Fact Sheet Alphabetical List

  • Tethered Aerostat Radar System

    The Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) is a balloon-borne radar system. The primary aerostat mission is to provide low level radar surveillance data in support of federal agencies involved in the nation's drug interdiction program. Secondary mission is to provide NORAD Headquarters with low level

  • Thunderbirds

    ThunderbirdsCurrent as of December 7, 2018 Mission Statement:  Recruit, Retain and Inspire Vision Statement:  Building Air Force interest and positive awareness in every corner of society. Objectives: Support Air Force recruiting and retention programs Reinforce public confidence in the US Air Force

  • U-2S/TU-2S

    The U-2 provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance, day or night, in direct support of U.S. and allied forces. It delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence to decision makers throughout all phases of conflict, including peacetime indications and warnings,

  • WC-135W Constant Phoenix

    The WC-135R Constant Phoenix atmospheric collection aircraft supports national level consumers by collecting particulate and gaseous effluents and debris from accessible regions of the atmosphere in support of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. (Current as of March 20, 2023)