The Air Force Major Commands

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The Air ForceMajor Commands

• Cadet Sarah B. Craynon
• 29 October 2002

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Agenda of the Briefing
Introduction of Myself
Introduction of Air Force Major Commands
Recap of Air Force Major Commands
Questions???
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Introduction

• Sarah Craynon
• Grew up in West Chester, Ohio outside
  Cincinnati
• Parents currently live in Newburyport,
  Massachusetts outside of Boston
• Junior Accounting and Information Systems major

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Agenda of the Briefing
Introduction of Myself
Introduction of Air Force Major Commands
Recap of Air Force Major Commands
Questions???
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Major Commands
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Air Combat Command

• Providing the worlds best combat air forces
  delivering rapid decisive airpower, ANYTIME,
  ANYWHERE.

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ACCs Mission

• Organizes, trains, equips, and maintains
  combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and
  employment while ensuring strategic air defense
  forces are ready to meet the challenges of
  peacetime air sovereignty and wartime air
  defense.

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ACC Facts

• Created on 01 June 1992 combination of Strategic
  Air Command and Tactical Air Command
• 105,000 active-duty members and civilians
• 63,000 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve

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ACC Facts

• Numbered Air Force
• 1st Air Force Tyndall AFB, Florida
• 8th Air Force Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
• 9th Air Force Shaw AFB, South Carolina
• 10th Air Force Naval Air Station Joint Reserve
  Base, Fort Worth, Texas
• 12th Air Force Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona

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ACC Facts

• Primary Subordinate Units
• Air Warfare Center Nellis AFB, Nevada
• Air Intelligence Agency Lackland AFB, Texas
• Aerospace Expeditionary Force Center Langley
  AFB, Virginia

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Air Mobility Command

• Provide rapid, global mobility and sustainment
  for Americas armed forces.

• Strategic Airlift/Theater Airlift
• Operational Support
• Aeromedical Evacuation
• Aerial Refueling
• Special Operations

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First AMC Base
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AMCs Mission

• Managing a domestic aeromedical evacuation
  system, commanding and supervising all
  operational support airlift within the USA,
  providing initial qualification training for C-9
  and C-21 pilots, and providing base support
  services for multiple tenant units.

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AMC Facts

• Created on 01 June 1992
• 141,000 active duty and Air Reserve Component
  military and civilian personnel
• 51,966 active duty
• 8,215 civilians
• 43,444 Air Force Reserve
• 37,902 Air National Guard

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AMC Facts

• Components
• Strategic Mobility Aircraft
• C-5 Galaxy, C-9A Nightingale, KC-10 Extender,
  C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135 Stratotanker, and
  the C-141 Starlifter
• Tactical Airlifter
• C-130 Hercules
• Operations Support Aircraft
• VC-9, VC-25 (Air Force One), C-20, C-21, C-22,
  C-32, C-37, C-137, EC-135, AND UH-1

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Air Force Space Command

• Defend the United States of America through the
  control and exploitation of space.

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Cheyenne Mountain Aerial View
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Cheyenne Mountain Entrance
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AFSPC Headquarters
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AFSPCs Mission

• Space forces support involves launching
  satellites and other high-value payloads into
  space using a variety of expendable launch
  vehicles and operating those satellites once in
  the medium of space.

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AFSPC Facts

• Created in 1982
• 40,000 people
• 25,400 active duty and civilians
• 14,000 contractor employees

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AFSPC Facts

• Components
• Global Positioning System, Defense Support
  Program, MILSTAR satellites, Atlas II, Delta II,
  Titan II, Titan IV, Ballistic Missile Early
  Warning System, Minuteman III, and the Peacekeeper

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Air Education and Training Command
Recruit, access, commission, and train USAF
enlisted and officer personnel.
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AETC Pictures from Lackland AFB
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AETC Pictures from Lackland AFB
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AETCs Mission

• To replenish the combat capability of America's
  Air Force with high quality, professional airmen.

