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 * includes units of the United States Air Force from 1947 to present and the United States Army aviation commands up to 1947

Air Transport
"Air Transport" was adopted by the USAAF late in World War II for airlift units.

Airlift
"Airlift" was adopted by the USAF after the Cold War to cover tactical and military airlift units placed under Air Mobility Command.

Bomb
The designation "Bomb" was adopted in 1993 as a replacement for the traditional "Bombardment" designation.

Communications
"Communications" units are responsible for providing communications services to other units and are typically non-flying units.

Communications Maintenance
"Information Technology" units were briefly designated during the 1980s in place of some Communications units.

Ferrying
"Information Technology" units were briefly designated during the 1980s in place of some Communications units.

Fighter
The "Fighter" designation was adopted as a replacement for the "Pursuit" designation for air combat units during World War II.

Fighter-Day
The "Fighter-Day" designation was adopted in 1954 to identify fighter units without all-weather/night capability. It was dropped a few years later with the adoption of the "Tactical Fighter" designation.

Information Technology
"Information Technology" units were briefly designated during the 1980s in place of some Communications units.

Military Airlift
"Military Airlift" was adopted by the USAF during the Cold War for airlift units in the Military Airlift Command.

Pursuit
The "Pursuit" designation was used by Army units in lieu of the more common term 'fighter' up into World War II, whereupon the Army transitioned to the "Fighter" designation.

Tactical Fighter
The "Tactical Fighter" designation was adopted in 1958 to identify fighter units of all types which were under Tactical Air Command. It was replaced by the simple "Fighter" designation upon the reorganization of TAC into Air Combat Command in 1991.

Tactical Fighter
The "Tactical Fighter" designation was adopted in 1958 to identify fighter units of all types which were under Tactical Air Command. It was replaced by the simple "Fighter" designation upon the reorganization of TAC into Air Combat Command in 1991.