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- United States Air ForceWikipedia▎ high· 2026-05-14
- Founded September 18, 1947
- Military service branch
- Core missions include air superiority, global mobility, global strike, command and control
- Headquartered at the Pentagon
- Project BLUE BOOK - Unidentified Flying ObjectsNational Archives▎ high· 2026-05-14
- Project Blue Book operated 1947–1969
- 12,618 UFO sightings investigated
- 701 remained unidentified
- Headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB
- 42 cubic feet of documentation archived
U. S. Air Force
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is a military service branch of the United States Armed Forces, established as an independent service on September 18, 1947, following the National Security Act of 1947. Headquartered in the Pentagon, the USAF is responsible for air superiority, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control operations. The service maintains primary responsibility for aerial warfare and defense, with a significant historical role in investigations of unidentified aerial phenomena through Project Blue Book (1947–1969), which documented 12,618 UFO sightings with 701 remaining unidentified before the program's closure.
Enriquecimento (PT-BR)
A Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos (USAF) é um ramo de serviço militar das Forças Armadas dos EUA, estabelecido como um serviço independente em 18 de setembro de 1947, após a Lei de Segurança Nacional de 1947. Sediada no Pentágono, a USAF é responsável pela superioridade aérea, mobilidade global rápida, ataque global e operações de comando e controle. O serviço mantém responsabilidade primária por operações de guerra aérea e defesa, com papel histórico significativo em investigações de fenômenos aéreos não identificados através do Projeto Blue Book (1947–1969), que documentou 12.618 avistamentos de OVNI com 701 permanecendo não identificados antes do encerramento do programa.
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- United States Air Force · Wikipedia · reliability:
high— Founded September 18, 1947; Military service branch; Core missions include air superiority, global mobility, global strike, command and control; Headquartered at the Pentagon - Project BLUE BOOK - Unidentified Flying Objects · National Archives · reliability:
high— Project Blue Book operated 1947–1969; 12,618 UFO sightings investigated; 701 remained unidentified; Headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB; 42 cubic feet of documentation archived