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href="#Administrative_organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Administrative organization </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Force_structure_and_organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Force_structure_and_organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 Air Force structure and organization </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Force_structure_and_organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Installations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Installations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Installations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Installations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operational_organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operational_organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Operational organization </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operational_organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4.1 Air Expeditionary Task Force </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Commander,_Air_Force_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Commander,_Air_Force_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4.2 Commander, Air Force Forces </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Commander,_Air_Force_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Operations_Center" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Operations_Center"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4.3 Air Operations Center </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Operations_Center-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Expeditionary_Wings/Groups/Squadrons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Expeditionary_Wings/Groups/Squadrons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4.4 Air Expeditionary Wings/Groups/Squadrons </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Expeditionary_Wings/Groups/Squadrons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Personnel </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Personnel subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Commissioned_officers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Commissioned_officers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Commissioned officers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Commissioned_officers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Warrant_officers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Warrant_officers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Warrant officers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Warrant_officers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Enlisted_airmen" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Enlisted_airmen"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.3 Enlisted airmen </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Enlisted_airmen-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.4 Uniforms </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uniforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_badges" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_badges"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.5 Awards and badges </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards_and_badges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Training" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Training"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6 Training </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Training-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Air_Force_Fitness_Test" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Force_Fitness_Test"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6.1 Air Force Fitness Test </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Force_Fitness_Test-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aircraft_inventory" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aircraft_inventory"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Aircraft inventory </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Aircraft_inventory-sublist" class="cdx-button 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href="#TG_–_Trainer_gliders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.11 TG – Trainer gliders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TG_–_Trainer_gliders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-U_–_Utility" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#U_–_Utility"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.12 U – Utility </div> </a> <ul id="toc-U_–_Utility-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-V_–_VIP_staff_transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#V_–_VIP_staff_transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.13 V – VIP staff transport </div> </a> <ul id="toc-V_–_VIP_staff_transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-W_–_Weather_reconnaissance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#W_–_Weather_reconnaissance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.14 W – Weather reconnaissance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-W_–_Weather_reconnaissance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Undesignated_foreign_aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Undesignated_foreign_aircraft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.15 Undesignated foreign aircraft </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Undesignated_foreign_aircraft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 References 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الأمريكية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="القوات الجوية الأمريكية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuercia_A%C3%A9rea_de_los_Estaos_Xun%C3%ADos" title="Fuercia Aérea de los Estaos Xuníos – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Fuercia Aérea de los Estaos Xuníos" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB%C5%9E_H%C9%99rbi_Hava_Q%C3%BCvv%C9%99l%C9%99ri" title="ABŞ Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="ABŞ Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="মার্কিন বিমানবাহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মার্কিন বিমানবাহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AD-kok_Khong-kun" title="Bí-kok Khong-kun – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bí-kok Khong-kun" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%97%D0%A8%D0%90" title="Ваенна-паветраныя сілы ЗША – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ваенна-паветраныя сілы ЗША" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A9" title="Военновъздушни сили на САЩ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Военновъздушни сили на САЩ" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zra%C4%8Dne_snage_Sjedinjenih_Ameri%C4%8Dkih_Dr%C5%BEava" title="Zračne snage Sjedinjenih Američkih Država – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zračne snage Sjedinjenih Američkih Država" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces_A%C3%A8ries_dels_Estats_Units_d%27Am%C3%A8rica" title="Forces Aèries dels Estats Units d'Amèrica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Forces Aèries dels Estats Units d'Amèrica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letectvo_Spojen%C3%BDch_st%C3%A1t%C5%AF_americk%C3%BDch" title="Letectvo Spojených států amerických – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Letectvo Spojených států amerických" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awyrlu%27r_Unol_Daleithiau" title="Awyrlu'r Unol Daleithiau – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Awyrlu'r Unol Daleithiau" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriikide_%C3%B5huv%C3%A4gi" title="Ameerika Ühendriikide õhuvägi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Ühendriikide õhuvägi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%91%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Αμερικανική Πολεμική Αεροπορία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αμερικανική Πολεμική Αεροπορία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerza_A%C3%A9rea_de_los_Estados_Unidos" title="Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usona_Aerarmeo" title="Usona Aerarmeo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Usona Aerarmeo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriketako_Estatu_Batuetako_Aireko_Armada" title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Aireko Armada – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Aireko Armada" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="نیروی هوایی ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیروی هوایی ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaanske_Loftmacht" title="Amerikaanske Loftmacht – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Amerikaanske Loftmacht" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forza_A%C3%A9rea_dos_Estados_Unidos_de_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Forza Aérea dos Estados Unidos de América – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Forza Aérea dos Estados Unidos de América" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD_%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0" title="미국 공군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국 공군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%84%D5%86_%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%85%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AA%D5%A5%D6%80" title="ԱՄՆ ռազմաօդային ուժեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="ԱՄՆ ռազմաօդային ուժեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="संयुक्त राज्य वायुसेना – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="संयुक्त राज्य वायुसेना" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zra%C4%8Dne_snage_Sjedinjenih_Ameri%C4%8Dkih_Dr%C5%BEava" title="Zračne snage Sjedinjenih Američkih Država – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zračne snage Sjedinjenih Američkih Država" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerala_Armeo_di_Usa" title="Aerala Armeo di Usa – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Aerala Armeo di Usa" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkatan_Udara_Amerika_Serikat" title="Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA" title="חיל האוויר של ארצות הברית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חיל האוויר של ארצות הברית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A8-%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="აშშ-ის სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აშშ-ის სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%AAz%C3%AAn_Esman%C3%AE_y%C3%AAn_Amer%C3%AEkay%C3%AA" title="Hêzên Esmanî yên Amerîkayê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Hêzên Esmanî yên Amerîkayê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASV_Gaisa_sp%C4%93ki" title="ASV Gaisa spēki – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="ASV Gaisa spēki" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungtini%C5%B3_Valstij%C5%B3_karin%C4%97s_oro_paj%C4%97gos" title="Jungtinių Valstijų karinės oro pajėgos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jungtinių Valstijų karinės oro pajėgos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az_Amerikai_Egyes%C3%BClt_%C3%81llamok_L%C3%A9giereje" title="Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok Légiereje – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok Légiereje" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%94" title="Воздухопловни сили на САД – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Воздухопловни сили на САД" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8-%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94-%E1%83%9D%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ააშ-იშ ოურდუმე-ოჰეერე ნძალეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ააშ-იშ ოურდუმე-ოჰეერე ნძალეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentera_Udara_Amerika_Syarikat" title="Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkatan_Udaro_Amerika_Serikat" title="Angkatan Udaro Amerika Serikat – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Angkatan Udaro Amerika Serikat" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target">Minangkabau</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%A3-%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D1%86%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%85%D2%AF%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="АНУ-ын Агаарын цэргийн хүчин – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="АНУ-ын Агаарын цэргийн хүчин" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E7%A9%BA%E8%BB%8D" title="アメリカ空軍 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカ空軍" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="United States Air Force" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_Qo%CA%BBshma_Shtatlari_havo_kuchlari" title="Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari havo kuchlari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari havo kuchlari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%81%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AC" title="امریکی ہوائی فوج – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="امریکی ہوائی فوج" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/USAF_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="USAF (disambiguation)">USAF (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Air service branch of the U.S. military</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/US_Air_Force_Logo_Solid_Colour.svg/220px-US_Air_Force_Logo_Solid_Colour.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/US_Air_Force_Logo_Solid_Colour.svg/330px-US_Air_Force_Logo_Solid_Colour.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/US_Air_Force_Logo_Solid_Colour.svg/440px-US_Air_Force_Logo_Solid_Colour.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="998" /></a></li><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Symbol" title="United States Air Force Symbol">United States Air Force Symbol</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>18 September 1947</li><li>(77 years, 4 months)<a 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warfare">Aerial warfare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>321,848 active duty personnel<a href="#cite_note-3">[a]</a><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FY24_Budget_Request-4">[3]</a> 105,104 <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> personnel<a href="#cite_note-5">[b]</a><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FY24_Budget_Request-4">[3]</a> 68,927 <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> personnel<a href="#cite_note-6">[c]</a><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FY24_Budget_Request-4">[3]</a> 495,879 total uniformed personnel 147,879 <a href="/wiki/Civil_service" title="Civil service">civilians</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[d]</a><a href="#cite_note-AFPC_Civilians-8">[4]</a> approx. 65,000 <a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Auxiliarists</a><a href="#cite_note-CAP-9">[5]</a></li><li>approx. 5,500 combat aircraft<a href="#cite_note-:2-10">[6]</a></li><li>approx. 400 ICBMs<a href="#cite_note-Deployed_ICBMs-11">[7]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[8]</a> <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a> <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington County, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win"<a href="#cite_note-13">[9]</a> "Integrity first, Service before self, Excellence in all we do"<a href="#cite_note-14">[10]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ultramarine" title="Ultramarine">Ultramarine</a> blue, <a href="/wiki/Gold_(color)#Yellow" title="Gold (color)">Golden yellow</a><a href="#cite_note-AFcolors-15">[11]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style>  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td 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Asia Conflict</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/File:Streamer_AFE.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Streamer_AFE.PNG/200px-Streamer_AFE.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Streamer_AFE.PNG/300px-Streamer_AFE.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Streamer_AFE.PNG/400px-Streamer_AFE.PNG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" title="Somali Civil War">Somali Civil War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/File:Streamer_AFE.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Streamer_AFE.PNG/200px-Streamer_AFE.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Streamer_AFE.PNG/300px-Streamer_AFE.PNG 1.5x, 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class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="651" /> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_J._Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald J. 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Allvin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1010" data-file-height="805" /> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/James_C._Slife" title="James C. 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Slife</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_the_Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1010" data-file-height="807" /> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">CMSAF</a> <a href="/wiki/David_A._Flosi" title="David A. Flosi">David A. Flosi</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">Flag</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" 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title="United States Air Force Symbol">Hap Arnold Wings</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[14]</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_Air_Corps_Hap_Arnold_Wings.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/US_Army_Air_Corps_Hap_Arnold_Wings.svg/100px-US_Army_Air_Corps_Hap_Arnold_Wings.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/US_Army_Air_Corps_Hap_Arnold_Wings.svg/150px-US_Army_Air_Corps_Hap_Arnold_Wings.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/US_Army_Air_Corps_Hap_Arnold_Wings.svg/200px-US_Army_Air_Corps_Hap_Arnold_Wings.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">Attack</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano" title="Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano">A-29</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130J</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Tractor-L3Harris_AT-802U_Sky_Warden" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Tractor-L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden">OA-1K</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">Bomber</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B-1_Lancer" class="mw-redirect" title="B-1 Lancer">B-1B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">B-2A</a>, <a href="/wiki/B-52_Stratofortress" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/60px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/80px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1811" data-file-height="1809" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/40px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/60px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/80px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="198" data-file-height="216" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Military departments</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="889" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Military services</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/40px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/60px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/40px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/60px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/80px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="580" /></a> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg/40px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg/60px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg/80px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="504" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="577" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Command structure</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Unified combatant commands</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="590" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:USEUCOM.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/40px-USEUCOM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/60px-USEUCOM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/80px-USEUCOM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="220" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/40px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/60px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/80px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="420" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="1025" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="491" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="603" data-file-height="603" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/40px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/60px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/80px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/40px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/60px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/80px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="190" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg/40px-US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg/60px-US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg/80px-US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1733" data-file-height="1733" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/40px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/60px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/80px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation Command</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Combat support agencies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg.png" 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Tracing its origins to 1 August 1907, as a part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Signal_Corps" title="United States Army Signal Corps">United States Army Signal Corps</a>, the USAF was established by transfer of personnel from the Army Air Forces with the enactment of the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a>. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces<a href="#cite_note-20">[e]</a> and the fourth in <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">order of precedence</a>. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as <a href="/wiki/Air_supremacy" title="Air supremacy">air supremacy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelligence,_surveillance,_target_acquisition,_and_reconnaissance" title="Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance">global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">rapid global mobility</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">global strike</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">command and control</a>. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a>, which serves as the USAF's headquarters and <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments" title="United States federal executive departments">executive department</a> is one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a>, who reports to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a> and is appointed by the president with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">confirmation</a>. The highest-ranking military officer in the Air Force is the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">chief of staff of the Air Force</a>, who exercises supervision over Air Force units and serves as one of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. As directed by the secretary of defense and secretary of the Air Force, certain Air Force components are assigned to <a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">unified combatant commands</a>. Combatant commanders are delegated operational authority of the forces assigned to them, while the secretary of the Air Force and the chief of staff of the Air Force retain administrative authority over their members. Along with conducting independent air operations, the United States Air Force provides <a href="/wiki/Air_support" class="mw-redirect" title="Air support">air support</a> for land and naval forces and aids in the recovery of troops in the field. As of 2020<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit">[update]</a>, the service operates approximately 5,500 <a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft" title="Military aircraft">military aircraft</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-10">[6]</a> and approximately 400 <a href="/wiki/ICBM" class="mw-redirect" title="ICBM">ICBMs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[16]</a> The world's largest air force, it has a $179.7 billion budget<a href="#cite_note-22">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[19]</a> and is the second largest service branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, with 321,848 <a href="/wiki/Active_duty_personnel" class="mw-redirect" title="Active duty personnel">active duty airmen</a>,<a href="#cite_note-25">[f]</a><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FY24_Budget_Request-4">[3]</a> 147,879 civilian personnel,<a href="#cite_note-26">[g]</a> 68,927 <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">reserve</a> airmen,<a href="#cite_note-27">[h]</a><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FY24_Budget_Request-4">[3]</a> 105,104 <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> airmen,<a href="#cite_note-28">[i]</a><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FY24_Budget_Request-4">[3]</a> and approximately 65,000 <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a> <a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">auxiliarists</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CAP-9">[5]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission,_vision,_and_functions">Mission, vision, and functions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission, vision, and functions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Missions">Missions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Missions">edit</a>]</div> According to the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> (61 Stat. 502), which created the USAF: <blockquote> <dl><dd>In general, the United States Air Force shall include aviation forces both <a href="/wiki/Combat" title="Combat">combat</a> and service not otherwise assigned. It shall be organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained offensive and defensive air operations. The Air Force shall be responsible for the preparation of the air forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as otherwise assigned and, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of the peacetime components of the Air Force to meet the needs of war.</dd></dl> </blockquote> Section 9062 of Title 10 US Code defines the purpose of the USAF as:<a href="#cite_note-29">[20]</a> <ul><li>to preserve the peace and security, and provide for the defense, of the United States, the Territories, Commonwealths, and possessions, and any areas occupied by the United States;</li> <li>to support national policy;</li> <li>to implement national objectives;</li> <li>to overcome any nations responsible for aggressive acts that imperil the peace and security of the United States.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Core_missions">Core missions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Core missions">edit</a>]</div> The five core missions of the Air Force have not changed dramatically since the Air Force became independent in 1947, but they have evolved and are now articulated as air superiority, global integrated ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. The purpose of all of these core missions is to provide what the Air Force states as global vigilance, global reach, and global power.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-30">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air_superiority">Air superiority</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Air superiority">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial warfare</a></div> Air superiority is "that degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another which permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, air, and special operations forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force" (JP 1-02).<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[25]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_F-35_Lightning_Arrives_at_Eglin_AFB_Florida.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/First_F-35_Lightning_Arrives_at_Eglin_AFB_Florida.jpg/220px-First_F-35_Lightning_Arrives_at_Eglin_AFB_Florida.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/First_F-35_Lightning_Arrives_at_Eglin_AFB_Florida.jpg/330px-First_F-35_Lightning_Arrives_at_Eglin_AFB_Florida.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/First_F-35_Lightning_Arrives_at_Eglin_AFB_Florida.jpg/440px-First_F-35_Lightning_Arrives_at_Eglin_AFB_Florida.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>The first <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a> of the <a href="/wiki/33rd_Fighter_Wing" title="33rd Fighter Wing">33rd Fighter Wing</a> arriving at <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin AFB</a></figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Offensive_counter_air" title="Offensive counter air">Offensive Counter-Air</a> (OCA) is defined as "offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible" (JP 1-02). OCA is the preferred method of countering air and missile threats since it attempts to defeat the enemy closer to its source and typically enjoys the initiative. OCA comprises attack operations, sweep, escort, and suppression/destruction of enemy air defense.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Defensive Counter-Air</a> (DCA) is defined as "all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace" (JP 1-02). In concert with OCA operations, a major goal of DCA operations is to provide an area from which forces can operate, secure from air and missile threats. The DCA mission comprises both active and passive defense measures. Active defense is "the employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy" (JP 1-02). It includes both ballistic missile defense and airborne threat defense and encompasses point defense, area defense, and high-value airborne asset defense. Passive defense is "measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative" (JP 1-02). It includes detection and warning; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense; camouflage, concealment, and deception; hardening; reconstitution; dispersion; redundancy; and mobility, counter-measures, and stealth.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Airspace control is "a process used to increase operational effectiveness by promoting the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace" (JP 1-02). It promotes the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace, mitigates the risk of fratricide, enhances both offensive and defensive operations, and permits greater agility of air operations as a whole. It both deconflicts and facilitates the integration of joint air operations.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Global_integrated_ISR">Global integrated ISR</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Global integrated ISR">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Intelligence,_surveillance,_target_acquisition,_and_reconnaissance" title="Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance">Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance</a></div> Global integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) is the synchronization and integration of the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, dissemination systems across the globe to conduct current and future operations.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Global_Hawk_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Global_Hawk_1.jpg/220px-Global_Hawk_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Global_Hawk_1.jpg/330px-Global_Hawk_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Global_Hawk_1.jpg/440px-Global_Hawk_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1965" /></a><figcaption>An Air Force RQ-4 strategic reconnaissance aircraft</figcaption></figure> Planning and directing is "the determination of intelligence requirements, development of appropriate intelligence architecture, preparation of a collection plan, and issuance of orders and requests to information collection agencies" (JP 2-01, Joint and National Intelligence Support to Military Operations). These activities enable the synchronization and integration of collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination activities/resources to meet information requirements of national and military decision-makers.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Collection is "the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements" (JP 2-01). It provides the ability to obtain required information to satisfy intelligence needs (via use of sources and methods in all domains). Collection activities span the Range of Military Operations (ROMO).<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Processing and exploitation is "the conversion of collected information into forms suitable to the production of intelligence" (JP 2-01). It provides the ability to transform, extract, and make available collected information suitable for further analysis or action across the ROMO.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Analysis and production is "the conversion of processed information into intelligence through the integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of all source data and the preparation of intelligence products in support of known or anticipated user requirements" (JP 2-01). It provides the ability to integrate, evaluate, and interpret information from available sources to create a finished intelligence product for presentation or dissemination to enable increased situational awareness.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Dissemination and integration is "the delivery of intelligence to users in a suitable form and the application of the intelligence to appropriate missions, tasks, and functions" (JP 2-01). It provides the ability to present information and intelligence products across the ROMO enabling understanding of the operational environment to military and national decision-makers.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rapid_global_mobility">Rapid global mobility</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rapid global mobility">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Aerial refueling</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pegasus_refuels_Globemaster_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pegasus_refuels_Globemaster_%282%29.jpg/220px-Pegasus_refuels_Globemaster_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pegasus_refuels_Globemaster_%282%29.jpg/330px-Pegasus_refuels_Globemaster_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pegasus_refuels_Globemaster_%282%29.jpg/440px-Pegasus_refuels_Globemaster_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4908" data-file-height="3271" /></a><figcaption>An Air Force KC-46 Pegasus refuels a C-17A Globemaster III</figcaption></figure> Rapid global mobility is the timely deployment, employment, sustainment, augmentation, and redeployment of military forces and capabilities across the ROMO. It provides joint military forces the capability to move from place to place while retaining the ability to fulfill their primary mission. Rapid Global Mobility is essential to virtually every military operation, allowing forces to reach foreign or domestic destinations quickly, thus seizing the initiative through speed and surprise.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Airlift is "operations to transport and deliver forces and <a href="/wiki/Materiel" title="Materiel">materiel</a> through the air in support of strategic, operational, or tactical objectives" (Annex 3–17, Air Mobility Operations). The rapid and flexible options afforded by airlift allow military forces and national leaders the ability to respond and operate in a variety of situations and time frames. The global reach capability of airlift provides the ability to apply US power worldwide by delivering forces to crisis locations. It serves as a US presence that demonstrates resolve and compassion in humanitarian crisis.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Air refueling is "the refueling of an aircraft in flight by another aircraft" (JP 1-02). Air refueling extends presence, increases range, and serves as a force multiplier. It allows air assets to more rapidly reach any trouble spot around the world with less dependence on forward staging bases or overflight/landing clearances. Air refueling significantly expands the options available to a commander by increasing the range, payload, persistence, and flexibility of receiver aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Aeromedical evacuation is "the movement of patients under medical supervision to and between medical treatment facilities by air transportation" (JP 1-02). JP 4-02, Health Service Support, further defines it as "the fixed wing movement of regulated casualties to and between medical treatment facilities, using organic and/or contracted mobility airframes, with aircrew trained explicitly for this mission." Aeromedical evacuation forces can operate as far forward as <a href="/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">fixed-wing aircraft</a> are able to conduct airland operations.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Global_strike">Global strike</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Global strike">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">Strategic bombing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">Nuclear warfare</a></div> Global precision attack is the ability to hold at risk or strike rapidly and persistently, with a wide range of munitions, any target and to create swift, decisive, and precise effects across multiple domains.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-10_simulates_close_air_support.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A-10_simulates_close_air_support.jpg/220px-A-10_simulates_close_air_support.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A-10_simulates_close_air_support.jpg/330px-A-10_simulates_close_air_support.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/A-10_simulates_close_air_support.jpg/440px-A-10_simulates_close_air_support.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>An Air Force <a href="/wiki/A-10" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10">A-10</a> demonstrating close air support at <a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis AFB</a></figcaption></figure> Strategic attack is defined as "offensive action specifically selected to achieve national strategic objectives. These attacks seek to weaken the adversary's ability or will to engage in conflict, and may achieve strategic objectives without necessarily having to achieve operational objectives as a precondition" (Annex 3–70, Strategic Attack).<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Air Interdiction is defined as "air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy's military potential before it can be brought to bear effectively against friendly forces, or to otherwise achieve JFC objectives. Air Interdiction is conducted at such distance from friendly forces that detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of friendly forces is not required" (Annex 3-03, Counterland Operations).<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Close Air Support is defined as "air action by fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and which require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces" (JP 1-02). This can be as a pre-planned event or on demand from an alert posture (ground or airborne). It can be conducted across the ROMO.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> The purpose of nuclear deterrence operations (NDO) is to operate, maintain, and secure nuclear forces to achieve an assured capability to deter an adversary from taking action against vital US interests. In the event deterrence fails, the US should be able to appropriately respond with nuclear options. The sub-elements of this function are:<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minuteman3launch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Minuteman3launch.jpg/220px-Minuteman3launch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Minuteman3launch.jpg/330px-Minuteman3launch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Minuteman3launch.jpg/440px-Minuteman3launch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="2800" /></a><figcaption>Test launch of a <a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30 Minuteman</a> Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg AFB</a></figcaption></figure> Assure/Dissuade/Deter is a mission set derived from the Air Force's readiness to carry out the nuclear strike operations mission as well as from specific actions taken to assure allies as a part of extended deterrence. Dissuading others from acquiring or proliferating WMD and delivering them contributes to promoting security and is also an integral part of this mission. Moreover, different deterrence strategies are required to deter various adversaries, whether they are a nation state, or non-state/transnational actor. The Air Force maintains and presents credible deterrent capabilities through successful visible demonstrations and exercises that assure allies, dissuade proliferation, deter potential adversaries from actions that threaten US national security or the populations, and deploy military forces of the US, its allies, and friends.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Nuclear strike is the ability of nuclear forces to rapidly and accurately strike targets which the enemy holds dear in a devastating manner. If a crisis occurs, rapid generation and, if necessary, deployment of nuclear strike capabilities will demonstrate US resolve and may prompt an adversary to alter the course of action deemed threatening to our national interest. Should deterrence fail, the President may authorize a precise, tailored response to terminate the conflict at the lowest possible level and lead to a rapid cessation of hostilities. Post-conflict, regeneration of a credible nuclear deterrent capability will deter further aggression. The Air Force may present a credible force posture in either the <a href="/wiki/Continental_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental United States">Continental United States</a>, within a theater of operations, or both to effectively deter the range of potential adversaries envisioned in the 21st century. This requires the ability to engage targets globally using a variety of methods; therefore, the Air Force should possess the ability to induct, train, assign, educate and exercise individuals and units to rapidly and effectively execute missions that support US NDO objectives. Finally, the Air Force regularly exercises and evaluates all aspects of nuclear operations to ensure high levels of performance.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Nuclear surety ensures the safety, security and effectiveness of nuclear operations. Because of their political and military importance, destructive power, and the potential consequences of an accident or unauthorized act, nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon systems require special consideration and protection against risks and threats inherent in their peacetime and wartime environments. In conjunction with other entities within the Departments of Defense or Energy, the Air Force achieves a high standard of protection through a stringent nuclear surety program. This program applies to materiel, personnel, and procedures that contribute to the safety, security, and control of nuclear weapons, thus assuring no nuclear accidents, incidents, loss, or unauthorized or accidental use (a <a href="/wiki/Broken_Arrow_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Broken Arrow incident">Broken Arrow incident</a>). The Air Force continues to pursue safe, secure and effective nuclear weapons consistent with operational requirements. Adversaries, allies, and the American people must be highly confident of the Air Force's ability to secure nuclear weapons from accidents, theft, loss, and accidental or unauthorized use. This day-to-day commitment to precise and reliable nuclear operations is the cornerstone of the credibility of the NDO mission. Positive nuclear command, control, communications; effective nuclear weapons security; and robust combat support are essential to the overall NDO function.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Command_and_control">Command and control</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Command and control">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command and control</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Operations_Center" title="Air Operations Center">Air Operations Center</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Air_Component_Commander" title="Joint Force Air Component Commander">Joint Force Air Component Commander</a></div> Command and control is "the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Command and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission" (JP 1-02). This core function includes all of the C2-related capabilities and activities associated with air, cyberspace, nuclear, and agile combat support operations to achieve strategic, operational, and tactical objectives.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Combined_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center_151007-F-MS415-015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Combined_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center_151007-F-MS415-015.jpg/220px-Combined_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center_151007-F-MS415-015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Combined_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center_151007-F-MS415-015.jpg/330px-Combined_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center_151007-F-MS415-015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Combined_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center_151007-F-MS415-015.jpg/440px-Combined_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center_151007-F-MS415-015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Combined Air Operations Center at <a href="/wiki/Al_Udeid_Air_Base" title="Al Udeid Air Base">Al Udeid Air Base</a></figcaption></figure> At the strategic level command and control, the US determines national or multinational security objectives and guidance, and develops and uses national resources to accomplish these objectives. These national objectives in turn provide the direction for developing overall military objectives, which are used to develop the objectives and strategy for each theater.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> At the operational level command and control, campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, sustained, and assessed to accomplish strategic goals within theaters or areas of operations. These activities imply a broader dimension of time or space than do tactics; they provide the means by which tactical successes are exploited to achieve strategic and operational objectives.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> Tactical Level Command and Control is where individual battles and engagements are fought. The tactical level of war deals with how forces are employed, and the specifics of how engagements are conducted and targets attacked. The goal of tactical level C2 is to achieve commander's intent and desired effects by gaining and keeping offensive initiative.<a href="#cite_note-AFDD1-31">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">History of the United States Air Force</a></div> The origins of the United States Air Force can be traced back to the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army_Balloon_Corps" title="Union Army Balloon Corps">Union Army Balloon Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. The Union Balloon Corps, established by aeronaut <a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_S._C._Lowe" title="Thaddeus S. C. Lowe">Thaddeus S. C. Lowe</a>, provided aerial reconnaissance for the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a>. This early use of balloons for military purposes marked the beginning of modern aerial warfare and set the stage for the development of the United States Air Force.<a href="#cite_note-35">[26]</a> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">U.S. War Department</a> created the first antecedent of the U.S. Air Force, as a part of the U.S. Army, on 1 August 1907, which through a succession of changes of organization, titles, and missions advanced toward eventual independence 40 years later. In <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, almost 68,000 U.S. airmen died helping to win the war, with only the infantry suffering more casualties.