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AETC Facts

• Created on 01 July 1993
• 48,000 active duty members
• 14,000 civilians

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AETC Facts

• Education Stations
• Air University Maxwell AFB, Alabama
• Officer Training School Maxwell AFB, Alabama
• Squadron Officer College
• Air Command and Staff College
• Air War College
• College for Professional Military Education
• Community College of the Air Force
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development
• College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and
  Education

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Air Force Material Command
Researches, develops, tests, acquires, delivers,
and Logistically supports every Air Force weapon
system, as well as other military non-weapon
systems.
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AFMC Pictures
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AFMC Pictures
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AFMCs Mission

• To develop, acquire and sustain aerospace power
  needed to defend the United States and its
  interests ... today and tomorrow. 
• AFMC's nine top-level Mission Essential Tasks and
  Objectives  
• Product Support 
• Information Services
• Supply Management

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AFMCs Mission (cont)

• Depot Maintenance  
• Science and Technology  
• Test and Evaluation  
• Information Management
• Installations and Support
• Combat Support  

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AFMC Facts

• Created 01 July 1992
• 90,000 military and civilian employees
• Major Specialized Centers
• Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center
  Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
• Air Force Security Assistance Center
  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

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Air Force Special Operations Command

• Develop specialized, air power, delivering
  special operations combat power anywhere, anytime.

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AFSOC Pictures
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AFSOCs Mission

• 4 Main Mission Areas
• Forward presence and engagement
• Information operations
• Precision employment and strike
• Special operations forces mobility

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AFSOC Facts

• Created on 22 May 1990
• 12,500 active duty, Reserve, Guard, and civilian
  personnel
• 20 are overseas

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AFSOC Facts

• Organization
• 16th Special Operations Wing Hurlburt Field
• 352nd Special Operations Group RAF Mildenhall,
  England
• 353rd Special Operations Group Kadena Air Base,
  Japan
• 720th Special Tactics Group Hurlburt Field
• US Air Force Operations School Hurlburt Field
• 18th Flight Test Squadron Hurlburt Field

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Pacific Air Force

• Plan, conduct, and coordinate offensive and
  defensive air operations in the Pacific and Asian
  theaters.

• Organize, train, equip, and maintain resources to
  conduct air operations.

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PACAFs Mission

• To provide ready air and space power to promote
  U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region during
  peacetime, through crisis, and in war.

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PACAF Facts

• Created in 1960
• 45,000 military and civilian personnel
• Serving in 9 major locations and numerous smaller
  facilities in Hawaii, Alaska, Japan, Guam, and
  South Korea

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PACAF Facts

• Major Units Are
• 5th Air Force Yokota Air Base, Japan
• 7th Air Force Osan Air Base, South Korea
• 11th Air Force Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
• 13th Air Force Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

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United States Air Forces in Europe

• Plan, conduct, and coordinate offensive and
  defensive air operations in the European theatre
  of operations
• Support in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle
  East, and Africa
• Supports Allied Command Europe

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USAFEs Mission

• In peacetime, USAFE trains and equips U.S. Air
  Force units pledged to NATO. USAFE plans,
  conducts, controls, coordinates and supports air
  and space operations to achieve U.S. national and
  NATO objectives based on taskings by the
  commander in chief, United States European
  Command.

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USAFEs Mission (cont)

• In wartime, the command's inventory of aircraft
  is ready to perform close air support, air
  interdiction, air defense, in-flight refueling,
  long-range transport and support of maritime
  operations.

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USAFEs Mission (cont)

• The command supports U.S. military plans and
  operations in Europe, the Mediterranean, the
  Middle East and parts of Africa.

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USAFE Facts

• Created in August 1945
• 35,000 active duty, reserve, and civilian
  employees
• Originate as the 8th Air Force in 1942

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Air Force Reserve Command

• Maintains in a constant state of readiness in
  support of US national objectives

• Air National Guard
• 3 Roles
• Federal support national security objectives
• State protect life and property, and to
  preserve peace, order, and public safety
• Community participate in local, state, and
  national programs that add value to America

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AFRCs Mission

• Supports the Air Force mission to defend the
  United States through control and exploitation of
  air and space by supporting Global Engagement.

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AFRC Facts

• Created on 17 February 1997
• Before then, they were operating as the Air Force
  Reserve established on 14 April 1948
• Organization
• Office of the Air Force Reserve Pentagon
• Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command
• Air Reserve Personnel Center Denver, Colorado

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AFRC Facts

• Reserve Categories
• Ready Reserve 193,042
• Deploy anywhere in 72 hours
• Standby Reserve 16,858
• Reservists whose civilian jobs are considered key
  to national defense or who have temporary
  disability or personal hardship. They do not
  train and are not assigned to units.
• Retired Reserve 52,057
• Officers and enlisted personnel who receive pay
  after retiring form active duty or from the
  Reserve, or are reservists awaiting retirement
  pay at age 60.

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Agenda of the Briefing
Introduction of Myself
Introduction of Air Force Major Commands
Recap of the Major Commands
Questions???
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Major Commands
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Questions???