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===Civilian/military=== [[File:US Navy 060505-N-9079D-025 Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class David McKeehe works approach controller in Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATTC).jpg|thumb|right|A military air traffic controller at approach control on the {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}} (CVN-72).|219x219px]] Civilian ATCs handle commercial and general aviation such as [[airliner]]s and [[Business jet|private jets]] while military controllers usually oversee airspace or airports of armed forces. Some civilian airports are part of military airports and therefore serviced by military controllers also known as [[Joint-use airport|joint-use]].<ref name="j099">{{cite web |title=Joint Civilian/Military (Joint-Use) Airports |website=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |date=2 Aug 2022 |url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/joint_use_airports |access-date=9 Feb 2025}}</ref> In some countries all air traffic controlling is handled by the military and all controllers are soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 September 2008 |title=Air traffic control still causing disruption in Brazil |url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/air-traffic-control-still-causing-disruption-in-brazil-3687 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213224315/http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/air-traffic-control-still-causing-disruption-in-brazil-3687 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |access-date=13 December 2014 |publisher=Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) |quote=Besides Brazil, the only nations in which the military retains complete control of civilian traffic are Paraguay and Uganda.}}</ref>[[File:Civilian air traffic controllers, Memphis.jpg|thumb|right|Civilian air traffic controllers, [[Memphis International Airport]], 1962|217x217px]]
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