# United States Air Force ## Microsim ### Live player <div class="microsim-player"> <iframe src="https://editor.p5js.org/sciencenibber/full/IP0wqoced" width="100%" height="620" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe> </div> <div class="microsim-fallback"> <img src="Microsims/thumbs/United_States_Air_Force.png" alt="United_States_Air_Force microsim poster" style="width:100%;border:1px solid #4445;border-radius:6px;"> <p><em>Live microsim (desktop) · <a href="https://editor.p5js.org/sciencenibber/sketches/IP0wqoced">open sketch in the p5.js editor</a></em></p> </div> **Editor URL:** https://editor.p5js.org/sciencenibber/sketches/IP0wqoced **Description (100 words):** This sketch visualizes the lift equation that governs every U.S. Air Force airframe, crewed or autonomous. A side-view fighter sits in an oncoming airflow while four sliders drive airspeed v, angle of attack alpha, altitude h (which sets air density rho), and wing area S. The blue lift vector grows and shrinks against a fixed reference-weight arrow, so "level flight" (L = W) is legible at a glance. Push the angle of attack past 15 degrees and the wing stalls: the lift coefficient peaks then falls, the vector collapses, and the readout flashes STALL. Equation: L = 0.5 * rho * v^2 * S * C_L. ```js // ===================================================================== // Article : United States Air Force // Slug : United_States_Air_Force // Wikitube : en.wikitube.io/wiki/United_States_Air_Force // Room : Robotics // // Idea : The U.S. Air Force lives in the Robotics room because it is // the largest operator of autonomous and remotely-piloted // aircraft (MQ-1/MQ-9, loyal-wingman drones). Every one of // those airframes, crewed or not, obeys the same wing // aerodynamics. This sketch visualizes the lift equation: // a side-view fighter sits in an oncoming airflow; the reader // drives airspeed v, angle of attack alpha, altitude h, and // wing area S, and watches the lift vector grow, shrink, or // collapse at stall. The lift arrow is compared against a // fixed reference weight so "level flight" (L = W) is legible. // // Equation : Lift L = ½ · ρ · v² · S · C_L // air density (ISA-ish): ρ(h) = ρ0 · exp(-h / H), // ρ0 = 1.225 kg/m³, H = 8500 m // lift coefficient: C_L = a0 · alpha (linear, pre-stall) // stall taper applied past alpha_stall // ===================================================================== // Rule §3 — single source of truth for the title/URL/save name. const ARTICLE = "United_States_Air_Force"; // Rule §4 — disable the Friendly Error System for ship. p5.disableFriendlyErrors = true; // ---------- physical constants ---------- const RHO0 = 1.225; // sea-level air density, kg/m^3 const SCALE_H = 8500; // density scale height, m const CL_SLOPE = 0.11; // lift-curve slope per degree (~2*pi/rad) const ALPHA_STALL = 15; // stall angle of attack, degrees const W_REF_KN = 120; // reference aircraft weight for the gauge, kN // ---------- controls ---------- let vSlider; // airspeed v (m/s) let alphaSlider; // angle of attack a (deg) let altSlider; // altitude h (km) let areaSlider; // wing area S (m^2) // ---------- layout constants (set in setup) ---------- let planeX, planeY; // aircraft anchor on the canvas let SLD_X, SLD_W; // slider strip left edge + width function setup() { // Rule §5 — canvas inside setup, standard size, 2x density. createCanvas(720, 520); pixelDensity(2); // Aircraft anchor: right-of-centre so the left band is free for readouts. planeX = 430; planeY = 235; // Slider strip lives in a dedicated lower-RIGHT band so it never collides // with the bottom-left readouts or the bottom-right equation footer // (pitfalls §slider-overlap). Readouts own the left, sliders own the right. SLD_X = 480; SLD_W = 