Everything about American Forces Network
Broadcast service operated by the United States Armed Forces
The American Forces Network (AFN) is a government television and radio broadcast service the United States Armed Forces provides to soldiers stationed or assigned overseas, and is headquartered at Fort Meade in Maryland. AFN comprises two subordinate overseas commands and one directorate in the continental United States. Overseas, AFN Europe is headquartered at Sembach Kaserne in Germany and consists of 15 subordinate stations in the countries of Bahrain, Belgium, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Turkey. AFN Pacific is headquartered at Yokota Air Base in Japan and consists of nine stations in Diego Garcia, Japan, and South Korea. Stations under AFN Europe and AFN Pacific broadcast live local radio shows Monday through Friday, with the exception of U.S. federal holidays. Stateside, AFN's broadcast operations, which include global radio and television satellite feeds, emanate from the AFN Broadcast Center at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: American Forces NetworkA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: An observation over the rural-urban re-connecting process based on the Alternative Food Network (AFN) in China——from the perspective of ‘social capital’Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: From chain drive to turbochargerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Mode of Action, In Vitro Activity, and In Vivo Efficacy of AFN-1252, a Selective Antistaphylococcal FabI InhibitorCited 118 times
- Go sideways: American Forces Antarctic NetworkA closely related topic
- Go sideways: AFN PrimeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Defaka.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Mode of Action, In Vitro Activity, and In Vivo Efficacy of AFN-1252, a Selective Antistaphylococcal FabI Inhibitor
AFN-1252, a FabI Inhibitor, Demonstrates a Staphylococcus-Specific Spectrum of Activity
A new type of biocompatible fluorescent probe AFN for fixed and live cell imaging of intracellular lipid droplets
How to avoid the tragedy of alternative food networks (AFNs)? The impact of social capital and transparency on AFN performance
Organising Alternative Food Networks (AFNs): Challenges and Facilitating Conditions of different AFN types in three EU countries
Efficacy and Safety of AFN-1252, the First Staphylococcus-Specific Antibacterial Agent, in the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections, Including Those in Patients with Significant Comorbidities
Resistance to AFN-1252 Arises from Missense Mutations in Staphylococcus aureus Enoyl-acyl Carrier Protein Reductase (FabI)
Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and efficacy of novel FabI inhibitor AFN-1252 against MSSA and MRSA in the murine thigh infection model
🆕 Influential since 2022
An observation over the rural-urban re-connecting process based on the Alternative Food Network (AFN) in China——from the perspective of ‘social capital’
Deducing the Composition of Venus Cloud Particles with the Autofluorescence Nephelometer (AFN)
Antibacterial Activities of Agaricus bisporus Extracts and Their Synergistic Effects with the Antistaphylococcal Drug AFN-1252
Tailoring pores of AFN-related zeolites for enhanced separation of CO2/N2 and CO2/CH4
Treatment of Spent Pickling Solutions by Diffusion Dialysis Using Anion-Exchange Membrane Neosepta-AFN
📚 Books worth reading
From chain drive to turbochargerDenis Jenkinson · 1984
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🔗 Related topics
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