Overseas Commands: Pacific Air Forces (Hickam Air Force Base, HI 96853-5420) U.S. Air Forces in Europe (APO AE 09094– 0501) Named Activities: Air Force Office of Colonel Matters (Washington, DC 20330-1040) Air Force Office of General Officer Matters (Washington, DC 20330-1040) Air Force Office of Senior Executive Matters (Washington, DC 20330-1040) Field Operating Agencies: Air Force Audit Agency (Washington, DC 20330-1125) Air Force Base Conversion Agency (Arlington, VA 22209-2808) Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235-5318) Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (Tyndall Air Force Base, FL 32403-5319) Air Force Civilian Personnel Management Center (Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150–4530) Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency (Scott Air Force Base, IL 62225-5222) Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (Arlington, VA 22202-4306) Air Force Doctrine Center (Langley Air Force Base, VA 23622-2722) Air Force Flight Standards Agency (Washington, DC 20330-1480) Air Force Frequency Management Agency (Arlington, VA 22203-1613) Air Force Historical Research Agency (Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112-6424) Air Force Inspection Agency (Kirtland Air Force Air Force Legal Services Agency (Bolling Air (Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Air Force Management Engineering Agency (Randolph Air Force Base, TX 781504451) Air Force Medical Operations Agency (Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC 203325113) Air Force Medical Support Agency (Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235-5121) Air Force Military Personnel Center (Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150-4703) GEN. JOHN G. LORBER GEN. RICHARD E. HAWLEY COL. JOHN M. SPEIGEL COL. T. MICHAEL MOSELEY KAREN L. BINGO JACKIE CRAWFORD ALAN K. OLSEN J.B. COLE COL. DONALD J. THOMAS JOHN R. GRAHAM (VACANCY) COL. GORDON D. KAGE COL. ROBERT D. COFFMAN COL. DENNIS TRAYNOR LT. COL. WILLIAM A. BELOTE COL. RICHARD Rauschkolb COL. ROBERT M. MURDOCK (VACANCY) COL. RUSSELL G. STAFFORD COL. CHARLES F. DIBRELL MAJ. GEN. CHARLES H. ROADMAN II COL. RICHARD RUSHMORE MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM B. Davitte Air Force News Agency (Kelly Air Force Base, TX 78241-5601) Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC 20332-0001) Air Force Operations Group (Washington, DC 20330-1480) Air Force Personnel Operations Agency (Washington, DC 20330-1040) Air Force Program Executive Office (Washington, DC 20330-1060) Air Force Real Estate Agency (Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC 20332-5107) Air Force Reserve (Robins Air Force Base, GA 31098-1635) Air Force Review Boards Agency (Washington, DC 20330-1661) Air Force Safety Agency (Norton Air Force Base, CA 92409-7001) Air Force Security Police Agency (Kirtland Air Force Base, NM 87117-5664) Air Force Services Agency (Randolph Air Force Base. TX 78150-4755) Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency (Washington, DC 20330–1570) Air Force Technical Applications Center Air National Guard Readiness Center (Andrews Air Weather Service (Scott Air Force Base, IL 62225-5206) Center for Air Force History (Bolling Air Force Base. Washington, DC 20332–4113) Joint Services Survival Evasion. Resistance, and Escape Agency (Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5788 Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency (Washington, DC 20330–1600) Direct Reporting Units: 11th Support Wing Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC 20332-5100) Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Kirtland Air Force Base NM 87117-5558) US Air Force Academy (USAFA, CO 808405001) COL. TEDDY G. TILMA BRIG. GEN. ROBERT A. HOFFMANN COL. ALFRED P. MCCRACKEN STEVE N. SMITH (VACANCY) WILLIAM E. EDWARDS MAJ. GEN. JAMES E. Sherrard III JOE G. LINEBERGER COL. JOHN R. CLAPPER COL. JOHN E. KILLEN COL. DAVID F. HONEYCUTT COL. THOMAS A. Cardwell III COL. GLEN D. SHAFFER MAJ. GEN. JOHN P. CASCIANO BRIG. GEN. LARRY K. ARNOLD COL. JAMES WHITE, JR. COL. FRANK MISCIASCI JACOB NEUFELD COL. ROBERT C. BONN, JR. COL. STEPHEN E. Anno COL. STEVEN A. ROSER MAL GEN. GEORGE B. HARRISON LT. GEN. PAUL E. STEIN The Department of the Air Force is responsible for detending the peace and security of the United States through control and exploitation of air and space. The mission of the Air Staff is to furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, Under Secretary, and Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force