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Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Robins AFB, Georgia, U.S. Lt Gen John P. Healy: Provides operational capability, strategic depth, and surge capacity as an integrated total force partner in every Air Force core mission Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Hurlburt Field, Florida, U.S. Lt Gen Michael E. Conley
The highest-ranking military officer in the Air Force is the chief of staff of the Air Force, who exercises supervision over Air Force units and serves as one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As directed by the secretary of defense and secretary of the Air Force, certain Air Force components are assigned to unified combatant commands .
The 11th Wing's new mission consisted of serving as the single manager for all Air Force activities supporting Headquarters Air Force and other Air Force units in the National Capital Region and at geographically separated units worldwide. As a mark of its service rather than a function, the 11th Wing's motto changed, with the approval of ...
The Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force.It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri. [5]Air Mobility Command was established on 1 June 1992, and was formed from elements of the inactivated Military Airlift Command (MAC) and Strategic Air Command (SAC).
During 1941 and early 1942, the tactical air units of the War Department, formerly known as the GHQ Air Force, formed the Air Force Combat Command. The AFCC was dissolved in the reorganization of the United States Army , effective 9 March 1942, which created the United States Army Air Forces as a major command of the Army, which functioned as a ...
On 1 August 1979, the Air Force redesignated the USAFSS as the Electronic Security Command (ESC), reflecting the organization's additional mission of improving the Air Force's use of electronic warfare technology in combat. In 1985, the Air Force tasked ESC with computer security, in addition to its intelligence and electronic warfare missions.
The mission of the 927 ARW is to provide a dedicated and prepared Total Force Team to fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace. The wing directly supports the totally integrated Air Force mission by way of extending the global reach of United States air power through mission ready personnel and equipment while providing global air refueling and airlift operations.
Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6. Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.