180; // Rule §6 — build controls in setup, position explicitly, label in draw. // Ranges are physically meaningful, not generic 0-100. vSlider = createSlider(50, 350, 200, 5); // subsonic fighter band vSlider.position(SLD_X, height - 116); vSlider.style("width", SLD_W + "px"); alphaSlider = createSlider(0, 20, 5, 1); // 0..20 deg, through stall alphaSlider.position(SLD_X, height - 92); alphaSlider.style("width", SLD_W + "px"); altSlider = createSlider(0, 15, 5, 1); // sea level to 15 km altSlider.position(SLD_X, height - 68); altSlider.style("width", SLD_W + "px"); areaSlider = createSlider(20, 80, 30, 1); // small fighter to large areaSlider.position(SLD_X, height - 44); areaSlider.style("width", SLD_W + "px"); } function draw() { // ---------- read controls ---------- const v = vSlider.value(); // m/s const alphaDeg = alphaSlider.value();// deg const hKm = altSlider.value(); // km const S = areaSlider.value(); // m^2 // ---------- math ---------- const h = hKm * 1000; // m const rho = RHO0 * Math.exp(-h / SCALE_H); const CL = liftCoefficient(alphaDeg); const stalled = alphaDeg > ALPHA_STALL; const L = 0.5 * rho * v * v * S * CL; // Newtons const L_kN = L / 1000; // ---------- sky background, darker (thinner air) with altitude ---------- const skyTop = lerpColor(color(150, 185, 225), color(20, 30, 60), hKm / 15); const skyBot = lerpColor(color(225, 238, 250), color(70, 95, 140), hKm / 15); for (let y = 0; y < height; y++) { stroke(lerpColor(skyTop, skyBot, y / height)); line(0, y, width, y); } // ---------- reference geometry: airflow + horizon (layer 1) ---------- drawAirflow(v); // ---------- active geometry: aircraft + force vectors (layer 2) ---------- drawAircraft(alphaDeg, stalled); drawForces(L_kN, stalled); // ---------- HUD watermark (rule §2) ---------- noStroke(); textFont("system-ui"); // §2a — top-left title block. fill(20); textSize(20); textAlign(LEFT, TOP); text("United States Air Force", 16, 14); textSize(12); fill(60); text("Wikitube microsim - en.wikitube.io/wiki/" + ARTICLE, 16, 40); // §2b — top-right control hints. textAlign(RIGHT, TOP); textSize(11); fill(60); text("sliders: v (airspeed), alpha (AoA), h (altitude), S (wing area)", width - 16, 14); text("lift arrow vs fixed weight W = " + W_REF_KN + " kN (level when L = W)", width - 16, 30); // §2c — bottom-left live readouts (canonical symbols). textAlign(LEFT, BOTTOM); textSize(13); fill(20); text("v = " + v + " m/s", 16, height - 96); text("alpha = " + alphaDeg + " deg", 16, height - 78); text("h = " + hKm + " km -> rho = " + rho.toFixed(3) + " kg/m^3", 16, height - 60); text("S = " + S + " m^2 C_L = " + CL.toFixed(2), 16, height - 42); // The headline result, color-coded vs the reference weight. textSize(15); if (stalled) fill(210, 60, 50); else if (L_kN >= W_REF_KN) fill(30, 130, 60); else fill(200, 120, 30); text("L = " + L_kN.toFixed(0) + " kN" + (stalled ? " STALL" : ""), 16, height - 20); // Slider labels (rule §7) — to the LEFT of each slider, right-aligned. textAlign(RIGHT, CENTER); textSize(12); fill(40); text("v", SLD_X - 8, height - 116 + 8); text("alpha", SLD_X - 8, height - 92 + 8); text("h", SLD_X - 8, height - 68 + 8); text("S", SLD_X - 8, height - 44 + 8); // §2d — bottom-right equation footer (ASCII only — pitfalls §unicode). textAlign(RIGHT, BOTTOM); textSize(12); fill(80); text("L = 0.5 * rho * v^2 * S * C_L", width - 16, height - 8); } // ---------- helpers (rule §10) ---------- // Linear lift-curve slope pre-stall; a smooth taper past the stall angle so // the reader sees C_L peak then fall rather than climb forever. function liftCoefficient(alphaDeg) { if (alphaDeg <= ALPHA_STALL) { return CL_SLOPE * alphaDeg; } const peak = CL_SLOPE * ALPHA_STALL; const over = alphaDeg - ALPHA_STALL; // degrees past stall return