AAF

AAF may refer to:

In aviation:

  • Aigle Azur (ICAO code), a French airline
  • Apalachicola Regional Airport (IATA code), in Apalachicola, Florida

    • In militaries:

  • Albanian Armed Forces
  • Army Air Field, an operating base for the United States Army Aviation Branch
  • Auxiliary Air Force, the original name of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force of the United Kingdom
  • United States Army Air Forces, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force

    • In organizations:

  • American Advertising Federation, a U.S. trade association
  • Amateur Athletic Foundation, the former name of the LA84 Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit
  • Animals Asia Foundation, a Hong Kong-based charity
  • Association of Adventist Forums, the former name of Adventist Forums, a Seventh-day Adventist group

    • In technology:

  • Advanced Authoring Format, an industry standard for high-end exchange of video project data
  • Anti-aliasing filter, a filter used to restrict the bandwidth of a signal

    • In other uses:

  • 2-Acetylaminofluorene, a biochemical tool
  • Alien Ant Farm, an alternative rock band
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    2-Acetylaminofluorene

    2-Acetylaminofluorene (AAF, 2-AAF) is a carcinogenic and mutagenic derivative of fluorene. It is used as a biochemical tool in the study of carcinogenesis. It induces tumors in a number of species in the liver, bladder and kidney. The metabolism of this compound in the body by means of biotransformation reactions is the key to its carcinogenicity. 2-AAF is a substrate for cytochrome P-450 (CYP) enzyme, which is a part of a super family found in almost all organisms. This reaction results in the formation of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene which is a proximal carcinogen and is more potent than the parent molecule. The N-hydroxy metabolite undergoes several enzymatic and non-enzymatic rearrangements. It can be O-acetylated by cytosolic N-acetyltransferase enzyme to yield N-acetyl-N-acetoxyaminofluorene. This intermediate can spontaneously rearrange to form the arylamidonium ion and a carbonium ion which can interact directly with DNA to produce DNA adducts. In addition to esterification by acetylation, the N-hydroxy derivative can be O-sulfated by cytosolic sulfur transferase enzyme giving rise to the N-acetyl-N-sulfoxy product.

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    Arrow Air Flight 1285

    Coordinates: 48°54′43″N 54°34′27″W / 48.91194°N 54.57417°W / 48.91194; -54.57417

    Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF jetliner, registered N950JW, which operated as an international charter flight carrying U.S. troops from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, via Cologne, West Germany and Gander, Newfoundland.

    On the morning of Thursday, 12 December 1985, shortly after takeoff from Gander en route to Fort Campbell, the aircraft stalled, crashed, and burned about half a mile from the runway, killing all 248 passengers and 8 crew members on board. As of December 2015, it has the highest death toll of any aviation accident on Canadian soil and the second-highest of any accident involving a DC-8, behind the crash of Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 six years later.

    The accident was investigated by the Canadian Aviation Safety Board (CASB), which determined the probable cause of the crash was the aircraft's unexpectedly high drag and reduced lift condition, most likely due to ice contamination on the wings' leading edges and upper surfaces, as well as underestimated onboard weight. A minority report stated that the accident could have been caused by an onboard explosion of unknown origin prior to impact.

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