<a href="#cite_note-36">[27]</a> In practice, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> (<a href="/wiki/USAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="USAAF">USAAF</a>) was virtually independent of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> during World War II, and in virtually every way functioned as an independent service branch, but airmen still pressed for formal independence.<a href="#cite_note-37">[28]</a> The <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> was signed on 26 July 1947, which established the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a>, but it was not until 18 September 1947, when the first secretary of the Air Force, <a href="/wiki/W._Stuart_Symington" class="mw-redirect" title="W. Stuart Symington">W. Stuart Symington</a>, was sworn into office that the Air Force was officially formed as an independent service branch.<a href="#cite_note-38">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[30]</a> The act created the National Military Establishment (renamed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> in 1949), which was composed of three subordinate Military Departments, namely the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a>, and the newly created Department of the Air Force.<a href="#cite_note-40">[31]</a> Prior to 1947, the responsibility for military aviation was shared between the Army Air Forces and its predecessor organizations (for land-based operations), the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> (for sea-based operations from <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious</a> aircraft), and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> (for close air support of Marine Corps operations). The 1940s proved to be important for military aviation in other ways as well. In 1947, Air Force Captain <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Yeager" title="Chuck Yeager">Chuck Yeager</a> broke the sound barrier in his X-1 rocket-powered aircraft, beginning a new era of aeronautics in America.<a href="#cite_note-41">[32]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Usaroundelevo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Usaroundelevo.gif/220px-Usaroundelevo.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Usaroundelevo.gif/330px-Usaroundelevo.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Usaroundelevo.gif/440px-Usaroundelevo.gif 2x" data-file-width="456" data-file-height="241" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_national_insignia" title="United States military aircraft national insignia">Roundels</a> that have appeared on U.S. military aircraft 1.) 5/1917–2/1918 2.) 2/1918–8/1919 3.) 8/1919–5/1942 4.) 5/1942–6/1943 5.) 6/1943–9/1943 6.) 9/1943–1/1947 7.) 1/1947– </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antecedents">Antecedents</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Antecedents">edit</a>]</div> The predecessor organizations in the Army of today's Air Force are: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_Division,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps">Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps</a> (1 August 1907 – 18 July 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_Section,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps">Aviation Section, Signal Corps</a> (18 July 1914 – 20 May 1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Military_Aeronautics" title="Division of Military Aeronautics">Division of Military Aeronautics</a> (20 May 1918 to 24 May 1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Service">U.S. Army Air Service</a> (24 May 1918 to 2 July 1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Corps">U.S. Army Air Corps</a> (2 July 1926 to 20 June 1941)<a href="#cite_note-42">[33]</a> and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> (20 June 1941 to 18 September 1947)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 21st century">edit</a>]</div> During the early 2000s, two USAF aircraft procurement projects took longer than expected, the <a href="/wiki/KC-X" title="KC-X">KC-X</a> and <a href="/wiki/F-35" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35">F-35</a> programs. As a result, the USAF was setting new records for average aircraft age.<a href="#cite_note-43">[34]</a> Since 2005, the USAF has placed a strong focus on the improvement of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">Basic Military Training</a> (BMT) for enlisted personnel. While the intense training has become longer, it also has shifted to include a deployment phase. This deployment phase, now called the BEAST, places the trainees in a simulated combat environment that they may experience once they deploy. While the trainees do tackle the massive obstacle courses along with the BEAST, the other portions include defending and protecting their base of operations, forming a structure of leadership, directing search and recovery, and basic self aid buddy care. During this event, the Military Training Instructors (MTI) act as mentors and opposing forces in a deployment exercise.<a href="#cite_note-44">[35]</a> In November 2022, the USAF announced that it will discontinue BEAST and replace it with another deployment training program called PACER FORGE.<a href="#cite_note-45">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[37]</a> In 2007, the USAF undertook a Reduction-in-Force (RIF). Because of budget constraints, the USAF planned to reduce the service's size from 360,000 active duty personnel to 316,000.<a href="#cite_note-AF_mag_rif-47">[38]</a> The size of the active duty force in 2007 was roughly 64% of that of what the USAF was at the end of the first <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> in 1991.<a href="#cite_note-downsize-48">[39]</a> However, the reduction was ended at approximately 330,000 personnel in 2008 in order to meet the demand signal of combatant commanders and associated mission requirements.<a href="#cite_note-AF_mag_rif-47">[38]</a> These same constraints have seen a sharp reduction in flight hours for crew training since 2005<a href="#cite_note-49">[40]</a> and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel directing Airmen's Time Assessments.<a href="#cite_note-50">[41]</a> On 5 June 2008, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> accepted the resignations of both the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wynne" title="Michael Wynne">Michael Wynne</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">chief of staff of the Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/T._Michael_Moseley" title="T. Michael Moseley">T. Michael Moseley</a>. In his decision to fire both men Gates cited "systemic issues associated with... declining Air Force nuclear mission focus and performance".<a href="#cite_note-auto-51">[42]</a> Left unmentioned by Gates was that he had repeatedly clashed with Wynne and Moseley over other important non-nuclear related issues to the service.<a href="#cite_note-auto-51">[42]</a> This followed an investigation into two incidents involving mishandling of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear weapons">nuclear weapons</a>: specifically a <a href="/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident" title="2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident">nuclear weapons incident</a> aboard a B-52 flight between <a href="/wiki/Minot_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Minot AFB">Minot AFB</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barksdale_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Barksdale AFB">Barksdale AFB</a>, and an accidental shipment of nuclear weapons components to Taiwan.<a href="#cite_note-52">[43]</a> To put more emphasis on nuclear assets, the USAF established the nuclear-focused <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</a> on 24 October 2008, which later assumed control of all USAF bomber aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-53">[44]</a> On 26 June 2009, the USAF released a force structure plan that cut fighter aircraft and shifted resources to better support nuclear, irregular and information warfare.<a href="#cite_note-54">[45]</a> On 23 July 2009, The USAF released their Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Flight Plan, detailing Air Force UAS plans through 2047.<a href="#cite_note-55">[46]</a> One third of the planes that the USAF planned to buy in the future were to be unmanned.<a href="#cite_note-56">[47]</a> According to Air Force chief scientist <a href="/wiki/Greg_Zacharias" title="Greg Zacharias">Greg Zacharias</a> the USAF anticipates having hypersonic weapons by the 2020s, hypersonic <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">unmanned aerial vehicles</a> (also known as remotely-piloted vehicles, or RPAs) by the 2030s and recoverable hypersonic RPAs aircraft by the 2040s.<a href="#cite_note-nationalinterest.org-57">[48]</a> The USAF intends to deploy a <a href="/wiki/Sixth-generation_jet_fighter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth-generation jet fighter">Sixth-generation jet fighter</a> by the mid-2030s.<a href="#cite_note-nationalinterest.org-57">[48]</a> On 22 October 2023, the USAF conducted its first-ever trilateral exercise with the <a href="/wiki/South_Korean_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="South Korean Air Force">South Korean</a> and <a href="/wiki/JASDF" class="mw-redirect" title="JASDF">Japanese</a> air forces near the Korean Peninsula.<a href="#cite_note-58">[49]</a> On 29 November 2023, a USAF <a href="/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey" title="Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey">Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey</a> crashed in the Japan island of Yakushima killing 1 airman.<a href="#cite_note-59">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[51]</a> In 2024, citing the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a>'s ruling in <a href="/wiki/Loper_Bright_Enterprises_v._Raimondo" title="Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo">Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo</a>, the Air Force refused to comply with an <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">EPA</a> order that they develop a cleanup plan for drinking water around <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a> after the region's groundwater was contaminated by <a href="/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_substances" title="Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances">PFAS</a> runoff from nearby Air Force bases.<a href="#cite_note-61">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[53]</a> General <a href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" title="David W. Allvin">David Allvin</a>, the head of the U.S. Air Force (USAF), stated earlier in 2024 that the United States cannot rely on its air dominance for an extended period.<a href="#cite_note-63">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conflicts">Conflicts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Conflicts">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird_(modified).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird_%28modified%29.jpg/220px-Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird_%28modified%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird_%28modified%29.jpg/330px-Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird_%28modified%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird_%28modified%29.jpg/440px-Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird_%28modified%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="2029" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird" class="mw-redirect" title="SR-71 Blackbird">SR-71 Blackbird</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconnaissance plane">reconnaissance plane</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg/220px-F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg/330px-F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg/440px-F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="1984" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk" class="mw-redirect" title="F-117 Nighthawk">F-117 Nighthawk</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Stealth_aircraft" title="Stealth aircraft">stealth</a> attack aircraft (sectional retirement from combat service in April 2008).</figcaption></figure> The United States Air Force has been involved in many wars, conflicts and operations using military air operations. The USAF possesses the lineage and heritage of its predecessor organizations, which played a pivotal role in U.S. military operations since 1907: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition" title="Pancho Villa Expedition">Mexican Expedition</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[55]</a> as <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Section,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps">Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-65">[56]</a> as <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Section,_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps">Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Service" title="United States Army Air Service">United States Army Air Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-65">[56]</a> as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[59]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[61]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[63]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Historical_Examination_of_Current_Operations" title="Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operations">Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operations</a> (CHECO)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a> (1980 Iranian hostage rescue)<a href="#cite_note-73">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[65]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Urgent_Fury" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Urgent Fury">Operation Urgent Fury</a> (1983 US invasion of Grenada)<a href="#cite_note-75">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[67]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Libya_(1986)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombing of Libya (1986)">Operation El Dorado Canyon</a> (1986 US Bombing of Libya)<a href="#cite_note-77">[68]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama" title="United States invasion of Panama">Operation Just Cause</a> (1989–1990 US invasion of Panama)<a href="#cite_note-78">[69]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> (1990–1991)<a href="#cite_note-79">[70]</a> <ul><li>Operation Desert Shield (1990–1991)<a href="#cite_note-80">[71]</a></li> <li>Operation Desert Storm (1991)<a href="#cite_note-81">[72]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Southern_Watch" title="Operation Southern Watch">Operation Southern Watch</a> (1992–2003 Iraq no-fly zone)<a href="#cite_note-82">[73]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Deliberate_Force" title="Operation Deliberate Force">Operation Deliberate Force</a> (1995 NATO bombing in Bosnia and Herzegovina)<a href="#cite_note-83">[74]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Northern_Watch" title="Operation Northern Watch">Operation Northern Watch</a> (1997–2003 Iraq no-fly zone)<a href="#cite_note-84">[75]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Fox">Operation Desert Fox</a> (1998 bombing of Iraq)<a href="#cite_note-85">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[78]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Allied_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Allied Force">Operation Allied Force</a> (1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia)<a href="#cite_note-88">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghanistan War">Afghanistan War</a> (2001–2021)<a href="#cite_note-89">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[82]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> (2001–2014)<a href="#cite_note-92">[83]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Freedom%27s_Sentinel" title="Operation Freedom's Sentinel">Operation Freedom's Sentinel</a> (2015–2021)<a href="#cite_note-93">[84]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> (2003–2011)<a href="#cite_note-94">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[86]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War#2003:_Invasion" title="Iraq War">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> (2003–2010)<a href="#cite_note-96">[87]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War#2010:_US_drawdown_and_Operation_New_Dawn" title="Iraq War">Operation New Dawn</a> (2010–2011)<a href="#cite_note-97">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[89]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</a> (2011 Libyan no-fly zone)<a href="#cite_note-99">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[92]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Inherent_Resolve" title="Operation Inherent Resolve">Operation Inherent Resolve</a> (2014–present: intervention against the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a>)<a href="#cite_note-102">[93]</a></li></ul> In addition since the USAF dwarfs all other U.S. and allied air components, it often provides support for allied forces in conflicts to which the United States is otherwise not involved, such as the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Serval" title="Operation Serval">2013 French campaign in Mali</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Humanitarian_operations">Humanitarian operations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Humanitarian operations">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-064-10A,_Frankfurt-Main,_Luftbr%C3%BCcke,_Flugzeuge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-064-10A%2C_Frankfurt-Main%2C_Luftbr%C3%BCcke%2C_Flugzeuge.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-064-10A%2C_Frankfurt-Main%2C_Luftbr%C3%BCcke%2C_Flugzeuge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-064-10A%2C_Frankfurt-Main%2C_Luftbr%C3%BCcke%2C_Flugzeuge.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-064-10A%2C_Frankfurt-Main%2C_Luftbr%C3%BCcke%2C_Flugzeuge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-064-10A%2C_Frankfurt-Main%2C_Luftbr%C3%BCcke%2C_Flugzeuge.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-064-10A%2C_Frankfurt-Main%2C_Luftbr%C3%BCcke%2C_Flugzeuge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="238" /></a><figcaption>A row of <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymasters</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">Berlin Airlift</a> in 1949</figcaption></figure> The USAF has also taken part in numerous humanitarian operations. Some of the more major ones include the following:<a href="#cite_note-104">[95]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berlin_Blockade#The_Berlin_Airlift" title="Berlin Blockade">Berlin Airlift (Operation Vittles), 1948–1949</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[96]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Safe_Haven_(1957)" title="Operation Safe Haven (1957)">Operation Safe Haven, 1956–1957</a></li> <li>Operations <a href="/wiki/Operation_Babylift" title="Operation Babylift">Babylift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_New_Life" title="Operation New Life">New Life</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Frequent_Wind" title="Operation Frequent Wind">Frequent Wind</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_New_Arrivals" title="Operation New Arrivals">New Arrivals</a>, 1975<a href="#cite_note-106">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[100]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Provide_Comfort" title="Operation Provide Comfort">Operation Provide Comfort</a>, 1991<a href="#cite_note-110">[101]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Angel" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Sea Angel">Operation Sea Angel</a>, 1991<a href="#cite_note-111">[102]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Provide_Hope" title="Operation Provide Hope">Operation Provide Hope</a>, 1992–1993<a href="#cite_note-112">[103]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Provide_Promise" title="Operation Provide Promise">Operation Provide Promise</a>, 1992–1996<a href="#cite_note-113">[104]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Unified_Assistance" title="Operation Unified Assistance">Operation Unified Assistance</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami">December 2004 – April 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Unified_Response" title="Operation Unified Response">Operation Unified Response</a>, 14 January 2010 – 22 March 2010<a href="#cite_note-114">[105]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tomodachi" title="Operation Tomodachi">Operation Tomodachi</a>, 12 March 2011 – 1 May 2011<a href="#cite_note-115">[106]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Culture">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_74th_Birthday_210917-F-LE393-0305.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Air_Force_74th_Birthday_210917-F-LE393-0305.jpg/220px-Air_Force_74th_Birthday_210917-F-LE393-0305.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Air_Force_74th_Birthday_210917-F-LE393-0305.jpg/330px-Air_Force_74th_Birthday_210917-F-LE393-0305.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Air_Force_74th_Birthday_210917-F-LE393-0305.jpg/440px-Air_Force_74th_Birthday_210917-F-LE393-0305.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1996" /></a><figcaption>Various Air Force personnel pose during the Air Force's 74th birthday celebration at the Pentagon (17 September 2021).</figcaption></figure></div></div> The culture of the United States Air Force is primarily driven by pilots, at first those piloting bombers (driven originally by the <a href="/wiki/Bomber_Mafia" title="Bomber Mafia">Bomber Mafia</a>), followed by fighters (<a href="/wiki/Fighter_Mafia" title="Fighter Mafia">Fighter Mafia</a>).<a href="#cite_note-116">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[109]</a> In response to a <a href="/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident" title="2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident">2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident</a>, Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> accepted in June 2009 the resignations of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wynne" title="Michael Wynne">Michael Wynne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/T._Michael_Moseley" title="T. Michael Moseley">T. Michael Moseley</a>. Moseley's successor, General <a href="/wiki/Norton_A._Schwartz" title="Norton A. Schwartz">Norton A. Schwartz</a>, a former airlift and special operations pilot, was the first officer appointed to that position who did not have a background as a fighter or bomber pilot.<a href="#cite_note-119">[110]</a> The Washington Post reported in 2010 that General Schwartz began to dismantle the rigid class system of the USAF, particularly in the officer corps.<a href="#cite_note-120">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[112]</a> In 2014, following morale and testing/cheating scandals in the Air Force's <a href="/wiki/Missile_combat_crew" title="Missile combat crew">missile launch officer</a> community, Secretary of the Air Force <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Lee_James" title="Deborah Lee James">Deborah Lee James</a> admitted that there remained a "systemic problem" in the USAF's management of the nuclear mission.<a href="#cite_note-122">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[115]</a> Daniel L. Magruder Jr. defines USAF culture as a combination of the rigorous application of advanced technology, individualism and progressive airpower theory.<a href="#cite_note-125">[116]</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Dunlap_Jr." title="Charles J. Dunlap Jr.">Charles J. Dunlap Jr.</a> adds that the U.S. Air Force's culture also includes an <a href="/wiki/Egalitarianism" title="Egalitarianism">egalitarianism</a> bred from officers perceiving themselves as their service's principal "warriors" working with small groups of enlisted airmen either as the service crew or the onboard crew of their aircraft. Air Force officers have never felt they needed the formal social "distance" from their enlisted force that is common in the other U.S. armed services. Although the paradigm is changing, for most of its history, the Air Force, completely unlike its sister services, has been an organization in which mostly its officers fought, not its enlisted force, the latter being primarily a rear echelon support force. When the enlisted force did go into harm's way, such as crew members of multi-crewed aircraft, the close comradeship of shared risk in tight quarters created traditions that shaped a somewhat different kind of officer/enlisted relationship than exists elsewhere in the military.