Tactical Air Command

noun

1. a U.S. Air Force command supplying direct air support to U.S. Army ground combat units.

Example Sentences

Air Force assigned the base to the Tactical Air Command to house tactical bombers.

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Prior to applying for the MOL program, Peterson served for four years as a flight instructor and military training officer with the Air Training Command, three years as a nuclear systems analyst with the Air Force Systems Command and one year as a fighter pilot with Tactical Air Command.

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The 20-year-old from Yucaipa was assigned to the Tactical Air Command Squadron at Miramar.

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In 1946, the army decided to make Langley Field the headquarters of its Tactical Air Command, one of the major commands of the US Army Air Corps.

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“It’s frustrating and infuriating that there are so many dedicated doctors who work for the V.A. but it seems impossible to get to them,” said Mr. Schenker, who served with the Tactical Air Command during Vietnam.

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