United States Department of the Air Force

Department of the Air Force DAF
Seal of the U.S. Department of the Air Force
Agency overview
Formed	September 18, 1947
Preceding Agency	Department of War
Headquarters	The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Employees	330,159 Regular Air Force 151,360 Civilians 68,872 Air Force Reserve 94,753 Air National Guard
Annual budget	$170.6 billion (2010 Budget Request)
Agency executive	Michael B. Donley (Secretary of the Air Force)
Parent agency	U.S. Department of Defense
Website
www.af.mil

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three Military Departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Air Force was formed on September 18, 1947, per the National Security Act of 1947 and it includes all elements and units of the United States Air Force (USAF).

The Department of the Air Force is headed by the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/OS), a civilian, who has the authority to conduct all of its affairs, subject to the authority, direction and control of the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of the Air Force's principal deputy is the Under Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/US). Their senior staff assistants in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force are four Assistant Secretaries for Acquisition, Financial Management & Comptroller, Installations, Environment & Logistics, Manpower & Reserve Affairs and a General Counsel. The highest-ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force who is the senior uniformed adviser to the Secretary, represents the Air Force on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, heads the Air Staff and is assisted in the latter capacity by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

By direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force assigns Air Force units - apart from those units performing duties enumerated in 10 U.S.C. § 8013 unless otherwise directed - to the Commanders of the Combatant Commands. Only the Secretary of Defense (and the President) has the authority to approve transfer of forces between Combatant Commands.

Organizational structureEdit

See Structure of the United States armed forces

Headquarters Air ForceEdit

Major CommandsEdit

Shield	Name	Acronym	Headquarters Location
	Air Combat Command	ACC	Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
	First Air Force	1 AF	Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida
	Ninth Air Force	9 AF	Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
	Twelfth Air Force	12 AF	Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona
	United States Air Force Warfare Center	USAFWC	Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
	Air Force Command and Control Integration Center	AFC2IC	Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
	Air Education and Training Command	AETC	Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
	Second Air Force	2 AF	Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi
	Air Force Recruiting Service	AFRS	Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
	Air University	AU	Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama
	Wilford Hall Medical Center	WHMC	Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
	Air Force Global Strike Command	AFGSC	Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
	Eighth Air Force	8 AF	Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
	Twentieth Air Force	20 AF	Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming
	Air Force Materiel Command	AFMC	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
	Aeronautical Systems Center	ASC	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
	Air Force Flight Test Center	AFFTC	Edwards Air Force Base, Palmdale, California
	Air Force Global Logistics Support Center	AFGLSA	Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois
	Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center	AFNWC	Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico
	Air Force Research Laboratory	AFRL	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
	Air Force Security Assistance Center	AFSAC	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
	Air Armament Center	AAC	Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
	Arnold Engineering Development Center	AEDC	Arnold Air Force Base, Manchester, Tennessee
	Electronic Systems Center	ESC	Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts
	Air Force Reserve Command	AFRC	Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
	Fourth Air Force	4 AF	March Air Reserve Base, Southern California
	Tenth Air Force	10 AF	Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas
	Twenty-Second Air Force	22 AF	Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia
	Air Reserve Personnel Center	ARPC	Denver, Colorado
	Air Force Space Command	AFSPC	Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado
	Fourteenth Air Force	14 AF	Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California
	Twenty-Fourth Air Force	24 AF	Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
	Space and Missile Systems Center	SMC	Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California
	Space Innovation and Development Center	SIDC	Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
	Air Force Network Integration Center	AFNIC	Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
	Air Force Special Operations Command	AFSOC	Hurlburt Field, Florida
	Twenty-Third Air Force	23 AF	Hurlburt Field, Florida
	Special Operations Training Center	AFSOTC	Hurlburt Field, Florida
	Air Mobility Command	AMC	Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois
	Eighteenth Air Force	18 AF	Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois
	United States Air Force Expeditionary Center	AFEC	Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
	United States Air Forces in Europe	USAFE	Ramstein Air Base, Germany
	Third Air Force	3 AF	Ramstein Air Base, Germany
	Pacific Air Forces	PACAF	Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
	Fifth Air Force	5 AF	Yokota Air Base, Japan
	Seventh Air Force	7 AF	Osan Air Base, South Korea
	Eleventh Air Force	11 AF	Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska
	Thirteenth Air Force	13 AF	Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii

Direct Reporting UnitsEdit

The Air Force has a very limited number of Direct Reporting Units:

Shield	Name	Acronym	Headquarters Location
	Air Force District of Washington	AFDW	Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Maryland
	Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center	AFOTEC	Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico
	United States Air Force Academy	USAFA	United States Air Force Academy, Colorado

Field Operating AgenciesEdit

Field Operating Agencies (FOA) perform field activities beyond the scope of any of the Major Commands. Their activities are specialized or associated with an Air Force wide mission, and their heads report directly to a functional manager in either the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force or the Air Staff.

Shield	Name	Acronym	Headquarters Location
	Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation	AFAMS	Orlando, Florida
	Air Force Audit Agency	AFAA	Washington, D.C.
	Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment	AFCEE	Port San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
	Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency	AFCESA	Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
	Air Force Network Integration Center	AFNIC	Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
	Air Force Cost Analysis Agency	AFCAA	Arlington, Virginia
	Air Force Flight Standards Agency	AFFSA	Washington, D.C.
	Air Force Frequency Management Agency[1]	AFFMA	Alexandria, Virginia
	Air Force Historical Research Agency	AFHRA	Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
	Air Force Inspection Agency	AFIA	Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
	Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency	AFISRA	Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
	Air Force Legal Operations Agency	AFLOA	Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia
	Air Force Logistics Management Agency	AFLMA	Gunter Annex, Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
	Air Force Manpower Agency	AFMA[2]	Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
	Air Force Medical Operations Agency	AFMOA	Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
	Air Force Medical Support Agency	AFMSA	Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia
	Air Force Office of Special Investigations	AFOSI	Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
	Air Force Personnel Center	AFPC [3]	Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
	Air Force Personnel Operations Agency	AFPOA	Washington, D.C.
	Air Force Public Affairs Agency	AFPAA	San Antonio, Texas
	Air Force Real Property Agency	AFRPA	Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
	Air Force Review Boards Agency	AFRBA	Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
	Air Force Safety Center	AFSC	Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
	Air Force Security Forces Center	AFSFC	Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
	Air Force Services Agency	AFSVA	San Antonio, Texas
	Air Force Weather Agency	AFWA	Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

HistoryEdit

The department has suffered many problems in aircraft acquisition over the years.

• 2003: Darleen Druyun rigged plan to lease Boeing tankers.
• 2011: Department sends KC-X evaluations to wrong companies.
• 2012: Error in paperwork requires Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance to be rebid.^[4]

See alsoEdit

• Organizational structure and hierarchy of the United States Air Force
• Department of the Air Force Police
• Air Force Cross (United States)
• Department of the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service
• Witt v. Department of the Air Force

Notes and referencesEdit

BibliographyEdit

• "Airman Magazine: The Book 2010 - Personnel Facts and Figures". Airman Magazine, Volume 54 Number 3.

External linksEdit

• Official site

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