<a href="#cite_note-126">[117]</a> Cultural and career issues in the U.S. Air Force have been cited as one of the reasons for the shortfall in needed <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">UAV</a> operators.<a href="#cite_note-127">[118]</a> In spite of demand for UAVs or drones to provide round the clock coverage for American troops during the Iraq War,<a href="#cite_note-128">[119]</a> the USAF did not establish a new career field for piloting them until the last year of that war and in 2014 changed its RPA training syllabus again, in the face of large aircraft losses in training,<a href="#cite_note-129">[120]</a> and in response to a GAO report critical of handling of drone programs.<a href="#cite_note-130">[121]</a> Paul Scharre has reported that the cultural divide between the USAF and US Army has kept both services from adopting each other's drone handling innovations.<a href="#cite_note-131">[122]</a> Many of the U.S. Air Force's formal and informal traditions are an amalgamation of those taken from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (e.g., dining-ins/mess nights) or the experiences of its predecessor organizations such as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Service">U.S. Army Air Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Corps">U.S. Army Air Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a>. Some of these traditions range from "Friday Name Tags" in flying units to an annual "Mustache Month".<a href="#cite_note-132">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[124]</a> The use of <a href="/wiki/Challenge_coin" title="Challenge coin">"challenge coins"</a> dates back to World War I when a member of one of the aero squadrons bought his entire unit medallions with their emblem,<a href="#cite_note-134">[125]</a> while another cultural tradition unique to the Air Force is the "<a href="/wiki/Roof_stomp" title="Roof stomp">roof stomp</a>", practiced by Airmen to welcome a new commander or to commemorate another event, such as a retirement.<a href="#cite_note-135">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Organization">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Structure of the United States Air Force">Structure of the United States Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Department_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Structure of the United States Armed Forces">Department of the Air Force structure</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg/350px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg/525px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg/700px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption>Organization of the United States Air Force within the Department of Defense</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_organization">Administrative organization</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Administrative organization">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> is one of three military departments within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>, and is managed by the civilian <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a>, under the authority, direction, and control of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a>. The senior officials in the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Air Force">Office of the Secretary</a> are the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">under secretary of the Air Force</a>, four <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force">assistant secretaries of the Air Force</a> and the <a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force">general counsel</a>, all of whom are appointed by the president with the <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">advice and consent</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>. The senior uniformed leadership in the <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a> is made up of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">chief of staff of the Air Force</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">vice chief of staff of the Air Force</a>.<a href="#cite_note-airforcemag.com-137">[128]</a> The directly subordinate commands and units are named <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agency</a> (FOA), <a href="/wiki/Direct_Reporting_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Reporting Unit">Direct Reporting Unit</a> (DRU), and the currently unused Separate Operating Agency.<a href="#cite_note-138">[129]</a> The <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force">Major Command</a> (MAJCOM) is the superior hierarchical level of command. Including the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a>, as of 30 September 2006, USAF has ten major commands. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_Numbered_Air_Forces_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Force">Numbered Air Force</a> (NAF) is a level of command directly under the MAJCOM, followed by Operational Command (now unused), <a href="/wiki/USAF_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF Air Division">Air Division</a> (also now unused), <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Wings of the United States Air Force">Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadron</a>, and Flight.<a href="#cite_note-airforcemag.com-137">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-139">[130]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force_structure_and_organization">Air Force structure and organization</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Air Force structure and organization">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/File:Headquarters_US_Air_Force_Badge.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Headquarters_US_Air_Force_Badge.png/25px-Headquarters_US_Air_Force_Badge.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Headquarters_US_Air_Force_Badge.png/38px-Headquarters_US_Air_Force_Badge.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Headquarters_US_Air_Force_Badge.png/50px-Headquarters_US_Air_Force_Badge.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="599" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Headquarters, United States Air Force</a> (HQ USAF): <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Major Commands </th> <th>Current commander </th> <th>Location of headquarters </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ACC_Shield.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ACC_Shield.svg/25px-ACC_Shield.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ACC_Shield.svg/38px-ACC_Shield.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ACC_Shield.svg/50px-ACC_Shield.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="505" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> (ACC)<a href="#cite_note-140">[131]</a></td> <td>Gen <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wilsbach" title="Kenneth S. Wilsbach">Kenneth S. Wilsbach</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Langley_Air_Force_Base" title="Langley Air Force Base">Langley Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Langley-Eustis" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Base Langley-Eustis">Joint Base Langley-Eustis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Education_and_Training_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Air_Education_and_Training_Command.svg/25px-Air_Education_and_Training_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Air_Education_and_Training_Command.svg/38px-Air_Education_and_Training_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Air_Education_and_Training_Command.svg/50px-Air_Education_and_Training_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="503" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Air Education and Training Command</a> (AETC)<a href="#cite_note-141">[132]</a></td> <td>Lt Gen <a href="/wiki/Brian_S._Robinson" title="Brian S. Robinson">Brian S. Robinson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Air_Force_Base" title="Randolph Air Force Base">Randolph Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_San_Antonio" title="Joint Base San Antonio">Joint Base San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.svg/25px-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.svg/38px-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.svg/50px-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="617" data-file-height="609" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</a> (AFGSC)<a href="#cite_note-142">[133]</a></td> <td>Gen <a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Bussiere" title="Thomas A. Bussiere">Thomas A. Bussiere</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Materiel_Command_shield.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Air_Force_Materiel_Command_shield.svg/25px-Air_Force_Materiel_Command_shield.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Air_Force_Materiel_Command_shield.svg/38px-Air_Force_Materiel_Command_shield.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Air_Force_Materiel_Command_shield.svg/50px-Air_Force_Materiel_Command_shield.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="215" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a> (AFMC)<a href="#cite_note-143">[134]</a></td> <td>Gen <a href="/wiki/Duke_Z._Richardson" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke Z. Richardson">Duke Z. Richardson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright-Patterson Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:AFR_Shield.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/AFR_Shield.svg/25px-AFR_Shield.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/AFR_Shield.svg/38px-AFR_Shield.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/AFR_Shield.svg/50px-AFR_Shield.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="475" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> (AFRC)<a href="#cite_note-144">[135]</a></td> <td>Lt Gen <a href="/wiki/John_P._Healy" title="John P. Healy">John P. Healy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Shield_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command.svg/25px-Shield_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Shield_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command.svg/38px-Shield_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Shield_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command.svg/50px-Shield_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="970" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">Air Force Special Operations Command</a> (AFSOC)<a href="#cite_note-145">[136]</a></td> <td>Lt Gen <a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Conley" title="Michael E. Conley">Michael E. Conley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Mobility_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Air_Mobility_Command.svg/25px-Air_Mobility_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Air_Mobility_Command.svg/38px-Air_Mobility_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Air_Mobility_Command.svg/50px-Air_Mobility_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="1230" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> (AMC)<a href="#cite_note-146">[137]</a></td> <td>Gen <a href="/wiki/John_D._Lamontagne" class="mw-redirect" title="John D. Lamontagne">John D. Lamontagne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Air_Force_Base" title="Scott Air Force Base">Scott Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Pacific_Air_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Pacific_Air_Forces.svg/25px-Pacific_Air_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Pacific_Air_Forces.svg/38px-Pacific_Air_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Pacific_Air_Forces.svg/50px-Pacific_Air_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="215" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a> (PACAF)<a href="#cite_note-147">[138]</a></td> <td>Gen <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Schneider" title="Kevin Schneider">Kevin Schneider</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hickam_Air_Force_Base" title="Hickam Air Force Base">Hickam Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Pearl_Harbor%E2%80%93Hickam" title="Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam">Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe.svg/25px-United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe.svg/38px-United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe.svg/50px-United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="342" data-file-height="336" /></a> <a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Air_Forces_in_Africa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Africa.svg/23px-United_States_Air_Forces_in_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Africa.svg/35px-United_States_Air_Forces_in_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Africa.svg/46px-United_States_Air_Forces_in_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="342" data-file-height="336" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa</a> (USAFE-AFAFRICA)<a href="#cite_note-148">[139]</a></td> <td>Gen <a href="/wiki/James_B._Hecker" class="mw-redirect" title="James B. Hecker">James B. Hecker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate" title="Rhineland-Palatinate">Rhineland-Palatinate</a>, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <th>Direct Reporting Units </th> <th>Current commander </th> <th>Location of headquarters </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_District_of_Washington.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Air_Force_District_of_Washington.png/25px-Air_Force_District_of_Washington.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Air_Force_District_of_Washington.png/38px-Air_Force_District_of_Washington.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Air_Force_District_of_Washington.png/50px-Air_Force_District_of_Washington.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="985" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">Air Force District of Washington</a> (AFDW)<a href="#cite_note-149">[140]</a></td> <td>Maj Gen <a href="/w/index.php?title=Daniel_A._DeVoe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel A. DeVoe (page does not exist)">Daniel A. DeVoe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrews_Air_Force_Base" title="Andrews Air Force Base">Andrews Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Andrews" title="Joint Base Andrews">Joint Base Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center.png/25px-Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center.png/38px-Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center.png/50px-Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="998" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a> (AFOTEC)<a href="#cite_note-150">[141]</a></td> <td>Brig Gen <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_T._Rawls&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael T. Rawls (page does not exist)">Michael T. Rawls</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, U.S. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US-AirForceAcademy-Shield.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/US-AirForceAcademy-Shield.svg/25px-US-AirForceAcademy-Shield.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/US-AirForceAcademy-Shield.svg/38px-US-AirForceAcademy-Shield.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/US-AirForceAcademy-Shield.svg/50px-US-AirForceAcademy-Shield.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="691" /></a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a> (USAFA)<a href="#cite_note-151">[142]</a></td> <td>Lt Gen <a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Clark" title="Richard M. Clark">Richard M. Clark</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Academy,_Colorado" title="Air Force Academy, Colorado">Air Force Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, U.S. </td></tr></tbody></table> The major components of the U.S. Air Force, as of 28 August 2015, are the following:<a href="#cite_note-estab-152">[143]</a> <ul><li>Active duty forces <ul><li>57 flying wings and 55 non-flying wings</li> <li>nine flying groups, eight non-flying groups <ul><li>134 flying squadrons</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[144]</a> <ul><li>35 flying wings</li> <li>four flying groups <ul><li>67 flying squadrons</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[145]</a> <ul><li>89 flying wings <ul><li>101 flying squadrons</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> The USAF, including its Air Reserve Component (e.g., Air Force Reserve + Air National Guard), possesses a total of 302 flying squadrons.<a href="#cite_note-orgsize-155">[146]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Installations">Installations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Installations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">List of United States Air Force installations</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operational_organization">Operational organization</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Operational organization">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/United_States_Air_Force" title="Special:EditPage/United States Air Force">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2018) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of active United States Air Force aircraft squadrons">List of active United States Air Force aircraft squadrons</a></div> The organizational structure as shown above is responsible for the peacetime organization, equipping, and training of air units for operational missions. When required to support operational missions, the secretary of defense (SECDEF) directs the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a> (SECAF) to execute a Change in Operational Control (CHOP) of these units from their administrative alignment to the operational command of a <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">Regional</a> <a href="/wiki/Combatant_commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Combatant commander">Combatant commander</a> (CCDR).<a href="#cite_note-156">[147]</a> In the case of AFSPC, AFSOC, PACAF, and USAFE units, forces are normally employed in-place under their existing CCDR. Likewise, AMC forces operating in support roles retain their componency to <a href="/wiki/USTRANSCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="USTRANSCOM">USTRANSCOM</a> unless chopped to a Regional CCDR. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force">Air Expeditionary Task Force</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Air Expeditionary Task Force">edit</a>]</div> "Chopped" units are referred to as forces. The top-level structure of these forces is the <a href="/wiki/Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" title="Air Expeditionary Task Force">Air Expeditionary Task Force</a> (AETF). The AETF is the Air Force presentation of forces to a CCDR for the employment of air power. Each CCDR is supported by a standing Component Numbered Air Force (C-NAF) to provide planning and execution of air forces in support of CCDR requirements. Each C-NAF consists of a Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) and AFFOR/A-staff, and an Air Operations Center (AOC). As needed to support multiple Joint Force Commanders (JFC) in the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">CCMD</a>'s Area of Responsibility (AOR), the C-NAF may deploy Air Component Coordinate Elements (ACCE) to liaise with the JFC. If the Air Force possesses the preponderance of air forces in a JFC's area of operations, the COMAFFOR will also serve as the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Forces_Air_Component_Commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Forces Air Component Commander">Joint Forces Air Component Commander</a> (JFACC). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commander,_Air_Force_Forces">Commander, Air Force Forces</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Commander, Air Force Forces">edit</a>]</div> The commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) is the senior USAF officer responsible for the employment of air power in support of JFC objectives. The COMAFFOR has a special staff and an A-Staff to ensure assigned or attached forces are properly organized, equipped, and trained to support the operational mission. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air_Operations_Center">Air Operations Center</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Air Operations Center">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Air_Operations_Center" title="Air Operations Center">Air Operations Center</a> (AOC) is the JFACC's <a href="/wiki/Command_and_Control_(Military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Command and Control (Military)">Command and Control</a> (C2) center. Several AOCs have been established throughout the Air Force worldwide. These centers are responsible for planning and executing air power missions in support of JFC objectives.<a href="#cite_note-157">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air_Expeditionary_Wings/Groups/Squadrons">Air Expeditionary Wings/Groups/Squadrons</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Air Expeditionary Wings/Groups/Squadrons">edit</a>]</div> The AETF generates air power to support CCMD objectives from <a href="/wiki/Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Expeditionary Wing">Air Expeditionary Wings</a> (AEW) or Air Expeditionary Groups (AEG). These units are responsible for receiving combat forces from Air Force MAJCOMs, preparing these forces for operational missions, launching and recovering these forces, and eventually returning forces to the MAJCOMs. Theater Air Control Systems control employment of forces during these missions.<a href="#cite_note-158">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Personnel">edit</a>]</div> The classification of any USAF job for officers or enlisted airmen is the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a> (AFSC). AFSCs range from officer specialties such as pilot, <a href="/wiki/Combat_systems_officer" title="Combat systems officer">combat systems officer</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Tactics_Officer" title="United States Air Force Special Tactics Officer">special tactics</a>, nuclear and missile operations, intelligence, cyberspace operations, judge advocate general (JAG), medical doctor, nurse or other fields, to various enlisted specialties. The latter range from flight combat operations such as loadmaster, to working in a dining facility to ensure that Airmen are properly fed. There are additional occupational fields such as computer specialties, mechanic specialties, <a href="/wiki/Aircrew_Badge#Air_Force" title="Aircrew Badge">enlisted aircrew</a>, communication systems, cyberspace operations, avionics technicians, medical specialties, civil engineering, public affairs, hospitality, law, drug counseling, mail operations, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Security_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Security Forces">security forces</a>, and search and rescue specialties.<a href="#cite_note-160">[151]</a> Beyond combat flight crew personnel, other combat USAF AFSCs are <a href="/wiki/Special_Tactics_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Tactics Officer">Special Tactics Officer</a>,<a href="#cite_note-161">[152]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bomb_disposal" title="Bomb disposal">Explosive Ordnance Disposal</a> (EOD),<a href="#cite_note-162">[153]</a> <a href="/wiki/Combat_Rescue_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Rescue Officer">Combat Rescue Officer</a>,<a href="#cite_note-163">[154]</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Pararescue" title="United States Air Force Pararescue">Pararescue</a>,<a href="#cite_note-164">[155]</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a>,<a href="#cite_note-165">[156]</a> <a href="/wiki/Combat_Control_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Control Team">Combat Control</a>,<a href="#cite_note-166">[157]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Control_Party" title="Tactical Air Control Party">Tactical Air Control Party</a>,<a href="#cite_note-167">[158]</a> <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Weather_Technician" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Operations Weather Technician">Special Operations Weather Technician</a>.