3), Airborne Command Post (E-4B), ground targeting radar (E-8C), range control (E-9A), and communications relay (E-11A)
qas: answers: deny the opponent an advantage in the EMS
question: What is the purpose of electronic warfare?

answers: The Eye in the Sky
question: What nickname is given to Electronic warfare aircraft?

answers: to keep airspaces friendly, and send critical information to anyone who needs it
question: What does the USAF use Electronic warfare aircraft for?

answers: Electronic Warfare/Jamming
question: What is the EC-130H used for by the US Air Force? 

answers: Airborne Command Post
question: What does the USAF use the E-4B aircraft for?

context: The fighter aircraft of the USAF are small, fast, and maneuverable military aircraft primarily used for air-to-air combat. Many of these fighters have secondary ground-attack capabilities, and some are dual-roled as fighter-bombers (e.g., the F-16 Fighting Falcon); the term "fighter" is also sometimes used colloquially for dedicated ground-attack aircraft. Other missions include interception of bombers and other fighters, reconnaissance, and patrol. The F-16 is currently used by the USAF Air Demonstration squadron, the Thunderbirds, while a small number of both man-rated and non-man-rated F-4 Phantom II are retained as QF-4 aircraft for use as Full Scale Aerial Targets (FSAT) or as part of the USAF Heritage Flight program. These extant QF-4 aircraft are being replaced in the FSAT role by early model F-16 aircraft converted to QF-16 configuration. The USAF has 2,025 fighters in service as of September 2012.
qas: answers: air-to-air combat
question: What is the primary function of the USAF fighter aircraft?

answers: F-16 Fighting Falcon
question: What is the name of a type of dual purpose fighter-bomber aircraft used by the US Air Force?

answers: F-16
question: What aircraft is used by the US Air Demonstration group The Thunderbirds?

answers: F-4 Phantom II
question: What kind of aircraft is utilized by the USAF in Full Scale Aerial Targets?

answers: early model F-16 aircraft converted to QF-16 configuration
question: What are the QF-4 aircraft being replaced by the US Air Force? 

context: The USAF's KC-135 and KC-10 aerial refueling aircraft are based on civilian jets. The USAF aircraft are equipped primarily for providing the fuel via a tail-mounted refueling boom, and can be equipped with "probe and drogue" refueling systems. Air-to-air refueling is extensively used in large-scale operations and also used in normal operations; fighters, bombers, and cargo aircraft rely heavily on the lesser-known "tanker" aircraft. This makes these aircraft an essential part of the Air Force's global mobility and the U.S. force projection. The KC-46A Pegasus is undergoing testing and is projected to be delivered to USAF units starting in 2017.
qas: answers: aerial refueling aircraft
question: What kind of aircraft is the USAF's KC-135?

answers: tail-mounted refueling boom
question: How does the aerial refueling aircraft supply fuel during flight?

answers: large-scale operations
question: When is air-to-air refueling primarily used by the US Air Force?

answers: KC-46A Pegasus
question: What aircraft will be available for use by the US Air Force in 2017?

context: In response to the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accepted in June 2009 the resignations of Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley. Moseley's successor, General Norton A. Schwartz, a former tactical airlift and special operations pilot was the first officer appointed to that position who did not have a background as a fighter or bomber pilot. The Washington Post reported in 2010 that General Schwartz began to dismantle the rigid class system of the USAF, particularly in the officer corps.
qas: answers: Robert Gates
question: What US Secretary of Defense accepted resignations of top US Air Force officials in June of 2009?

answers: Michael Wynne
question: What US Secretary of the Air Force resigned following a nuclear weapons problem ?

answers: General Norton A. Schwartz
question: Who was appointed to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force following Mosley's resignation?

answers: The Washington Post
question: What newspaper reported on Schwartz's dismantlement of the US Air Force's class system?

