Everyone has heard about the great people of our nation. Not the founding fathers or any of the others of history, but the current heroes of today. There is the Army, the Navy and the Marines, but also among them is the United States Air Force, which is the aerial and space warfare branch of the United States armed forces. Before September 18, 1947, they were a part of the Army, but branched out separately after the National Security Act of 1947. The Air Force's official mission is "to fly, fight, and win... in air, space and cyberspace." In order to keep achieving this goal, they must keep up with the development of Airmen, technological warfare and integrating operations. This helps the Air Force maintain air and space superiority, which ensures the enemy, cannot make a sneak attack on land, sea, air or space. The advanced technological warfare allows the quick, precise attack if it should ever become necessary, with time not adding to the list of enemies. The ability to react and respond quickly in any given situation maintains rapid global mobility. The Air Force is also superior in obtaining information that is necessary to create plans based on a given situation with, as previous mentioned, absolute precision in all of their activities. The leaders of the Force generally enforce and maintain three core values meant to inspire Airmen to do only their best and to improve upon their best. The Airmen are to learn these values, which tie them to history's greatest warriors and public servants, to live by these standards and to cherish them. First and foremost, Airmen are taught "Integrity First." This means doing what is right when nobody is around to see it, maintaining the ability to compose oneself and acting on conviction. It means practicing honesty, responsibility, accountability, justice, openness, self-respect and humility. To summarize, an Airmen with integrity can grasp the concept of defending the Constitution and is sobered by the act. Secondly, Airmen are taught "Service Before Self." They are taught to act selflessly and follow professional procedure before satisfying personal desires. In the most minimal scenario, this would include following all of the given rules, maintaining and composing respect for others and exercising discipline and self-control. In particular, Airmen must maintain control of certain aspects of their life, such as anger, appetites and religious tolerance. Lastly, "Excellence in All We Do." The United States Air Force expects only excellence from their Airmen. This extends to personal excellence by maintaining physical and mental health as well as completing military education. Community excellence is highly desired as well, which extends to giving people the benefit of the doubt and offering genuine respect for the people of the nation. Under no circumstances should any of these values not be followed. Those who cannot follow the minimum standards for the United States Air Force and allow personal desires to get in the way of professionalism are, as stated on the Air Force's home page, unfit for military service. For more information on the United States Air Force, visitÂ
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