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This is a list of major commands (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force. A major command is a significant Air Force organization subordinate to Headquarters, US Air Force. Major commands have a headquarters staff and subordinate organizations, typically formed in numbered air forces, centers, wings, and groups. [1]
Construction on Elmendorf Field began on 8 June 1940, as a major and permanent military airfield near Anchorage. The first United States Army Air Corps personnel arrived on 12 August 1940. On 12 November 1940, the War Department formally designated what had been popularly referred to as Elmendorf Field as Fort Richardson .
One other B-52H (61-0025) was flown for many years by the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards, and was transferred to NASA on 30 July 2001 as a replacement for the RB-52B. On 9 May 2008, that aircraft was flown for the last time to Sheppard AFB , Texas where it became a GB-52H maintenance trainer, never to fly again.
The Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. [9] It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and it is the direct successor to Tactical Air Command .
Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling (JBAB) is responsible for providing installation support to 17,000 military, civilian employees and their families, 48 mission and tenant units, including ceremonial units (United States Air Force Honor Guard, USAF Band, USAF Chaplains, the Navy Ceremonial Guard), various Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Joint Service commands and other DOD and federal agencies.
Air Force Reserve Command NAF for all Air Force Reserve Command B-52 units gained by Air Force Global Strike Command; all AFRC E-3, F-22, F-15C/D, F-15E, F-16, A-10, HC-130, HH-60, C-145, U-28, MQ-1, MQ-9 and RQ-4 units gained by Air Combat Command, Pacific Air Forces and Air Force Special Operations Command, and all AFRC T-6, T-1 and T-38 ...
The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF). AFMC was created on July 1, 1992, through the amalgamation of the former Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and the former Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). AFMC is headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Replaced by 2478th Air Force Reserve Sector. [77] 2479th Air Reserve Training Wing: Fort Miley, CA: CONAC: c. 8 May 1958: 1 Sep 1960: Replaced by 2479th Air Force Reserve Sector. [78] 2480th Air Reserve Training Wing: Detroit, MI O'Hare IAP, IL: CONAC: 14 May 1958 c. 1 Jul 1959: c. 1 Jul 1959 1 Sep 1960: Replaced by 2480th Air Force Reserve ...