context: Daniel L. Magruder, Jr defines USAF culture as a combination of the rigorous application of advanced technology, individualism and progressive airpower theory. Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. adds that the U.S. Air Force's culture also includes an egalitarianism bred from officers perceiving themselves as their service's principal "warriors" working with small groups of enlisted airmen either as the service crew or the onboard crew of their aircraft. Air Force officers have never felt they needed the formal social "distance" from their enlisted force that is common in the other U.S. armed services. Although the paradigm is changing, for most of its history, the Air Force, completely unlike its sister services, has been an organization in which mostly its officers fought, not its enlisted force, the latter being primarily a rear echelon support force. When the enlisted force did go into harm's way, such as members of multi-crewed aircraft, the close comradeship of shared risk in tight quarters created traditions that shaped a somewhat different kind of officer/enlisted relationship than exists elsewhere in the military.
qas: answers: Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.
question: What author wrote about the US Air Force egalitarian culture?

answers: an organization in which mostly its officers fought
question: How does the US Air Force differ from other branches of the military?

answers: primarily a rear echelon support force
question: How have the enlisted forces of the US Air Force been seen?

context: Cultural and career issues in the U.S. Air Force have been cited as one of the reasons for the shortfall in needed UAV operators. In spite of an urgent need for UAVs or drones to provide round the clock coverage for American troops during the Iraq War, the USAF did not establish a new career field for piloting them until the last year of that war and in 2014 changed its RPA training syllabus again, in the face of large aircraft losses in training, and in response to a GAO report critical of handling of drone programs. Paul Scharre has reported that the cultural divide between the USAF and US Army has kept both services from adopting each other's drone handing innovations.
qas: answers: Cultural and career issues
question: What is the reason for the shortage of UAV operators in the US Air Force?

answers: Iraq War
question: During what war the the USAF establish a new career field for piloting UAVs and drones?

answers: large aircraft losses in training
question: Why did the USAF change its training methods on UAVs in 2014?

answers: US Army
question: What branch of the US Military does a cultural divide prevent the US Air Force from adopting their drone protocols?

context: Many of the U.S. Air Force's formal and informal traditions are an amalgamation of those taken from the Royal Air Force (e.g., dining-ins/mess nights) or the experiences of its predecessor organizations such as the U.S. Army Air Service, U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Army Air Forces. Some of these traditions range from "Friday Name Tags" in flying units to an annual "Mustache Month." The use of "challenge coins" is a recent innovation that was adopted from the U.S. Army while another cultural tradition unique to the Air Force is the "roof stomp", practiced by Air Force members to welcome a new commander or to commemorate another event, such as a retirement.
qas: answers: Royal Air Force
question: Where did some of the US Air Force traditions come from? 

answers: "Friday Name Tags" in flying units
question: What traditions does the US Air Force have? 

answers: U.S. Army
question: What organization did the US Air Force adopt "Challenge Coins" from?

answers: welcome a new commander or to commemorate another event, such as a retirement
question: What does the roof stomp tradition signify in the US Air Force?

context: The United States Air Force has had numerous recruiting slogans including "No One Comes Close" and Uno Ab Alto ("One From On High"). For many years, the U.S. Air Force used "Aim High" as its recruiting slogan; more recently, they have used "Cross into the Blue", "We've been waiting for you" and "Do Something Amazing", "Above All", and the newest one, as of 7 October 2010, considered a call and response, "Aim high" followed with the response, "Fly-Fight-Win" Each wing, group, or squadron usually has its own slogan(s). Information and logos can usually be found on the wing, group, or squadron websites.
qas: answers: "No One Comes Close"
question: What was a recent US Air Force recruiting slogan? 

answers: "One From On High"
question: What does the USAF slogan Uno Ab Alto mean? 

answers: "Aim high" followed with the response, "Fly-Fight-Win"
question: What is the most recent US Air Force recruitment slogan in October 2010?

answers: wing, group, or squadron websites
question: Where can individual each USAF wing, group or squadrons individual motto be found?