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(a) Establishment of Command.— The Secretary of the Air Force, with the advice and assistance of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, shall establish an Air Force Reserve Command. The Air Force Reserve Command shall be operated as a separate command of the Air Force. (b) Commander.— The Chief of Air Force Reserve is the Commander of the Air ...
Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) 2007–2008 Air Force Communications Command: 1961–1991 [4] Air Force Intelligence Command: 1948–1993 Air Force Logistics Command: 1944–1992 Air Force Space Command: 1982–2019 Air Force Systems Command: 1950–1992 Air Proving Ground Command: 1946–1957 as major command Air Training Command: 1946 ...
A Component Numbered Air Force (C-NAF) has the additional role as an Air Force Component Command exercising command and control over air and space forces supporting a Unified Combatant Command. [2] Unlike MAJCOMs, which have a management role, a NAF is a tactical organization with an operational focus, and does not have the same functional ...
This is a list of Air Force-controlled (AFCON) Wings of the United States Air Force. The United States Air Force from c.1948 onward had two main types of wings and groups: AFCON, those controlled by Headquarters Air Force and usually having one, two, or three digits, and listed here; and Major Air Command-controlled (MAJCON) wings and groups, having four digits, controlled by Major Commands ...
In current usage a wing commander is more likely to command a wing which is an administrative sub-division of an RAF station. A flying squadron is normally commanded by a wing commander but is occasionally commanded by a squadron leader for small units. In the Air Training Corps, a wing commander is usually the officer commanding of a wing.
This page currently focuses on one of the two historical categories of USAF wings: "AFCON" (Headquarters (US) Air Force CONtrolled) units or "permanent" units, which during the Cold War period were readily distinguished by having one, two or three digit designations, such as the 1st Fighter Wing, 60th Military Airlift Wing, 355th Fighter Wing, and could go through a series of inactivations and ...
Royal Air Force epaulette rank insignia: rank title [1] Marshal of the Royal Air Force: Air Chief Marshal: Air Marshal: Air Vice-Marshal: Air Commodore: Group Captain: Wing Commander: Squadron Leader: Flight Lieutenant: Flying Officer: Pilot Officer: Officer cadet: abbreviation MRAF [note 1] Air Chf Mshl Air Mshl AVM Air Cdre Gp Capt Wg Cdr Sqn ...
It is the senior agency of the Air Force component commander to provide command and control of air operations. [ 1 ] The United States Air Force employs two kinds of AOCs: regional AOCs utilizing the AN/USQ-163 Falconer weapon system that support geographic combatant commanders , and functional AOCs that support functional combatant commanders ...