Math.max(0, peak * (1 - 0.10 * over)); // ~10% loss per degree } // Oncoming airflow: streamlines from the left, density of lines scales gently // with airspeed so faster v reads as "more flow". function drawAirflow(v) { const n = Math.round(map(v, 50, 350, 5, 11)); stroke(255, 255, 255, 150); strokeWeight(1.5); const top = 110; const bot = 360; for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) { const y = map(i, 0, n - 1, top, bot); const x2 = planeX - 70; line(20, y, x2, y); // little arrowhead line(x2, y, x2 - 8, y - 4); line(x2, y, x2 - 8, y + 4); } } // Simple side-view fighter silhouette, rotated by the angle of attack so the // nose pitches up as alpha increases. Turns red-tinted when stalled. function drawAircraft(alphaDeg, stalled) { push(); translate(planeX, planeY); rotate(-radians(alphaDeg)); // nose up = positive AoA noStroke(); fill(stalled ? color(150, 70, 70) : color(70, 80, 95)); // fuselage beginShape(); vertex(-90, 6); vertex(60, 6); vertex(95, 0); // nose vertex(60, -6); vertex(-90, -6); vertex(-105, -2); // tail endShape(CLOSE); // main wing (seen edge-on, drawn as a short chord under the fuselage) fill(stalled ? color(120, 55, 55) : color(50, 60, 75)); rect(-30, 4, 55, 5, 2); // vertical tail fin triangle(-105, -2, -85, -2, -98, -26); // USAF roundel hint: a small star-circle on the fuselage fill(235); ellipse(-10, 0, 16, 16); fill(stalled ? color(150, 70, 70) : color(40, 60, 120)); ellipse(-10, 0, 11, 11); fill(235); star(-10, 0, 2.2, 5.0, 5); pop(); } // Lift (up) and reference weight (down) vectors drawn from the aircraft CG. function drawForces(L_kN, stalled) { const cgx = planeX; const cgy = planeY; // pixels-per-kN so that the reference weight is a fixed, readable length. const pxPerKN = 130 / W_REF_KN; const liftLen = constrain(L_kN * pxPerKN, 0, 175); const weightLen = W_REF_KN * pxPerKN; // Lift vector — up. stroke(stalled ? color(210, 60, 50) : color(30, 130, 200)); strokeWeight(4); arrow(cgx, cgy - 12, cgx, cgy - 12 - liftLen); noStroke(); fill(stalled ? color(210, 60, 50) : color(30, 130, 200)); textSize(12); textAlign(LEFT, CENTER); text("L", cgx + 8, cgy - 12 - liftLen + 6); // Weight vector — down, fixed length reference. stroke(90); strokeWeight(3); arrow(cgx, cgy + 12, cgx, cgy + 12 + weightLen); noStroke(); fill(90); text("W", cgx + 8, cgy + 12 + weightLen - 6); // level-flight tick: dashed line at lift == weight length above CG stroke(30, 130, 60, 140); strokeWeight(1); const ly = cgy - 12 - weightLen; for (let x = cgx - 70; x < cgx + 70; x += 10) line(x, ly, x + 5, ly); noStroke(); fill(30, 130, 60); textAlign(RIGHT, CENTER); textSize(10); text("L = W", cgx - 74, ly); } // Minimal arrow helper (shaft + head), used for the force vectors. function arrow(x1, y1, x2, y2) { line(x1, y1, x2, y2); const a = atan2(y2 - y1, x2 - x1); const hl = 9; line(x2, y2, x2 - hl * cos(a - 0.4), y2 - hl * sin(a - 0.4)); line(x2, y2, x2 - hl * cos(a + 0.4), y2 - hl * sin(a + 0.4)); } // Five-point star for the roundel insignia. function star(cx, cy, rIn, rOut, pts) { beginShape(); for (let i = 0; i < pts * 2; i++) { const r = i % 2 === 0 ? rOut : rIn; const ang = -HALF_PI + (i * PI) / pts; vertex(cx + r * cos(ang), cy + r * sin(ang)); } endShape(CLOSE); } ``` ## Links (Wikipedia order) <!