MREC-08 · MILITARY RECORDS LIBRARY
Flight, Aviation & Mission Records
MREC-08: Aviation records linking qualifications, flight activity, aircraft/crew identity, mission participation, combat reporting, mishaps, and operational chronology.
What this record can establish
Flight qualifications; logged flight activity; named crew or aircraft; mission or sortie data where the individual is identified; reported combat activity.
What it does not establish automatically
Squadron totals, aircraft-carrier operations, or an air-group history do not establish an individual’s specific sortie. Recommendations or reported scores are not equivalent to official award or claims adjudication.
Preservation package
Individual flight log; NATOPS/qualification records; mission reports; aircraft bureau/tail numbers; crew lists; strike/after-action reports; mishap records.
Minimum source metadata
- Stable source ID and record class
- Creator or issuing office
- Document date and covered period
- Subject identifiers
- Repository and exact locator
- Provenance or acquisition note
- Proposition supported and express limits
- Evidence-status code and derivative/OCR/transcription lineage
Evidence testing
- Identity: Is the record tied to the correct person, unit, platform, or event?
- Chronology: Separate document date, effective date, event date, and covered period.
- Institutional purpose: Understand why the record was created and what it was designed to record.
- Corroboration: Seek independent records; copies and derivatives from one source do not create independence.
Evidence status key: D1 direct primary; D2 corroborated primary; S1 authoritative secondary; S2 credible secondary; I inference; C conflict; U unverified; N negative research result.
Connected Life Record chapters
- MLR-03 — Training & Qualifications
- MLR-06 — Career, Assignments & Deployment
- MLR-08 — Medical, Injury & Disability
- MLR-09 — Vehicles, Travel & Transportation
Related navigation guides
Retrieval and authority status
This page defines the evidence family and preservation method. Repository-specific access rules, privacy limits, request forms, retention schedules, service/era differences, and governing authorities must be verified for the particular record before treating retrieval instructions as final. Start with current official repositories and the linked Navigation Guides.
