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United 93 (film)
United 93 is a 2006 American-British-French docudrama directed by Paul Greengrass, telling in real time the story of the hijacked United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
United Aircraft Corporation (Объединённая авиастроительная корпорация)
United Aircraft Corporation (Объединённая авиастроительная корпорация, OAK) is a Russian state aerospace holding company created by decree in 2006, consolidating the Sukhoi, MiG, Ilyushin, and Tupolev design bureaus.
United Airlines
United Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in Chicago and owned by United Airlines Holdings, tracing to 1926 air mail routes and merged with Continental Airlines in 2010.
United Airlines Flight 173
United Airlines Flight 173 was a scheduled DC-8 flight from New York that crashed near Portland, Oregon, in 1978 after all four engines flamed out from fuel exhaustion.
United Airlines Flight 232
United Airlines Flight 232 was a DC-10 flight from Denver to Chicago that crashed at Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19, 1989, killing 111 of 296 aboard; 185 survived.
United Airlines Flight 585
United Airlines Flight 585 was a Boeing 737-200 flight that crashed on approach to Colorado Springs, Colorado, on March 3, 1991, killing all 25 people aboard.
United Airlines Flight 811
United Airlines Flight 811 was a scheduled Boeing 747 flight that suffered explosive decompression near Honolulu in 1989 when its cargo door opened in flight.
United Breaks Guitars
United Breaks Guitars is a 2009 protest song and music video by Canadian musician Dave Carroll of Sons of Maxwell, written after United Airlines damaged his $3,500 Taylor guitar and refused compensation.
United Engine Corporation
United Engine Corporation (Объединенная двигателестроительная корпорация, UEC) is a Russian state-owned engine-building holding company under Rostec, created in 2008 to consolidate the Soviet-era engine industry.
United Express
United Express is the regional airline brand of United Airlines, under which carriers such as SkyWest, Mesa, Republic, CommuteAir, and GoJet fly feeder routes to United's hubs.
United States Air Force Combat Control Team
The United States Air Force Combat Control Team, whose members are called combat controllers, deploys into hostile territory to establish assault zones and control air traffic under fire.
United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia
The United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia are the chevrons worn by enlisted Airmen from airman basic to chief master sergeant, in use since 1948.
United States Air Force in the United Kingdom
The United States Air Force in the United Kingdom is a network of British airfields operated by or for the USAF, continuously maintained since 1942.
United States Air Force officer rank insignia
United States Air Force officer rank insignia are the bars, oak leaves, eagles, and stars identifying officer grades from Second Lieutenant to General, adopted from the Army in 1947.
United States Air Force Security Forces
The United States Air Force Security Forces, formerly called Air Police and Security Police, are the Air Force's military police and air base defense force, known as Defenders.
United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party
The United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) is an Air Force Special Warfare field whose members embed with Army units and direct air strikes.
United States Air Force Thunderbirds
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are the Air Force's official air demonstration squadron, formed in 1953 and based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, since 1956, flying F-16s at air shows.
United States Army Air Assault School
The United States Army Air Assault School, also known as the Sabalauski Air Assault School, is a roughly 10-day course at Fort Campbell qualifying soldiers for helicopter operations.
United States Army Aviation Branch
The United States Army Aviation Branch is the basic branch of the United States Army covering most of its fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft units, established on 12 April 1983.
United States Army Pathfinder School
The United States Army Pathfinder School trains pathfinders who provide navigational aid, air traffic control, and advisory services to military aircraft; graduates earn the Pathfinder Badge.
United States Marine Corps Aviation
United States Marine Corps Aviation, also known as USMC aviation, is the air arm of the United States Marine Corps, founded in 1912 and dedicated to supporting Marine ground forces.
United States military nuclear incident terminology
United States military nuclear incident terminology is the set of Pentagon flagwords, including Broken Arrow and Bent Spear, that classify accidents involving U.S. nuclear weapons.
United States Naval Aviator training pipeline
The United States Naval Aviator training pipeline is the sequence of selection, ground school, and graded flight training that leads to Wings of Gold, typically over 18 to 24 months.
United States Naval Test Pilot School
The United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) is a U.S. Navy school founded in 1945 in Maryland, recognized for its unique rotary-wing and airborne systems curriculum.
United States Navy aircraft squadron designation and lineage
The United States Navy aircraft squadron designation and lineage system assigns letter-number designations like VF and VFA, with lineage rules set by Navy policy since 1922.
United States Ultralight Association
The United States Ultralight Association (USUA) is an independent, not-for-profit organization established in 1985 to represent ultralight and microlight flight and act as the U.S. representative for FAI competitions.
University of Maryland Gamera II
The University of Maryland Gamera II, also known as Gamera II HPH, was a human-powered helicopter that set flight duration and altitude records in 2012 and 2013.
University of North Dakota aerospace program
The University of North Dakota aerospace program, founded in 1968 by John D. Odegard, trains over 2,000 aerospace students annually through the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences in Grand Forks.
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, is an aircraft that flies without a pilot on board, controlled remotely by an operator or autonomously by an onboard computer.
Unmanned aircraft system
An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is the complete setup for flying a drone: the aircraft, its command-and-control datalink, the ground control station, and the software linking them.