text: Chapter 1
  air assault operation — (DOD) An operation in which assault forces, using the mobility of rotary-wing or tiltrotor
  aircraft and the total integration of available fires, maneuver under the control of a ground or air maneuver
  commander to engage enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain. (JP 3-18)
  air corridor — (DOD) A restricted air route of travel specified for use by friendly aircraft and established for the
  purpose of preventing friendly aircraft from being fired on by friendly forces. (JP 3-52)
  air defense — (DOD) Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or aerodynamic
  missiles, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. (JP 3-01) Also called AD.
  air defense artillery — (DOD) Weapons and equipment for actively combating air targets from the ground. (JP
  3-01) Also called ADA.
  air defense region — (DOD) A geographical subdivision of an air defense area. (JP 3-01)
  air defense sector — (DOD) A geographical subdivision of an air defense region. (JP 3-01)
  air defense warning condition — (DOD) An air defense warning given in the form of a color code
  corresponding to the degree of air raid probability with yellow standing for when an attack by hostile aircraft or
  missiles is probable; red for when an attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is imminent or is in progress; and
  white for when an attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is improbable. (JP 3-01) Also called ADWC.
  air domain — (DOD) The atmosphere, beginning at the Earth’s surface, extending to the altitude where its
  effects upon operations become negligible. (JP 3-30)
  air interdiction — (DOD) Air operations to perform interdiction conducted at such distances from friendly forces
  that detailed integration of each Air mission with the fire and movement of friendly forces is not required. (JP 3-
  03)Also called AI.
  air liaison officer — (DOD) The senior tactical air control party member attached to a ground unit who functions
  as the primary advisor to the ground commander on air power. (JP 3-09.3) Also called ALO.
  Air Mobility Command — (DOD) The Air Force component command of the United States Transportation
  Command. (JP 3-36) Also called AMC.
  air movement — (DOD) Air transport of units, personnel, supplies, and equipment including airdrops and air
  landings. (JP 3-36)
  air operations center — (DOD) The senior agency of the Air Force component commander that provides
  command and control of Air Force Air and space operations and coordinates with other components and
  Services. (JP 3-30) Also called AOC.
  air support operations center — (DOD) The principal air control agency of the theater air control system
  responsible for the direction and control of air operations directly supporting the ground combat element. (JP
  3-09.3) Also called ASOC.
  air tasking order — (DOD) A method used to task and disseminate to components, subordinate units, and
  command and control agencies projected sorties, capabilities and/or forces to targets and specific missions.
  (JP 3-30) Also called ATO.
  air terminal — (DOD) A facility on an airfield that functions as an air transportation hub and accommodates the
  loading and unloading of airlift aircraft and the intransit processing of traffic. (JP 3-36)
  airborne assault — (DOD) The use of airborne forces to parachute into an objective area to attack and
  eliminate armed resistance and secure designated objectives. (JP 3-18)
  airborne mission coordinator — (DOD) The designated individual that serves as an airborne extension of the
  component commander or supported commander responsible for the personnel recovery mission. (JP 3-50)
  Also called AMC.
  airborne operation — (DOD) An operation involving the air movement into an objective area of combat forces
  and their logistic support for execution of a tactical, operational, or strategic mission. (JP 3-18)
  airdrop — (DOD) The unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight. (JP 3-36)
  airfield — (DOD) An area prepared for the accommodation (including any buildings, installations, and
  equipment), landing, and takeoff of aircraft. See also departure airfield, landing area, landing site. (JP 3-36)
  air-ground operations — The simultaneous or synchronized employment of ground forces with aviation
  maneuver and fires to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative. (FM 3-04) Also called AGO.
  airhead — (DOD) A lodgment that, when seized and held, ensures the continuous air landing of troops and
  materiel and provides the maneuver space necessary for projected operations. (JP 3-18)
  airhead line — (DOD) A line denoting the limits of the objective area for an airborne assault. (JP 3-18)
  airland — (DOD) Movement by air and disembarkment, or unloading, on the ground after the aircraft has landed
  or while an aircraft is hovering. (JP 3-36)