<a href="#cite_note-168">[159]</a> Nearly all enlisted career fields are "entry level", meaning that the USAF provides all training. Some enlistees are able to choose a particular field, or at least a field before actually joining, while others are assigned an AFSC at Basic Military Training (BMT). After BMT, new enlisted airmen attend a technical training school where they learn their particular AFSC. Second Air Force, a part of Air Education and Training Command, is responsible for nearly all enlisted technical training.<a href="#cite_note-169">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-170">[161]</a> Training programs vary in length; for example, 3M0X1 (Services) has 29 days of tech school training,<a href="#cite_note-171">[162]</a> while 3E8X1 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) is one year of training with a preliminary school and a main school consisting of over ten separate divisions, sometimes taking students close to two years to complete. Officer technical training conducted by Second Air Force can also vary by AFSC, while flight training for aeronautically rated officers conducted by AETC's Nineteenth Air Force can last well in excess of one year.<a href="#cite_note-172">[163]</a> USAF rank is divided between <a href="/wiki/Enlisted_rank" title="Enlisted rank">enlisted</a> airmen, non-commissioned officers, and commissioned officers, and ranges from the enlisted Airman Basic (E-1) to the commissioned officer rank of General (O-10), however in times of war officers may be appointed to the higher grade of General of the Air Force. Enlisted promotions are granted based on a combination of test scores, years of experience, and selection board approval while officer promotions are based on time-in-grade and a promotion selection board. Promotions among enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers are generally designated by increasing numbers of insignia chevrons.<a href="#cite_note-173">[164]</a> Commissioned officer rank is designated by bars, oak leaves, a silver eagle, and anywhere from one to five stars.<a href="#cite_note-174">[165]</a> General of the Air Force <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold" title="Henry H. Arnold">Henry "Hap" Arnold</a> is the only individual in the history of the US Air Force to attain the rank of five-star general.<a href="#cite_note-175">[166]</a> As of 30 June 2017, 70% of the Air Force is White, 15% Black and 4.8% Asian. The average age is 35 and 21% of its members are female.<a href="#cite_note-176">[167]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commissioned_officers">Commissioned officers</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Commissioned officers">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">United States Air Force officer rank insignia</a></div> The commissioned officer ranks of the USAF are divided into three categories: <a href="/wiki/Junior_officer" title="Junior officer">company grade officers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Field_grade_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Field grade officer">field grade officers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officers</a>. Company grade officers are those officers in pay grades O-1 to O-3, while field grade officers are those in pay grades O-4 to O-6, and general officers are those in pay grades of O-7 and above.<a href="#cite_note-177">[168]</a> Air Force officer promotions are governed by the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Officer_Personnel_Management_Act" title="Defense Officer Personnel Management Act">Defense Officer Personnel Management Act</a> of 1980 and its companion Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act (ROPMA) for officers in the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard.<a href="#cite_note-178">[169]</a> DOPMA also establishes limits on the number of officers that can serve at any given time in the Air Force. Currently, promotion from second lieutenant to first lieutenant is virtually guaranteed after two years of satisfactory service. The promotion from first lieutenant to captain is competitive after successfully completing another two years of service, with a selection rate varying between 99% and 100%. Promotion to major through major general is through a formal selection board process, while promotions to lieutenant general and general are contingent upon nomination to specific general officer positions and subject to U.S. Senate approval. During the board process, an officer's record is reviewed by a selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center at <a href="/wiki/Randolph_Air_Force_Base" title="Randolph Air Force Base">Randolph Air Force Base</a> in San Antonio, Texas. At the 10 to 11-year mark, captains will take part in a selection board to major. If not selected, they will meet a follow-on board to determine if they will be allowed to remain in the Air Force. Promotion from major to lieutenant colonel is similar and occurs approximately between the fourteen year and the fifteen year mark, where a certain percentage of majors will be in zone (i.e., "on time") or above zone (i.e., "late") for promotion to lieutenant colonel.<a href="#cite_note-179">[170]</a> This process will repeat at the 18-year mark to the 21-year mark for promotion to full colonel. The Air Force has the largest ratio of general officers to total strength of all of the U.S. Armed Forces and this ratio has continued to increase even as the force has shrunk from its Cold War highs.<a href="#cite_note-180">[171]</a> <div style="width:100%; overflow:auto"> <table bgcolor="#f7f8ff" style="border:1px solid #8888aa; padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/U.S._uniformed_services_pay_grades#Officer_pay_grades" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. uniformed services pay grades">US DoD pay grade</a> </th> <th>Special grade<a href="#cite_note-181">[j]</a> </th> <th>O-10 </th> <th>O-9 </th> <th>O-8 </th> <th>O-7 </th> <th>O-6 </th> <th>O-5 </th> <th>O-4 </th> <th>O-3 </th> <th>O-2 </th> <th>O-1 </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO#Definitions" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">NATO code</a> </th> <th>OF-10 </th> <th>OF-9 </th> <th>OF-8 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data-file-height="500" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US-O2_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O2_insignia.svg/18px-US-O2_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O2_insignia.svg/27px-US-O2_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O2_insignia.svg/36px-US-O2_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="500" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US-O1_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US-O1_insignia.svg/18px-US-O1_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US-O1_insignia.svg/27px-US-O1_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US-O1_insignia.svg/36px-US-O1_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="500" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Service dress uniform (Class A) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O11_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/US_Air_Force_O11_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O11_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/US_Air_Force_O11_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O11_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/US_Air_Force_O11_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O11_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O10_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/US_Air_Force_O10_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O10_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/US_Air_Force_O10_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O10_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/US_Air_Force_O10_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O10_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O9_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O8_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/US_Air_Force_O8_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O8_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/US_Air_Force_O8_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O8_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/US_Air_Force_O8_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O8_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O7_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/US_Air_Force_O7_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O7_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/US_Air_Force_O7_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O7_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/US_Air_Force_O7_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O7_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O6_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a> </td></tr> <tr style="display:none"> <th>Service uniform (Class B) </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O10_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/US_Air-force_O10_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O10_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/US_Air-force_O10_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O10_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/US_Air-force_O10_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O10_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O9_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_Air-force_O9_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O9_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_Air-force_O9_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O9_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/US_Air-force_O9_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O9_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O8_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/US_Air-force_O8_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O8_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/US_Air-force_O8_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O8_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/US_Air-force_O8_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O8_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O7_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/US_Air-force_O7_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O7_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/US_Air-force_O7_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O7_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/US_Air-force_O7_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O7_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O6_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/US_Air-force_O6_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O6_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/US_Air-force_O6_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O6_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/US_Air-force_O6_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O6_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O5_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/US_Air-force_O5_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O5_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/US_Air-force_O5_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O5_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/US_Air-force_O5_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O5_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="120" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O4_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/US_Air-force_O4_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O4_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/US_Air-force_O4_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O4_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/US_Air-force_O4_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O4_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O3_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/US_Air-force_O3_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O3_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/US_Air-force_O3_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O3_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/US_Air-force_O3_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O3_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O2_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/US_Air-force_O2_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O2_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/US_Air-force_O2_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O2_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/US_Air-force_O2_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O2_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O1_class_b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/US_Air-force_O1_class_b.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O1_class_b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/US_Air-force_O1_class_b.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O1_class_b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/US_Air-force_O1_class_b.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O1_class_b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="121" data-file-height="219" /></a> </td></tr> <tr style="display:none"> <th>Mess dress uniform </th> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O11_mess.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Air-force_O11_mess.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O11_mess.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Air-force_O11_mess.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O11_mess.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Air-force_O11_mess.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O11_mess.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="91" data-file-height="224" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O10_mess.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/US_Air-force_O10_mess.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O10_mess.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/US_Air-force_O10_mess.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O10_mess.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/US_Air-force_O10_mess.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O10_mess.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="91" data-file-height="224" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O9_mess.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_Air-force_O9_mess.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O9_mess.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_Air-force_O9_mess.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O9_mess.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_Air-force_O9_mess.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O9_mess.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="91" data-file-height="224" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O8_mess.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/US_Air-force_O8_mess.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O8_mess.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/US_Air-force_O8_mess.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O8_mess.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/US_Air-force_O8_mess.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O8_mess.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="91" data-file-height="224" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O7_mess.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/US_Air-force_O7_mess.svg/50px-US_Air-force_O7_mess.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/US_Air-force_O7_mess.svg/75px-US_Air-force_O7_mess.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/US_Air-force_O7_mess.svg/100px-US_Air-force_O7_mess.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="91" data-file-height="224" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air-force_O6_mess.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Warrant_officers">Warrant officers</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Warrant officers">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)#Air_Force" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer (United States) § Air Force</a></div> Although provisions were made in <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10 of the United States Code</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a> to appoint warrant officers, the Air Force had not used <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer" title="Warrant officer">warrant officer</a> grades for many years, and, along with the Space Force, were the only <a href="/wiki/U.S._Armed_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Armed Services">U.S. Armed Services</a> not to do so until 2024. The Air Force inherited warrant officer ranks from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> at its inception in 1947. The Air Force stopped appointing warrant officers in 1959,<a href="#cite_note-WO-5-184">[173]</a><a href="#cite_note-185">[174]</a> the same year the first promotions were made to the new top enlisted grade, <a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Master Sergeant">chief master sergeant</a>. The remaining warrant officers were slowly phased out.<a href="#cite_note-186">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-187">[176]</a> The last active duty Air Force warrant officer, CWO4 James H. Long, retired in 1980, and the last Air Force Reserve warrant officer, CWO4 Bob Barrow, retired in 1992.<a href="#cite_note-usmwo2006-188">[177]</a> Upon his retirement, he was honorarily promoted to CWO5, the only person in the Air Force ever to hold this grade.<a href="#cite_note-WO-5-184">[173]</a> Since Barrow's retirement, the Air Force warrant officer ranks, while still authorized by law, were not used.<a href="#cite_note-usmwo2006-188">[177]</a> It was announced at the AFA Warfare Symposium on 12 February 2024, that warrant officer ranks in the cyber and information technology fields would be reintroduced, beginning in FY25. It was stated that this effort was to retain talent in these technical fields for airmen who did not wish to pursue a leadership path.<a href="#cite_note-:1-189">[178]</a> The Air Force initially wanted a class of 30 warrant officers that would begin training by the summer 2024.<a href="#cite_note-190">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-189">[178]</a> By the end of July 2024, 78 airmen were selected to be among the first Air Force warrant officers in over 66 years, more than double than originally estimated.<a href="#cite_note-:03-191">[180]</a> The 78 airmen will be spread out across three training classes, with the first starting in October 2024.<a href="#cite_note-:03-191">[180]</a> On December 6, 2024, 30 airmen graduated from the Air Force's Warrant Officer Training School located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. These are the first warrant officers to serve in the U.S. Air Force since 1992. The warrant officer candidates graduated as either Warrant Officer 1 or Chief Warrant Officer 2.<a href="#cite_note-192">[181]</a> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"> <caption style="font-weight:bold; font-size:100%">Air Force warrant officer rank insignia </caption> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"> <th><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_pay_grades_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services pay grades of the United States">Uniformed services pay grade</a> </th> <th colspan="2">W-5 </th> <th colspan="2">W-4 </th> <th colspan="2">W-3 </th> <th colspan="2">W-2 </th> <th colspan="2">W-1 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pararescue.training_exercise.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Pararescue.training_exercise.jpg/220px-Pararescue.training_exercise.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Pararescue.training_exercise.jpg/330px-Pararescue.training_exercise.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Pararescue.training_exercise.jpg/440px-Pararescue.training_exercise.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Pararescuemen and a simulated "survivor" watch as an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia</a></div> Enlisted airmen have <a href="/wiki/Pay_grade" title="Pay grade">pay grades</a> from E-1 (entry level) to E-9 (senior enlisted).<a href="#cite_note-193">[182]</a> While all USAF personnel, enlisted and officer, are referred to as airmen, in the same manner that all <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> personnel, enlisted and officer, are referred to as soldiers, the term also refers to the pay grades of E-1 through E-4, which are below the level of <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officers</a> (NCOs). Above the pay grade of E-4 (i.e., pay grades E-5 through E-9) all ranks fall into the category of NCO and are further subdivided into "NCOs" (pay grades E-5 and E-6) and "senior NCOs" (pay grades E-7 through E-9); the term "junior NCO" is sometimes used to refer to staff sergeants and technical sergeants (pay grades E-5 and E-6).<a href="#cite_note-194">[183]</a> The USAF, along with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">US Space Force</a>, are the only branches of the U.S. military where NCO status is achieved when an enlisted person reaches the pay grade of E-5. In all other branches, NCO status is generally achieved at the pay grade of E-4 (e.g., a <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">corporal</a> in the Army<a href="#cite_note-196">[l]</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petty_Officer_Third_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="Petty Officer Third Class">Petty Officer Third Class</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a>). The Air Force mirrored the Army from 1976 to 1991 with an E-4 being either a senior airman wearing three stripes without a star or a sergeant (referred to as "buck sergeant"), which was noted by the presence of the central star and considered an NCO. Despite not being an NCO, a senior airman who has completed <a href="/wiki/Airman_Leadership_School" title="Airman Leadership School">Airman Leadership School</a> can be a supervisor according to the AFI 36–2618.<a href="#cite_note-197">[185]</a> <div style="width:100%; overflow:auto"> <table style="background-color:#F7F8FF; border:1px solid #8888AA; padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/U.S._uniformed_services_pay_grades#Officer_pay_grades" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. uniformed services pay grades">US DoD pay grade</a> </th> <th colspan="3">Special </th> <th colspan="3">E-9 </th> <th colspan="2">E-8 </th> <th colspan="2">E-7</th> <th>E-6</th> <th>E-5</th> <th>E-4</th> <th>E-3</th> <th>E-2</th> <th>E-1 </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO#Definitions" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">NATO code</a> </th> <td colspan="6">OR-9 </td> <td 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Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau">Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau</a> </td> <td style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_master_sergeant#Command_Chief_Master_Sergeant" title="Chief master sergeant">Command chief master sergeant</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chief_master_sergeant#United_States" title="Chief master sergeant">Chief master sergeant</a><a href="#cite_note-AFFSefn-199">[m]</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Senior_master_sergeant#United_States" title="Senior master sergeant">Senior master sergeant</a><a href="#cite_note-AFFSefn-199">[m]</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Master_sergeant#United_States" title="Master sergeant">Master sergeant</a><a href="#cite_note-AFFSefn-199">[m]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Technical_sergeant#United_States_Space_Force" title="Technical sergeant">Technical sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Staff_sergeant#United_States" title="Staff sergeant">Staff sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senior_Airman" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Airman">Senior airman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airman_First_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="Airman First Class">Airman first class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airman#United_States" title="Airman">Airman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airman_Basic" class="mw-redirect" title="Airman Basic">Airman basic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Abbreviation </th> <td>SEAC </td> <td>CMSAF </td> <td>SEANGB </td> <td>CCC/CCM </td> <td colspan="2">CMSgt </td> <td colspan="2">SMSgt </td> <td colspan="2">MSgt </td> <td>TSgt </td> <td>SSgt </td> <td>SrA </td> <td>A1C </td> <td>Amn </td> <td>AB </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Uniforms">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">Uniforms of the United States Air Force</a></div> The first USAF dress uniform, in 1947, was dubbed and patented "<a href="/wiki/Uxbridge,_MA" class="mw-redirect" title="Uxbridge, MA">Uxbridge</a> blue" after "Uxbridge 1683 blue", developed at the former Bachman-Uxbridge Worsted Company.