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EarthForce One is a fictional spacecraft used in the Babylon 5 science fiction television series to transport the Earth Alliance President to other planets. Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Earth Alliance is the name of a fictional alliance of the countries of Earth in the television series Babylon 5. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ...


Since EarthForce One is analogous to the present day Air Force One, and that designation follows any U.S. Air Force aircraft that happens to be transporting the President of the United States, it's likely that the call sign would be used by any EarthForce vessel carrying the President of the Earth Alliance. Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ... Aircraft of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition counterparts stationed together at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in southwest Asia, fly over the desert. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... EarthForce is the military branch of the Earth Alliance, Earths governing body in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...


Presidential Assassination of 2259

Shortly after midnight on January 1, 2259, EarthForce One was destroyed in the assassination of Earth Alliance President Luis Santiago. Santiago's vice-president, William Morgan Clark, assumed the presidency after being sworn in aboard EarthForce Two. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Luis Santiago is a fictional character in the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ... In the Science Fiction series Babylon 5, William Morgan Clark was the president of the Earth Alliance. ...


Clark was later implicated in the assassination plot and his government was overthrown during a revolt lead by Captain John Sheridan three years later. now. ...


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EarthForce Rank: Babylon 5 Tech-Manual. (439 words)
The Earthforce General who commands the whole of the Star Navy fleet is given the "Title" but not the rank of, Admiral.
Command rank of Earthforce officers, with authority to command a military installation, usually placed in position of executive or first officer aboard any Earthforce command.
Equivalent rank in Earthforce Army & Marines is Lt. Colonel.
Earth Alliance (Babylon 5) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1603 words)
A year after ascending to the presidency, EarthForce officers on space station Babylon 5 smuggled Clark's doctor to Earth, where he gave testimony before the Earth Alliance's Senate that Clark's claim that a case of the flu kept him off of Earth Force One was a lie, that he hadn't been sick at all.
She brought dire news: Earthforce had achieved space superiority over Orion 7 and Proxima 3, which were now cut off; Earthforce was now occupying Mars, and though there was fierce groundfighting the Martians were losing; very few ships had defected away from Clark, those not appointed by him were keeping silent due to intimidation.
Worse, an EarthForce fleet of two Omega class destroyers and many wings of Starfuries were headed for Babylon 5 to arrest the command staff and put it under jurisdiction of Nightwatch.
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