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AIRINT - Air Intelligence

The term “collection” in the field of intelligence often encompasses five disciplines, also known as sources: open source intelligence (OSINT), human intelligence (HUMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT), geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), andmeasurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) and SIGINT.

In the study named The Historical Roots of Air Intelligence (AIRINT): Terminology Development Attempt, the historical roots of air intelligence are given, which can be defined as a combination of data collection techniques, especially by using aerial technology. The study contributes the term AIRINT, which is not a recognized or widely used term in the intelligence literature. Therefore, the study is the first that mentions AIRINT as the abbreviation for air intelligence, which is an intelligence-gathering system. However, not being a source of intelligence gathering, aerial technologies are widely used systems in the twenty-first century, and from now on can be mentioned as AIRINT, similar to the other techniques (ELINT, IRINT, OPTINT, NUCINT, RADINT).

The necessity for a specific word such as AIRINT arises from the specialised character of intelligence collected from airborne systems, which has gained growing significance in contemporary military and geopolitical circumstances. AIRINT involves a range of distinct actions and techniques for gathering information that are exclusive to airborne operations. This sets it apart from other types of intelligence, such as ground-based HUMINT or SIGINT.