(DoD) A deployed numbered air force or command echelon immediately subordinate to a numbered air force provided as the United States Air Force component command committed to a joint operation. Also called AETF. See also expeditionary force; air expeditionary wing.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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