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80-3
WAR DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON, MAY 26, 1942
A.A.F. REGULATION
NO. 80-3
ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES
Use of the Term “Fighter”
1. To effect standardization of nomenclature with other similar organizations the Army Air Forces will henceforth use the term “fighter” in place of the terms “Pursuit” and “Interceptor”, except
a. The term “Interceptor” may be used as a descriptive prefix to indicate one phase of “Fighter” employment.
2. The nomenclature prescribed in paragraph 1 above will be used in all correspondence and communications in the future and all references to “Pursuit” or “Interceptor” in current publications will be construed to mean “Fighter”.
3. Tables of Organization are being amended accordingly.
By command of Lieutenant General Arnold:
Millard F Harmon, Major General, US Army, Chief of Staff
Official: William W Dick, Colonel, AGD, Air Adjutant General
OFFICIAL STAMP
DISTRIBUTION “A”
A TRUE COPY DANIEL HANDLER, MAJOR, AIR CORPS
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