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2. Air Force One - Wikipedia

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   SAM 29000, one of two VC-25As used as Air Force One, approaching Dayton International Airport in October 2012. Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used to ...

3. Nike Air Force - Wikipedia

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   Air Force 1. The Nike Air Force 1 was designed by Bruce Kilgore in 1982. The name is a reference to Air Force One, the plane that carries the President of the United States. Nike Air Force 1s were ubiquitous in Harlem, New York, giving rise to the nickname "Uptowns". The Air Force 1 began production in 1982 but was discontinued in 1984.

4. Project Nike - Wikipedia

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   Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953. A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for ...

5. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Air brake (road vehicle) An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to both release the parking/emergency brakes in order to move the vehicle, and also to apply pressure to the brake pads or brake shoes to slow and stop the vehicle.

6. Anti-lock braking system - Wikipedia

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   An anti-lock braking system ( ABS) is a safety anti- skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. [1] ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, thereby maintaining tractive contact with the road surface and allowing the driver to maintain more control over ...

7. Electronic brakeforce distribution - Wikipedia

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   Electronic brakeforce distribution ( EBD or EBFD) or electronic brakeforce limitation ( EBL) is an automobile brake technology that automatically varies the amount of force applied to each of a vehicle's wheels, based on road conditions, speed, loading, etc, thus providing intelligent control of both brake balance and overall brake force.