and to the Chief of Staff in executing their responsibilities. Structure The Air Staff is a management headquarters functional organization under the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. Titles throughout all organizational levels reflect functions involved. Functions and Activities Air Staff functions are specialized into welldefined areas to effect the management principles of functionality, integration, flexibility, simplicity, and decentralization. The Air Staff retains those management functions that legally cannot be delegated or decentralized, are needed by the Secretary and Chief of Staff, are essential to respond promptly to the Secretary of Defense, or are required to determine the design and structure of the Air Force in the future. Chief of Staff The Chief of Staff is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force for the efficiency and operational readiness of the USAF. He is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the Department of Defense. The Chief of Staff is assisted by the Vice Chief of Staff in all areas of responsibility except JCS. The Assistant Vice Chief of Staff assists the Chief and Vice Chief in the discharge of their duties. Special Staff The Special Staff is an adjunct to the Chief of Staff, independent of the basic staff structure, and provides advisory and support services to both the Chief of Staff and the Air Staff. The Special Staff consists of: the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence; the Civil Engineer; the Chief of Safety; the Chief of Security Police; the Air Force Historian; the USAF Scientist; the Chief of Air Force Reserve; the National Guard Bureau; the Scientific Advisory Board; the Judge Advocate General; the Director, Test and Evaluation; the Director, Programs and Evaluation; the Surgeon General; the Chief of Chaplains; the Director, Services; and the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. Deputy Chiefs of Staff The four Deputy Chiefs of Staff (Personnel; Plans and Operations; Logistics; and Command, Control, Communications, and Computers) function primarily as a coordinating level on policy matters and represent the corporate structure. Substantive functions are organized under them in homogeneous groups called directorates. Under the directorates, functions are further broken down into divisions and branches. FIELD ORGANIZATIONS The major commands, field operating agencies, and direct reporting units. together represent the field organizations of the USAF. These are organized primarily on a functional basis in the United States and on an area basis overseas. These commands are responsible for accomplishing certain phases of the worldwide activities of the USAF. They also are responsible for organizing, administering, equipping, and training their subordinate elements for the accomplishment of assigned missions. Major Commands The Continental U.S. Commands Air Combat Command This Command is responsible for CONUS-based fighters, bombers, ICBM's, reconnaissance aircraft, C31 platforms, and some theater airlift and tankers. It provides forces directly to Unified Commands or augments theater air forces already forward deployed. Air Force Materiel Command This Command researches, develops, tests, acquires, delivers, and logistically supports every Air Force weapon system. It has responsibilities from inception of a weapon system on the drawing board, support through its operational life, and its final disposition. It operates major product centers, logistics centers, test centers, and laboratories. Air Mobility Command This Command is responsible for all inter-theater airlift assets and most of the tanker and theater airlift force. Air Force Space Command This Command provides resource management and operation of assigned assets for space control, space force application, force enhancement, space support, and strategic aerospace defense. It operates space and ballistic missile systems. The Command provides a close link between its space activities and, through the U.S. Space Command, the unified command structure. Air Force Special Operations Command This Command organizes, trains, and equips Air Force special operations forces. It is the USAF component of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Air Education and Training Command This Command recruits, commissions, and trains Air Force enlisted and officer personnel. It provides basic military training, initial and advanced technical training, undergraduate and graduate flying training, and professional military |