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AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Tactical Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

A deployable, task-tailored, tactical-level force normally comprised of a command element, one or more air operations elements, an operations-support element, a mission-support element and a force-protection element.

OBS

air expeditionary wing; AEW: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel; designations officially approved by the Air Force Terminology Panel (Trenton), the Defence Terminology Standardization Board and the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Opérations tactiques (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Force de niveau tactique, adaptée à la tâche et déployable, comportant normalement un élément de commandement, un ou plusieurs éléments d’opérations aériennes, un élément de soutien des opérations, un élément de soutien de mission et un élément de protection de la force.

OBS

escadre expéditionnaire aérienne; EEA : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées; désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de la Force aérienne (Trenton), par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense et par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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