-- injected from _registry/childlinks/United_States_Air_Force.json (2026-07-30T02:09:12Z) --> `100th_Air_Refueling_Wing` · `10th_Missile_Squadron` · `11th_Bomb_Squadron` · `123rd_Special_Tactics_Squadron` · `125th_Special_Tactics_Squadron` · `12th_Flying_Training_Wing` · `12th_Missile_Squadron` · `137th_Special_Operations_Wing` · `13th_Bomb_Squadron` · `14th_Flying_Training_Wing` · 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· `White_House_Military_Office` · `White_House_Reconstruction` · `Whiteman_Air_Force_Base` · `Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots` · `Women_in_the_United_States_Air_Force` · `World_War_I` · `World_War_II` · `Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base` · `Yemeni_Air_Force` · `Yokota_Air_Base` · `YouTube` · `Zambian_Air_Force` · `Zuni_(rocket)` · `Ämari_Air_Base` · `Łask_Air_Base` ## From the Real GENERATIVE library ![United States Air Force](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/200px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png) *United States Air Force — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Robotics room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg).* ![Animated: United States Air Force](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Usaroundelevo.gif/220px-Usaroundelevo.gif) *Animated: United States Air Force — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Robotics room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usaroundelevo.gif).* <!-- REAL-GENERATIVE-MEDIA:END --> <!-- LOCAL-MEDIA-PASS:START --> ## From the vault media library !United States Air Force thumb.png *United States Air Force — from the vault's own media holdings, placed 2026-07-09. MTN / Wikitube.io original · CC BY-SA 4.0.* <!-- LOCAL-MEDIA-PASS:END --> <!-- SIGN-SYSTEMS:START --> **Semiotic universals** (the notations and alphabet letters this article speaks — each opens its canonical card): force · rotation · collision · flow. Index: the glyph gallery · SEMIOTICS PORTAL. <!-- SIGN-SYSTEMS:END --> ## Media (PD/CC) <!-- MEDIA-DEPLOY:United_States_Air_Force/Usaroundelevo.gif --> !Gif Library/United States Air Force/Usaroundelevo.gif *Usaroundelevo.gif · Anynobody · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usaroundelevo.gif)* <!-- /MEDIA-DEPLOY --> > **Room:** [[Robotics]] · **Status:** ✅ shipped ## Overview The **United States Air Force** (USAF) is the air-service branch of the U.S. armed forces, established as an independent service in 1947 and tasked with air superiority, global strike, rapid mobility, intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance, and command and control. In the GENERATIVE wiki it sits in the Robotics room because the modern Air Force is a heavy operator of autonomous and remotely-piloted systems — from the MQ-1/MQ-9 family of unmanned aircraft to increasingly autonomous "loyal wingman" platforms — that share the kinematic, control, and sensing concerns the room covers. Whatever the platform, every Air Force aircraft is governed by the same first-principles aerodynamics. The accompanying microsim makes that concrete by visualizing the **lift equation**, L = ½·ρ·v²·S·C_L: the upward aerodynamic [[Force|force]] a wing produces is set by air [[Density|density]] ρ (which falls with altitude), the square of airspeed v, the wing reference area S, and the dimensionless lift coefficient C_L (which rises with angle of attack until the wing stalls). Sliders let the reader trade airspeed against altitude and angle of attack and watch the resulting lift vector grow, shrink, or collapse at stall — the same envelope every USAF airframe, crewed or autonomous, must respect. ## See also - Room hub: [[Robotics]] - p5.js Editor conventions: P5 JS EDITOR - Wiki root: MAIN --- *Scaffolded by `generative-microsim` from row 3 of the Robotics sheet on 2026-06-02T21:29:15Z.* <!-- REAL-GENERATIVE-MEDIA:START --> <!-- CRAFT-LINK:START g12 --> *Built to the [[WT!P5_js_Microsim_Master_Class|p5.js Master Class]].* <!-- CRAFT-LINK:END --> ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/United_States_Air_Force) ## Previous hub tags Tree parents: [[Fault_tree_analysis]] · [[Monte_Carlo_method]]. Legacy hubs: `GENERATIVE`. --- *Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*