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American Airlines Group
American Airlines Group Inc. is a Fort Worth, Texas holding company formed in 2013 from the AMR and US Airways merger, whose principal subsidiary is American Airlines.
American Aviation Historical Society
The American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) is an organization founded in 1956 to preserve American aviation history, publishing the quarterly AAHS Journal and holding roughly one million photographs.
American Eagle (airline brand)
American Eagle is the regional airline brand of American Airlines, introduced in 1984, under which separately incorporated carriers such as Envoy Air and SkyWest operate flights on American's behalf.
American Eagle Flight 4184
American Eagle Flight 4184, also known as the Roselawn crash, was an ATR 72 flight that crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, in 1994, killing all 68 aboard.
American Fighter Aces Association
The American Fighter Aces Association, founded in 1960, unites American combat pilots credited with destroying five or more enemy aircraft, spanning World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Amerikabomber
The Amerikabomber was a World War II German Air Ministry initiative to develop a long-range bomber able to strike the United States from Europe; prototypes were built but none entered service.
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center, also known as NASA Ames, is a NASA research center at Moffett Field in California's Silicon Valley, founded in 1939 as NACA's second laboratory.
Amet-khan Sultan
Amet-khan Sultan, also known as Амет-Хан Султан, was a Soviet fighter ace and test pilot of Crimean Tatar descent, twice Hero of the Soviet Union in World War II.
Ameur Altania
The Ameur Altania, also known as the UCA Carbon Bird, is a French single-engine pusher light aircraft with side-by-side seats for two and a V-tail, designed in the 1990s.
Amphibious assault ship
An amphibious assault ship is a large warship that carries Marines and lands them ashore by helicopter and landing craft, designated LHA or LHD in the US Navy.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Schiphol, AMS/EHAM): the Netherlands' main airport, a military airfield since 1916, civil since 1920, one of Europe's four largest by passengers, capped at 478,000 flights per year from November 2025 under Dutch noise policy.
AMX International AMX
The AMX International AMX, nicknamed Ghibli, is a light attack jet developed by Italy and Brazil that served from 1989 until Italy retired it in 2024.
Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson, also known as Amy Mollison, was a British aviator and engineer from Hull who in 1930 became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles
Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles (Order of Turtles, Turtle Club): a joking drinking fraternity linked to WWII pilots; members asked "Are you a turtle?" must give a password or buy drinks. Wally Schirra was asked it during the 1962 Sigma 7 launch.
Ancillary revenue (airlines)
Ancillary revenue for airlines is revenue beyond ticket sales from fees for bags, seats, and other services, estimated at $148.4 billion worldwide in 2024, about 15% of airline revenue.
Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a US Air Force base on Guam, opened as North Field in 1944 and home to the 36th Wing, the Air Force's main Indo-Pacific staging base.
Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition
Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition was a Swedish 1897 attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon; all three men died and were found in 1930.
Andrej Vrbec
Andrej Vrbec (born 1978) is a Slovenian amateur rocketeer from Kamnik whose rockets reached 17.5 km in 2015 and 25 km in 2021, and a barebow archer holding a Slovenian team record.
Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base, now Joint Base Andrews, is a US Air Force base in Camp Springs, Maryland, serving as the home of Air Force One.
Anduril Altius
The Anduril Altius is a family of small autonomous air vehicles and loitering munitions made by Anduril Industries, launched from tubes on the ground, from trucks, or from aircraft.
Anduril FQ-44
The Anduril FQ-44, also designated YFQ-44, is an uncrewed semi-autonomous fighter jet built for the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, first flying in 2025.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, born Anne Spencer Morrow, was an American aviator and author, the wife of Charles Lindbergh, and the bestselling author of Gift from the Sea (1955).
Ansari X Prize
The Ansari X Prize, also known as the X Prize, was a $10 million competition announced in 1996 and won in 2004 by SpaceShipOne, the first privately financed crewed spacecraft.
Ansett Australia
Ansett Australia was a major Australian airline founded by Sir Reginald Ansett in 1936 and one of the country's two dominant domestic carriers until its 2001 collapse.
Antalya Airport
Antalya Airport, also known as Antalya International Airport, is an international airport serving Antalya, Turkey, and the Mediterranean's largest holiday tourism region, with 39.1 million passengers in 2025.
Anthony Fokker
Anthony Fokker (Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker) was a Dutch aviation pioneer and manufacturer whose synchronizer gear created the first fighter planes in World War I.
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), also called an anti-submarine operation, is the branch of naval warfare that finds and attacks enemy submarines, using sonar, ships, aircraft, and increasingly uncrewed systems.
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, also known as Guam International Airport, is Guam's only commercial airport at Tiyan near Hagåtña, the westernmost airport in the United States.
Antonov
Antonov is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer founded by Oleg Antonov in 1946, known for the AN-124 Ruslan and the AN-225 Mriya, the world's largest transport plane.
Antonov A-40
The Antonov A-40, nicknamed the Krylyaty Tank or Flying Tank, was a Soviet 1942 experimental tank glider that attached biplane wings to a T-60 light tank for airborne delivery.