<a href="#cite_note-uniforms-200">[187]</a> The current service dress uniform, which was adopted in 1994, consists of a three-button coat with decorative pockets, matching trousers, and either a service cap or flight cap, all in Shade 1620, "Air Force blue" (a darker purplish-blue).<a href="#cite_note-201">[188]</a> This is worn with a light blue shirt (shade 1550) and shade 1620 herringbone patterned necktie. Silver "U.S." pins are worn on the collar of the coat, with a surrounding silver ring for enlisted airmen. Enlisted airmen wear sleeve rank on both the jacket and shirt, while officers wear metal rank insignia pinned onto the epaulet loops on the coat, and Air Force blue slide-on epaulet loops on the shirt. USAF personnel assigned to base honor guard duties wear, for certain occasions, a modified version of the standard service dress uniform that includes silver trim on the sleeves and trousers, with the addition of a ceremonial belt (if necessary), service cap with silver trim and Hap Arnold Device (instead of the seal of the United States worn on the regular cap), and a silver aiguillette placed on the left shoulder seam and all devices and accoutrements. The <a href="/wiki/Airman_Combat_Uniform" class="mw-redirect" title="Airman Combat Uniform">Airman Combat Uniform</a> (ACU) in the <a href="/wiki/Operational_Camouflage_Pattern" title="Operational Camouflage Pattern">Operational Camouflage Pattern</a> (OCP) replaced the previous <a href="/wiki/Airman_Battle_Uniform" title="Airman Battle Uniform">Airman Battle Uniform</a> (ABU) on 1 October 2018.<a href="#cite_note-202">[189]</a><a href="#cite_note-203">[190]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_badges">Awards and badges</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Awards and badges">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force">Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">Badges of the United States Air Force</a></div> In addition to basic uniform clothing, <a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">various badges</a> are used by the USAF to indicate a billet assignment or qualification-level for a given assignment. Badges can also be used as merit-based or service-based <a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force">awards</a>. Over time, <a href="/wiki/Obsolete_badges_of_the_United_States_military" title="Obsolete badges of the United States military">various badges</a> have been discontinued and are no longer distributed.<a href="#cite_note-204">[191]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training">Training</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Training">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Air_Force_Buttstroke.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/U.S._Air_Force_Buttstroke.jpg/220px-U.S._Air_Force_Buttstroke.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/U.S._Air_Force_Buttstroke.jpg/330px-U.S._Air_Force_Buttstroke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/U.S._Air_Force_Buttstroke.jpg/440px-U.S._Air_Force_Buttstroke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Air Force trainee demonstrating a butt stroke on a strike dummy as part of Basic Military Training.</figcaption></figure> All enlisted airmen attend <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">Basic Military Training</a> (BMT) at <a href="/wiki/Lackland_Air_Force_Base" title="Lackland Air Force Base">Lackland Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, Texas for <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>7+1⁄2 weeks.<a href="#cite_note-205">[192]</a> Individuals who have prior service of over 24 months of active duty in the other service branches who seek to enlist in the Air Force must go through a 10-day Air Force familiarization course rather than enlisted BMT, however prior service opportunities are severely limited.<a href="#cite_note-206">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-207">[194]</a> Officers may be commissioned upon graduation from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a>, upon graduation from another college or university through the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps</a> (AFROTC) program, or through the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">Air Force Officer Training School</a> (OTS). OTS, located at <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Air_Force_Base" title="Maxwell Air Force Base">Maxwell Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a> since 1993, in turn encompasses two separate commissioning programs: Basic Officer Training (BOT), which is for officer candidates for the Regular Air Force and the Air Force Reserve; and the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Military_Science_(United_States)" title="Academy of Military Science (United States)">Academy of Military Science</a> (AMS), which is for officer candidates of the Air National Guard. The Air Force also provides Commissioned Officer Training (COT) for officers of all three components who are direct-commissioned into medicine, law, religion, biological sciences, or healthcare administration. COT is fully integrated into the OTS program and today encompasses extensive coursework as well as field exercises in leadership, confidence, fitness, and deployed-environment operations.<a href="#cite_note-208">[195]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air_Force_Fitness_Test">Air Force Fitness Test</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Air Force Fitness Test">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USAF_PT_Uniform.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/USAF_PT_Uniform.jpg/220px-USAF_PT_Uniform.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/USAF_PT_Uniform.jpg/330px-USAF_PT_Uniform.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/USAF_PT_Uniform.jpg/440px-USAF_PT_Uniform.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>USAF Airmen training at Lackland AFB</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Fitness_Assessment" title="United States Air Force Fitness Assessment">United States Air Force Fitness Assessment</a></div> The US Air Force Fitness Test (AFFT) is designed to test the abdominal circumference, muscular strength/endurance and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of airmen in the USAF. As part of the Fit to Fight program, the USAF adopted a more stringent physical fitness assessment; the new fitness program was put into effect on 1 June 2010. The annual ergo-cycle test which the USAF had used for several years had been replaced in 2004. In the AFFT, Airmen are given a score based on performance consisting of four components: waist circumference, the sit-up, the push-up, and a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) run. Airmen can potentially earn a score of 100, with the run counting as 60%, waist circumference as 20%, and both strength tests counting as 10% each. A passing score is 75 points. Effective 1 July 2010, the AFFT is administered by the base Fitness Assessment Cell (FAC), and is required twice a year. Personnel earning a score over 90% may test once a year. Additionally, only meeting the minimum standards on each one of these tests will not get you a passing score of 75%, and failing any one component will result in a failure for the entire test.<a href="#cite_note-209">[196]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_inventory">Aircraft inventory</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Aircraft inventory">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_Air_Force_aircraft" title="List of active United States Air Force aircraft">List of active United States Air Force aircraft</a></div> The U.S. Air Force has a total force of approximately 5,500 aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-:2-10">[6]</a> Of these, an estimated 4,131 are in active service.<a href="#cite_note-210">[197]</a> Until 1962, the Army and Air Force maintained one system of aircraft naming, while the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> maintained a separate system. In 1962, these were unified into a single system heavily reflecting the Army and Air Force method. For more complete information on the workings of this system, refer to <a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="United States military aircraft designation systems">United States military aircraft designation systems</a>. The various aircraft of the Air Force include: <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_–_Attack">A – Attack</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: A – Attack">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151.jpg/220px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151.jpg/330px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151.jpg/440px-Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II_-_32156159151.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3392" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10 Thunderbolt II</a> <a href="/wiki/Ground-attack_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-attack aircraft">ground-attack aircraft</a></figcaption></figure> The attack aircraft<a href="#cite_note-211">[198]</a> of the USAF are designed to attack targets on the ground and are often deployed as close air support for, and in proximity to, U.S. ground forces. The proximity to friendly forces require precision strikes from these aircraft that are not always possible with bomber aircraft. Their role is tactical rather than strategic, operating at the front of the battle rather than against targets deeper in the enemy's rear. Current USAF attack aircraft are operated by Air Combat Command, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Force Special Operations Command. On 1 August 2022, <a href="/wiki/USSOCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="USSOCOM">USSOCOM</a> selected the Air Tractor-L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Overwatch" title="Armed Overwatch">Armed Overwatch</a> program, awarding an indefinite quantity contract (<a href="/wiki/IDIQ" title="IDIQ">IDIQ</a>) to deliver as many as 75 aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-212">[199]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10C Thunderbolt II</a><a href="#cite_note-213">[200]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130J Ghostrider</a><a href="#cite_note-214">[201]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Tractor-L3Harris_AT-802U_Sky_Warden" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Tractor-L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden">OA-1K Sky Warden</a><a href="#cite_note-215">[202]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="B_–_Bomber">B – Bomber</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: B – Bomber">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-2_Spirit_original.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/B-2_Spirit_original.jpg/220px-B-2_Spirit_original.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/B-2_Spirit_original.jpg/330px-B-2_Spirit_original.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/B-2_Spirit_original.jpg/440px-B-2_Spirit_original.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1252" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">B-2 Spirit</a> <a href="/wiki/Stealth_aircraft" title="Stealth aircraft">stealth</a> <a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">bomber</a></figcaption></figure> US Air Force bombers are strategic weapons, primarily used for long range strike missions with either conventional or nuclear ordnance. Traditionally used for attacking strategic targets, today many bombers are also used in the tactical mission, such as providing close air support for ground forces and tactical interdiction missions.<a href="#cite_note-216">[203]</a> All Air Force bombers are under Global Strike Command.<a href="#cite_note-217">[204]</a> The service's B-2A aircraft entered service in the 1990s, its B-1B aircraft in the 1980s and its current B-52H aircraft in the early 1960s. The <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52 Stratofortress</a> airframe design is over 60 years old and the B-52H aircraft currently in the active inventory were all built between 1960 and 1962. The B-52H is scheduled to remain in service for another 30 years, which would keep the airframe in service for nearly 90 years, an unprecedented length of service for any aircraft. The <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-21">B-21</a> is projected to replace the B-52 and parts of the B-1B force by the mid-2020s.<a href="#cite_note-218">[205]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">B-1B Lancer</a><a href="#cite_note-219">[206]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">B-2A Spirit</a><a href="#cite_note-220">[207]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52H Stratofortress</a><a href="#cite_note-221">[208]</a><a href="#cite_note-222">[209]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="C_–_Cargo/Transport">C – Cargo/Transport</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: C – Cargo/Transport">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C-17_aircraft_over_over_the_Blue_Ridge_Mountains_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/C-17_aircraft_over_over_the_Blue_Ridge_Mountains_2005.jpg/220px-C-17_aircraft_over_over_the_Blue_Ridge_Mountains_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/C-17_aircraft_over_over_the_Blue_Ridge_Mountains_2005.jpg/330px-C-17_aircraft_over_over_the_Blue_Ridge_Mountains_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/C-17_aircraft_over_over_the_Blue_Ridge_Mountains_2005.jpg/440px-C-17_aircraft_over_over_the_Blue_Ridge_Mountains_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2974" data-file-height="2183" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17 Globemaster III</a>, the USAF's newest and most versatile <a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">cargo aircraft</a> </figcaption></figure> Cargo aircraft are typically used to deliver troops, weapons and other military equipment by a variety of methods to any area of military operations around the world, usually outside of the commercial flight routes in uncontrolled airspace. The workhorses of the USAF airlift forces are the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130 Hercules</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17 Globemaster III</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">C-5 Galaxy</a>. The CV-22 is used by the Air Force for special operations. It conducts long-range, special operations missions, and is equipped with extra fuel tanks and terrain-following radar. Some aircraft serve specialized cargo and transport roles such as executive or embassy support (C-12), Antarctic support (LC-130H), and AFSOC support (C-27J and C-146A). Although most of the US Air Force's cargo aircraft were specially designed with the Air Force in mind, some aircraft such as the C-12 Huron (<a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Super King Air</a>) and C-146 (<a href="/wiki/Dornier_328" title="Dornier 328">Dornier 328</a>) are militarized conversions of existing civilian aircraft. Transport aircraft are operated by Air Mobility Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, and United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">C-5M Galaxy</a><a href="#cite_note-223">[210]</a><a href="#cite_note-224">[211]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_C-12_Huron" title="Beechcraft C-12 Huron">C-12C, C-12D, C-12F and C-12J Huron</a><a href="#cite_note-225">[212]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17A Globemaster III</a><a href="#cite_note-226">[213]</a><a href="#cite_note-227">[214]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130H, LC-130H, and WC-130H Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J and C-130J-30 Super Hercules</a><a href="#cite_note-228">[215]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_328" title="Dornier 328">C-146A Wolfhound</a><a href="#cite_note-229">[216]</a><a href="#cite_note-230">[217]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell-Boeing_V-22_Osprey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey">CV-22B Osprey</a><a href="#cite_note-231">[218]</a><a href="#cite_note-232">[219]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="E_–_Special_Electronic">E – Special Electronic</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: E – Special Electronic">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:E-3_Sentry_Airborne_Warning_and_Control_System_(AWACS)_conducts_a_mission.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/E-3_Sentry_Airborne_Warning_and_Control_System_%28AWACS%29_conducts_a_mission.jpg/220px-E-3_Sentry_Airborne_Warning_and_Control_System_%28AWACS%29_conducts_a_mission.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/E-3_Sentry_Airborne_Warning_and_Control_System_%28AWACS%29_conducts_a_mission.jpg/330px-E-3_Sentry_Airborne_Warning_and_Control_System_%28AWACS%29_conducts_a_mission.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/E-3_Sentry_Airborne_Warning_and_Control_System_%28AWACS%29_conducts_a_mission.jpg/440px-E-3_Sentry_Airborne_Warning_and_Control_System_%28AWACS%29_conducts_a_mission.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1190" data-file-height="767" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">E-3 Sentry</a> <a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">airborne warning and control system</a></figcaption></figure> The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent an advantage in the <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum" title="Electromagnetic spectrum">EMS</a> and ensure friendly, unimpeded access to the EM spectrum portion of the information environment. Electronic warfare aircraft are used to keep airspaces friendly, and send critical information to anyone who needs it. They are often called "the eye in the sky". The roles of the aircraft vary greatly among the different variants to include electronic warfare and jamming (EC-130H), psychological operations and communications (EC-130J), airborne early warning and control (E-3), airborne command post (E-4B), range control (E-9A), and communications relay (E-11A, EQ-4B). <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">E-3B, E-3C and E-3G Sentry</a><a href="#cite_note-233">[220]</a><a href="#cite_note-234">[221]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">E-4B "Nightwatch"</a><a href="#cite_note-235">[222]</a><a href="#cite_note-236">[223]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-9A" class="mw-redirect" title="E-9A">E-9A Widget</a><a href="#cite_note-237">[224]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Global_Express#Military_variants" title="Bombardier Global Express">E-11A</a><a href="#cite_note-238">[225]</a><a href="#cite_note-239">[226]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130H_Compass_Call" title="Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call">EC-130H Compass Call</a><a href="#cite_note-240">[227]</a><a href="#cite_note-241">[228]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130" title="Lockheed EC-130">EC-130J Commando Solo</a><a href="#cite_note-242">[229]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="F_–_Fighter">F – Fighter</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: F – Fighter">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg/220px-Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg/330px-Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg/440px-Lockheed_Martin_F-22A_Raptor_JSOH.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="1822" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">F-22 Raptor</a> stealth <a href="/wiki/Air_superiority_fighter" title="Air superiority fighter">air superiority fighter</a></figcaption></figure> The fighter aircraft of the USAF are small, fast, and maneuverable military aircraft primarily used for air-to-air combat. Many of these fighters have secondary ground-attack capabilities, and some are dual-roled as fighter-bombers (e.g., the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a>); the term "fighter" is also sometimes used colloquially for dedicated ground-attack aircraft, such as the <a href="/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk" class="mw-redirect" title="F-117 Nighthawk">F-117 Nighthawk</a>. Other missions include interception of bombers and other fighters, reconnaissance, and patrol. The F-16 is currently used by the USAF Air Demonstration squadron, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds" title="United States Air Force Thunderbirds">Thunderbirds</a>, while a small number of both man-rated and non-man-rated <a href="/wiki/F-4_Phantom_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-4 Phantom II">F-4 Phantom II</a> are retained as QF-4 aircraft for use as full-scale aerial targets (FSATs) or as part of the USAF Heritage Flight program. These extant QF-4 aircraft are being replaced in the FSAT role by early model F-16 aircraft converted to QF-16 configuration. The USAF had 2,025 fighters in service as of September 2012.<a href="#cite_note-USAF_Almanac-243">[230]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15C and F-15D Eagle</a><a href="#cite_note-244">[231]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15E Strike Eagle</a><a href="#cite_note-245">[232]</a><a href="#cite_note-246">[233]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F-15EX_Eagle_II" title="Boeing F-15EX Eagle II">F-15EX Eagle II</a><a href="#cite_note-247">[234]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16C, F-16D Fighting Falcon</a><a href="#cite_note-248">[235]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">F-22A Raptor</a><a href="#cite_note-249">[236]</a><a href="#cite_note-250">[237]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a><a href="#cite_note-251">[238]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="H_–_Search_and_rescue">H – Search and rescue</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: H – Search and rescue">edit</a>]</div> These aircraft are used for <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Combat_search_and_rescue" title="Combat search and rescue">combat search and rescue</a> on land or sea. The HC-130N/P aircraft are being replaced by newer HC-130J models. HH-60W are replacement aircraft for "G" models that have been lost in combat operations or accidents. New HH-60W helicopters are under development to replace both the "G" and "W" model Pave Hawks. The Air Force also has four HH-60U "Ghost Hawks", which are converted "M" variants. They are based out of <a href="/wiki/Area_51" title="Area 51">Area 51</a>.<a href="#cite_note-252">[239]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">HC-130N and HC-130P Combat King</a><a href="#cite_note-253">[240]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">HC-130J Combat King II</a><a href="#cite_note-254">[241]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_HH-60_Pave_Hawk" title="Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk">HH-60G, HH-60U and HH-60W Pave Hawk</a><a href="#cite_note-255">[242]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="K_–_Tanker">K – Tanker</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: K – Tanker">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KC-46_refuels_F-35_20190122.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/KC-46_refuels_F-35_20190122.jpg/220px-KC-46_refuels_F-35_20190122.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/KC-46_refuels_F-35_20190122.jpg/330px-KC-46_refuels_F-35_20190122.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/KC-46_refuels_F-35_20190122.jpg/440px-KC-46_refuels_F-35_20190122.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4655" data-file-height="3103" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus" title="Boeing KC-46 Pegasus">KC-46 Pegasus</a> refuels a <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a></figcaption></figure> The USAF's KC-135 and KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft are based on civilian jets. The USAF aircraft are equipped primarily for providing the fuel via a tail-mounted refueling boom, and can be equipped with "probe and drogue" refueling systems. Air-to-air refueling is extensively used in large-scale operations and also used in normal operations; fighters, bombers, and cargo aircraft rely heavily on the lesser-known "tanker" aircraft. This makes these aircraft an essential part of the Air Force's global mobility and the U.S. force projection. The <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">KC-10A Extender</a> was retired in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-256">[243]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus" title="Boeing KC-46 Pegasus">KC-46A Pegasus</a> began to be delivered to USAF units in 2019. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus" title="Boeing KC-46 Pegasus">KC-46A Pegasus</a><a href="#cite_note-257">[244]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135R and KC-135T Stratotanker</a><a href="#cite_note-258">[245]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="M_–_Multi-mission">M – Multi-mission</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: M – Multi-mission">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:427th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_MC-12_10-0728.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/427th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_MC-12_10-0728.jpg/220px-427th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_MC-12_10-0728.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/427th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_MC-12_10-0728.jpg/330px-427th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_MC-12_10-0728.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/427th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_MC-12_10-0728.jpg/440px-427th_Reconnaissance_Squadron_MC-12_10-0728.jpg 2x" data-file-width="846" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>An MC-12W Liberty at <a href="/wiki/Beale_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Beale AFB">Beale AFB</a></figcaption></figure> Specialized multi-mission aircraft provide support for global special operations missions. These aircraft conduct infiltration, exfiltration, resupply, and refueling for <a href="/wiki/United_States_special_operations_forces" title="United States special operations forces">SOF</a> teams from improvised or otherwise short runways. The MC-130J is currently being fielded to replace "H" and "P" models used by U.S. Special Operations Command. The MC-12W is used in the "intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance" (ISR) role. Initial generations of RPAs were primarily surveillance aircraft, but some were fitted with weaponry (such as the MQ-1 Predator, which used AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles). An armed RPA is known as an "unmanned combat aerial vehicle" (UCAV). <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_MC-12W_Liberty" class="mw-redirect" title="Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty">MC-12W Liberty</a><a href="#cite_note-259">[246]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130H Combat Talon II</a><a href="#cite_note-260">[247]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130J Commando II</a><a href="#cite_note-261">[248]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MQ-9_Reaper_UAV_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MQ-9_Reaper_UAV_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-MQ-9_Reaper_UAV_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MQ-9_Reaper_UAV_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-MQ-9_Reaper_UAV_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MQ-9_Reaper_UAV_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-MQ-9_Reaper_UAV_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3022" data-file-height="1986" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9</a> <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">unmanned aerial vehicle</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9B Reaper</a><a href="#cite_note-262">[249]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="R_–_Reconnaissance">R – Reconnaissance</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: R – Reconnaissance">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg/220px-Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg/330px-Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg/440px-Usaf.u2.750pix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2830" data-file-height="1890" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a> <a href="/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft" title="Surveillance aircraft">spy plane</a></figcaption></figure> The reconnaissance aircraft of the USAF are used for monitoring enemy activity, originally carrying no armament. Although the U-2 is designated as a "utility" aircraft, it is a reconnaissance platform. The roles of the aircraft vary greatly among the different variants to include general monitoring, ballistic missile monitoring (RC-135S), electronic intelligence gathering (RC-135U), signal intelligence gathering (RC-135V/W), and high altitude surveillance (U-2). Several unmanned remotely controlled reconnaissance aircraft (RPAs), have been developed and deployed. Recently, the RPAs have been seen to offer the possibility of cheaper, more capable fighting machines that can be used without risk to aircrews. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">RF-4E Phantom II</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">RC-135S Cobra Ball</a><a href="#cite_note-263">[250]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">RC-135U Combat Sent</a><a href="#cite_note-264">[251]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">RC-135V and RC-135W Rivet Joint</a><a href="#cite_note-265">[252]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">RQ-4B Global Hawk</a><a href="#cite_note-266">[253]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AeroVironment_RQ-11_Raven" title="AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven">RQ-11 Raven</a><a href="#cite_note-267">[254]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RQ-170_Wiki_contributor_3Dartist.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/RQ-170_Wiki_contributor_3Dartist.png/220px-RQ-170_Wiki_contributor_3Dartist.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/RQ-170_Wiki_contributor_3Dartist.png/330px-RQ-170_Wiki_contributor_3Dartist.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/RQ-170_Wiki_contributor_3Dartist.png/440px-RQ-170_Wiki_contributor_3Dartist.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="843" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/RQ-170_Sentinel" class="mw-redirect" title="RQ-170 Sentinel">RQ-170 Sentinel</a> stealth unmanned aerial vehicle <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">reconnaissance aircraft</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-170_Sentinel" title="Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel">RQ-170 Sentinel</a><a href="#cite_note-268">[255]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">U-2S "Dragon Lady"</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[256]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="T_–_Trainer">T – Trainer</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: T – Trainer">edit</a>]</div> The Air Force's trainer aircraft are used to train pilots, combat systems officers, and other aircrew in their duties. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raytheon_T-1_Jayhawk" title="Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk">T-1A Jayhawk</a><a href="#cite_note-270">[257]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_T-6_Texan_II" title="Beechcraft T-6 Texan II">T-6A Texan II</a><a href="#cite_note-271">[258]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">T-38A, (A)T-38B and T-38C Talon</a><a href="#cite_note-272">[259]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_T-41_Mescalero" title="Cessna T-41 Mescalero">T-41D Mescalero</a><a href="#cite_note-273">[260]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_150#Military" title="Cessna 150">T-51A</a><a href="#cite_note-274">[261]</a><a href="#cite_note-275">[262]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cirrus_SR20#Military" title="Cirrus SR20">T-53A Kadet II</a><a href="#cite_note-276">[263]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135#TC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">TC-135W</a><a href="#cite_note-277">[264]</a><a href="#cite_note-278">[265]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois_variants#UH-1H" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants">TH-1H Iroquois</a><a href="#cite_note-279">[266]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#Variants" title="Lockheed U-2">TU-2S Dragon Lady</a><a href="#cite_note-280">[267]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano" title="Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano">A-29 Super Tucano</a><a href="#cite_note-281">[268]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TG_–_Trainer_gliders">TG – Trainer gliders</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: TG – Trainer gliders">edit</a>]</div> Several gliders are used by the USAF, primarily used for cadet flying training at the U.S. Air Force Academy. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schempp-Hirth_Duo_Discus" title="Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus">TG-15A</a><a href="#cite_note-282">[269]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schempp-Hirth_Discus-2" title="Schempp-Hirth Discus-2">TG-15B</a><a href="#cite_note-Baillie-283">[270]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DG_Flugzeugbau" title="DG Flugzeugbau">TG-16</a><a href="#cite_note-Baillie-283">[270]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U_–_Utility">U – Utility</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: U – Utility">edit</a>]</div> Utility aircraft are used basically for what they are needed for at the time. For example, a <a href="/wiki/Bell_Huey_family" title="Bell Huey family">Huey</a> may be used to transport personnel around a large base or launch site, while it can also be used for evacuation. These aircraft are all around use aircraft. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-12" title="Pilatus PC-12">U-28A Draco</a><a href="#cite_note-284">[271]</a><a href="#cite_note-285">[272]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1N_Twin_Huey" title="Bell UH-1N Twin Huey">UH-1N Iroquois</a><a href="#cite_note-286">[273]</a><a href="#cite_note-287">[274]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter">UV-18B Twin Otter</a><a href="#cite_note-288">[275]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="V_–_VIP_staff_transport">V – VIP staff transport</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: V – VIP staff transport">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg/220px-Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg/330px-Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg/440px-Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="1528" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boeing_VC-25" title="Boeing VC-25">VC-25A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a>) flying over <a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a> in 2001.</figcaption></figure> These aircraft are used for the transportation of Very Important Persons (VIPs). Notable people include the president, vice president, cabinet secretaries, government officials (e.g., senators and representatives), the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other key personnel. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_VC-25" title="Boeing VC-25">VC-25A</a> (two used as <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a>)<a href="#cite_note-289">[276]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Learjet_35" title="Learjet 35">C-21A Learjet</a><a href="#cite_note-290">[277]</a><a href="#cite_note-291">[278]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-32" title="Boeing C-32">C-32A and C-32B</a> (used as <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Two" title="Air Force Two">Air Force Two</a>)<a href="#cite_note-292">[279]</a><a href="#cite_note-293">[280]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_V" title="Gulfstream V">C-37A Gulfstream V</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550" title="Gulfstream G550">C-37B Gulfstream G550</a><a href="#cite_note-294">[281]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-40_Clipper" title="Boeing C-40 Clipper">C-40B and C-40C</a><a href="#cite_note-295">[282]</a><a href="#cite_note-296">[283]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="W_–_Weather_reconnaissance">W – Weather reconnaissance</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: W – Weather reconnaissance">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg/220px-WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg/330px-WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg/440px-WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="495" /></a><figcaption>A WC-130J Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron</figcaption></figure> These aircraft are used to study meteorological events such as hurricanes and typhoons. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_WC-130" title="Lockheed WC-130">WC-130J Hurricane Hunter</a><a href="#cite_note-297">[284]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_WC-135_Constant_Phoenix" title="Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix">WC-135C and WC-135W Constant Phoenix</a><a href="#cite_note-298">[285]</a><a href="#cite_note-299">[286]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undesignated_foreign_aircraft">Undesignated foreign aircraft</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Undesignated foreign aircraft">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CASA/IPTN_CN-235" title="CASA/IPTN CN-235">CN-235-100</a><a href="#cite_note-300">[287]</a> (<a href="/wiki/427th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="427th Special Operations Squadron">427th Special Operations Squadron</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grob_G_120TP" title="Grob G 120TP">Grob G 120TP</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-301">[288]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-17" title="Mil Mi-17">Mil Mi-17</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-301">[288]</a><a href="#cite_note-302">[289]</a> (<a href="/wiki/OPFOR" class="mw-redirect" title="OPFOR">OPFOR</a> training)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_%26_Space_Forces_Association" title="Air & Space Forces Association">Air & Space Forces Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Combat_Ammunition_Center" title="Air Force Combat Ammunition Center">Air Force Combat Ammunition Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">Airman's Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Company_Grade_Officers%27_Council" title="Company Grade Officers' Council">Company Grade Officers' Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Air_Force_Police" title="Department of the Air Force Police">Department of the Air Force Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Future military aircraft of the United States">Future military aircraft of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military aircraft of the United States">List of military aircraft of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States_(1909%E2%80%931919)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military aircraft of the United States (1909–1919)">List of military aircraft of the United States (1909–1919)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">List of United States Air Force installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Airmen" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Airmen">List of United States Airmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._Air_Force_acronyms_and_expressions" title="List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions">List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="List of wings of the United States Army Air Forces">List of wings of the United States Army Air Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="National Museum of the United States Air Force">National Museum of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Structure of the United States Air Force">Structure of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Band" title="United States Air Force Band">United States Air Force Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Chaplain_Corps" title="United States Air Force Chaplain Corps">United States Air Force Chaplain Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Combat_Control_Team" title="United States Air Force Combat Control Team">United States Air Force Combat Control Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">United States Air Force Medical Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds" title="United States Air Force Thunderbirds">United States Air Force Thunderbirds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Women in the United States Air Force">Women in the United States Air Force</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> FY23 Projected End Strength </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> FY23 Projected End Strength </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> FY23 Projected End Strength </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> This reflects all <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> civilian employees, the Dept of the Air Force manages the civilian employee programs for both the Air Force and Space Force. This is not inclusive of <a href="/wiki/Defense_contractors" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense contractors">contract</a> personnel. </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a> After the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a>, founded in 2019 </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a> FY23 Projected End Strength </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> This reflects all <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> civilian employees, the Dept of the Air Force manages the civilian employee programs for both the Air Force and Space Force. This is not inclusive of any <a href="/wiki/Defense_contractors" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense contractors">contract</a> personnel<a href="#cite_note-AFPC_Civilians-8">[4]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> FY23 Projected End Strength </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> FY23 Projected End Strength </li> <li id="cite_note-181"><a href="#cite_ref-181">^</a> Reserved for wartime use only. </li> <li id="cite_note-183"><a href="#cite_ref-183">^</a> No periods are used in actual grade abbreviation, only in press releases to conform with <a href="/wiki/AP_Stylebook" title="AP Stylebook">AP standards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-182">[172]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-196"><a href="#cite_ref-196">^</a> However, the Army has dual ranks at the E-4 paygrade with <a href="/wiki/Specialist_(rank)" title="Specialist (rank)">Specialists</a> not considered NCOs. 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<li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/80px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/120px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/160px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="580" /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a 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title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">AETC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">AFMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AFRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">AFSOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">AMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_National_Guard_Squadrons" title="List of 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ALCM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire" title="AGM-114 Hellfire">AGM-114 Hellfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-130" title="AGM-130">AGM-130 Powered Standoff Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon" title="AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon">AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-158_JASSM" title="AGM-158 JASSM">AGM-158 JASSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-176_Griffin" title="AGM-176 Griffin">AGM-176 Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuni_(rocket)" title="Zuni (rocket)">Zuni rocket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Target</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Firebee" title="Ryan Firebee">BQM-34 Firebee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Composite_Engineering_BQM-167_Skeeter" title="Composite Engineering BQM-167 Skeeter">BQM-167 Subscale Aerial Target</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_MQM-107_Streaker" title="Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker">MQM-107 Streaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon#QF-16" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">QF-16 Aerial Target</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Small arms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Service_pistol" title="Service pistol">Sidearm</a>/<a href="/wiki/Personal_defense_weapon" title="Personal defense weapon">PDW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SIG_Sauer_P226" title="SIG Sauer P226">M11 Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beretta_M9" title="Beretta M9">M9 Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIG_Sauer_M17" title="SIG Sauer M17">M17 Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_MP5" title="Heckler & Koch MP5">MP5 submachine gun</a></li> <li>USAF Pilot's Survival Knife</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">Rifle</a>/<a href="/wiki/Carbine" title="Carbine">carbine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CAR-15#GUU-5/P" title="CAR-15">GUU-5/P Carbine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_carbine" title="M4 carbine">M4 carbine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14 Stand-off Munitions Disruptor (SMUD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M16_rifle" title="M16 rifle">M16A2 Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M24_sniper_weapon_system" title="M24 sniper weapon system">M24 sniper weapon system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrett_M82" title="Barrett M82">M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mk_14_Enhanced_Battle_Rifle" title="Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle">Mk 14 Mod 0 Enhanced Battle Rifle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Squad_automatic_weapon" title="Squad automatic weapon">Support</a>/<a href="/wiki/Close_combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Close combat">CQB</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M60_machine_gun" title="M60 machine gun">M60 machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2HB Browning machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M240_machine_gun" title="M240 machine gun">M240B Medium Machine Gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M249_light_machine_gun" title="M249 light machine gun">M249 light machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benelli_M4" title="Benelli M4">M1014 shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remington_Model_870" title="Remington Model 870">Remington 870 MCS shotgun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal; text-align:center;">Ordnance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AT4" title="AT4">M136 AT4 Light Anti-tank Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claymore_mine" title="Claymore mine">M18A1 Claymore Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M67_grenade" title="M67 grenade">M67 Fragmentation Grenade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M72_LAW" title="M72 LAW">M72 Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M79_grenade_launcher" title="M79 grenade launcher">M79 grenade launcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mk_19_grenade_launcher" title="Mk 19 grenade launcher">MK-19 automatic grenade launcher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">Uniforms</a> and other equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security">Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">Active duty three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_seniority" title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_military_installations" title="List of American military installations">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_United_States_military" title="International military decoration authorized by the United States military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of land vehicles of the United States Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of military aircraft of the United States">Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">active</a></li> <li><a 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title="Flag of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidon_(United_States)" title="Guidon (United States)">Guidons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_ration" title="United States military ration">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United States and weapons of mass destruction">WMDs</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Nuclear weapons of the United States">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_biological_weapons_program" title="United States biological weapons program">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._chemical_weapons_topics" title="List of U.S. chemical weapons topics">Chemical</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology">Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Civil_Works)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)">Assistant Secretary for Civil Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_for_Installations,_Energy_and_Environment" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Army" title="General Counsel of the Army">General Counsel of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Administrative_Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army">The Administrative Assistant</a> The Army Staff: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Vice Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_Staff_G-8_Programs_of_The_United_States_Army" title="Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs of The United States Army">Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Judge Advocate General of the United States Army">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Provost_Marshal_General" title="United States Army Provost Marshal General">Provost Marshal General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Surgeon General of the United States Army">Surgeon General</a> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> field organizations: see <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Structure of the United States Army">Structure of the United States Army</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Navy">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Energy,_Installations_and_Environment)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Research,_Development_and_Acquisition)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Navy" title="General Counsel of the Navy">General Counsel of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">Naval Criminal Investigative Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Inspector_General" title="Naval Inspector General">Naval Inspector General</a> <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a>: <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Chaplain</a> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> field organizations: see <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine 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Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Acquisition,_Technology_and_Logistics)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Financial_Management_%26_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Installations,_Environment_%26_Energy)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Manpower_%26_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force">General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations" title="Air Force Office of Special Investigations">Air Force Office of Special Investigations</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">The Air Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff of the Air 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width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Air_Force" title="Albanian Air Force">Albanian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component" title="Belgian Air Component">Belgian Air Component</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Air_Force" title="Bulgarian Air Force">Bulgarian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Air_Force" title="Croatian Air Force">Croatian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Air_Force" title="Czech Air Force">Czech Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Royal Danish Air Force">Royal Danish Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Air_Force" title="Estonian Air Force">Estonian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" 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href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force" title="Royal Netherlands Air Force">Royal Netherlands Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia"><img alt="North Macedonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_Air_Brigade" title="North Macedonia Air Brigade">North Macedonia Air Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Air Wing">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Air_Force" title="Argentine Air Force">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Air_Force" title="Austrian Air Force">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Air_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Air Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force" title="Royal Bahamas Defence Force">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahraini_Air_Force" title="Royal Bahraini Air Force">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Air_Force" title="Bangladesh Air Force">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Air_Force" title="Belarusian Air Force">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component" title="Belgian Air Component">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Belize Defence Force Air Wing">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Air_Force" title="Benin Air Force">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Air_Force" title="Bolivian Air Force">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_and_Anti-Aircraft_Defence_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Botswana Defence Force Air Wing">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Brazilian Air Force">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Air_Force" title="Royal Brunei Air Force">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Air_Force" title="Bulgarian Air Force">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Cambodian_Air_Force" title="Royal Cambodian Air Force">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_Air_Force" title="Cameroon Air Force">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_Air_Force" title="Central African Republic Air Force">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_Air_Force" title="Chadian Air Force">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Air_Force" title="Chilean Air Force">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Air Force">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_Aerospace_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian Aerospace Force">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_Air_Force" title="Congolese Air Force">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo DR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Air_Force" title="Croatian Air Force">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Air_and_Air_Defense_Force" title="Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Air_Command" title="Cyprus Air Command">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Air_Force" title="Czech Air Force">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Royal Danish Air Force">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_Air_Force" title="Djibouti Air Force">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Air_Force" title="Dominican Air Force">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_Air_Force" title="Ecuadorian Air Force">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force" title="Egyptian Air Force">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_Air_Force" title="Salvadoran Air Force">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Air_Force" title="Eritrean Air Force">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Air_Force" title="Estonian Air Force">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabonese_Air_Force" title="Gabonese Air Force">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Air_Force" title="Georgian Air Force">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Air_Force" title="Ghana Air Force">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Air_Force" title="Guatemalan Air Force">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_Air_Force" title="Guinea-Bissau Air Force">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haiti_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Haiti Air Corps">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_Air_Force" title="Honduran Air Force">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Air_Force" title="Hungarian Air Force">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Air_Policing" title="Icelandic Air Policing">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Air_Force" title="Indonesian Air Force">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force" title="Iraqi Air Force">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Air_Corps" title="Irish Air Corps">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Republic_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Air_Force" title="Royal Jordanian Air Force">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Air_Defense_Forces" title="Kazakh Air Defense Forces">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Air_Force" title="Kenya Air Force">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Air_Force" title="Kuwait Air Force">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_Air_Force" title="Kyrgyz Air Force">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Air_Force" title="Latvian Air Force">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Air_Force" title="Lebanese Air Force">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_Armed_Forces#Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberian Armed Forces">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Air_Force" title="Libyan Air Force">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Air_Force" title="Lithuanian Air Force">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Air_Force" title="Malagasy Air Force">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force" title="Royal Malaysian Air Force">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_Air_Force" title="Malian Air Force">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Wing_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Malta" title="Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania_Islamic_Air_Force" title="Mauritania Islamic Air Force">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Air_Force" title="Mexican Air Force">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovan_Air_Force" title="Moldovan Air Force">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Air_Force" title="Mongolian Air Force">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_Air_Force" title="Montenegrin Air Force">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Moroccan_Air_Force" title="Royal Moroccan Air Force">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Air_Force" title="Mozambique Air Force">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Air_Force" title="Myanmar Air Force">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibian_Air_Force" title="Namibian Air Force">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force" title="Royal Netherlands Air Force">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Air_Force" title="Nicaraguan Air Force">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force" title="Nigerian Air Force">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army_Air_Force" title="Korean People's Army Air Force">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_Air_Brigade" title="North Macedonia Air Brigade">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_of_Oman" title="Royal Air Force of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Air_Force" title="Paraguayan Air Force">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Air_Force" title="Peruvian Air Force">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Air_Force" title="Polish Air Force">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_Emiri_Air_Force" title="Qatar Emiri Air Force">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Air_Force" title="Romanian Air Force">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwandan_Air_Force" title="Rwandan Air Force">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Air_Force" title="Royal Saudi Air Force">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_Air_Force" title="Senegalese Air Force">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" title="Serbian Air Force and Air Defence">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force" title="Republic of Singapore Air Force">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Air_Force" title="Slovak Air Force">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" title="Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Air_Force" title="Somali Air Force">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Air_Force" title="South African Air Force">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan_Air_Force" title="South Sudan Air Force">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Spanish Air and Space Force">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force" title="Sri Lanka Air Force">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudanese_Air_Force" title="Sudanese Air Force">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_Air_Force" title="Suriname Air Force">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Air_Force" title="Swiss Air Force">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Air_Force" title="Syrian Air Force">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Air_Force" title="Republic of China Air Force">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajik_Air_Force" title="Tajik Air Force">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_Air_Force_Command" title="Tanzania Air Force Command">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Air_Force" title="Royal Thai Air Force">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_Armed_Forces" title="Togolese Armed Forces">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_Air_Wing" title="Tongan Air Wing">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Air_Force" title="Tunisian Air Force">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_Air_Force" title="Turkmen Air Force">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Air_Force" title="Uganda Air Force">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force" title="Uruguayan Air Force">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_Air_and_Air_Defence_Forces" title="Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Air Force">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_People%27s_Air_Force" title="Vietnam People's Air Force">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Air_Force" title="Yemeni Air Force">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_Air_Force" title="Zambian Air Force">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_Zimbabwe" title="Air Force of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Harry_S._Truman849" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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Truman">Assassination attempt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Puerto_Rican_constitutional_referendum" title="1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum">1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1946 State of the Union Address">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1947 State of the Union Address">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1948 State of the Union Address">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1949 State of the Union Address">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1950 State of the Union Address">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1951 State of the Union Address">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1952 State of the Union Address">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1953_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="January 1953 State of the Union Address">1953</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Harry_S._Truman" title="List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman">Judicial appointments</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Supreme_Court_candidates" title="Harry S. Truman Supreme Court candidates">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Minton_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Sherman Minton Supreme Court nomination">Sherman Minton Supreme Court nomination</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Administration_and_cabinet" title="Harry S. Truman">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Balcony" title="Truman Balcony">Truman Balcony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_passing#"The_buck_stops_here"" title="Buck passing">"The buck stops here"</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Harry_S._Truman/Executive_orders" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Harry S. Truman/Executive orders">Executive Orders</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Harry_S._Truman/Presidential_Proclamations" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Harry S. Truman/Presidential Proclamations">Presidential Proclamations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Presidential transition of Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower transition</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Harry_S._Truman_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration">Foreign policy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Doctrine" title="Truman Doctrine">Truman Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potsdam_Conference" title="Potsdam Conference">Potsdam Conference</a> <ul><li>1945; <a href="/wiki/Potsdam_Agreement" title="Potsdam Agreement">Agreement on Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potsdam_Declaration" title="Potsdam Declaration">Declaration to Japan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_Brides_Act" title="War Brides Act">War Brides Act</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_Fianc%C3%A9es_and_Fianc%C3%A9s_Act" title="Alien Fiancées and Fiancés Act">Alien Fiancées and Fiancés Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luce%E2%80%93Celler_Act" title="Luce–Celler Act">Luce–Celler Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_9835" title="Executive Order 9835">Executive Order 9835</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade" title="General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade">General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoover_Commission" title="Hoover Commission">Hoover Commission</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">U.S. Department of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Resources_Board" title="National Security Resources Board">National Security Resources Board</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Air Force</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Displaced_Persons_Act" title="Displaced Persons Act">Displaced Persons Act</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Agreement" title="Key West Agreement">Key West Agreement</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Joint Long Range Proving Grounds</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty" title="North Atlantic Treaty">North Atlantic Treaty</a> <ul><li>1949; <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Admirals" title="Revolt of the Admirals">Revolt of the Admirals</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> <ul><li>1950–1953; <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_82" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 82">U.N. Security Council Resolutions 82,</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_83" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 83">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Production_Act_of_1950" title="Defense Production Act of 1950">Defense Production Act of 1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relief_of_Douglas_MacArthur" title="Relief of Douglas MacArthur">Relief of Douglas MacArthur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Defense_Mobilization" title="Office of Defense Mobilization">Office of Defense Mobilization</a> <ul><li>1950; <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Science_Advisory_Committee" title="President's Science Advisory Committee">Science Advisory Committee</a>, 1951</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952" title="Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952">Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (1952)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fair_Deal" title="Fair Deal">Fair Deal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Freedom_(1945)" title="Medal of Freedom (1945)">Medal of Freedom</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1945" title="Revenue Act of 1945">Revenue Act of 1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Mental_Health_Act" title="National Mental Health Act">National Mental Health Act</a> <ul><li>1946; <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Mental_Health" title="National Institute of Mental Health">National Institute of Mental Health</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Act_of_1946" title="Atomic Energy Act of 1946">Atomic Energy Act of 1946</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission" title="United States Atomic Energy Commission">U.S. Atomic Energy Commission</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Employment_Act_of_1946" title="Employment Act of 1946">Employment Act of 1946</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Economic_Advisers" title="Council of Economic Advisers">Council of Economic Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act" title="Flood Control Act">Flood Control Acts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act_of_1946" title="Flood Control Act of 1946">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act_of_1948" title="Flood Control Act of 1948">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act_of_1950" title="Flood Control Act of 1950">1950</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulbright_Program" title="Fulbright Program">Fulbright Program</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Burton_Act" title="Hill–Burton Act">Hill–Burton Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Reorganization_Act_of_1946" title="Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946">Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Regulation_of_Lobbying_Act_of_1946" title="Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946">Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act" title="Federal Tort Claims Act">Federal Tort Claims Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service" title="Congressional Research Service">Legislative Reference Service</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_School_Lunch_Act" title="National School Lunch Act">National School Lunch Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Committee_on_Civil_Rights" title="President's Committee on Civil Rights">President's Committee on Civil Rights</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Insecticide,_Fungicide,_and_Rodenticide_Act" title="Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_and_Home_Finance_Agency" title="Housing and Home Finance Agency">Housing and Home Finance Agency</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act" title="Presidential Succession Act">Presidential Succession Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act" title="Taft–Hartley Act">Taft–Hartley Act</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Act_of_1948" title="Agricultural Act of 1948">Agricultural Act of 1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_9981" title="Executive Order 9981">Executive Order 9981</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1948" title="Revenue Act of 1948">Revenue Act of 1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Act_of_1949" title="Agricultural Act of 1949">Agricultural Act of 1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_Act_of_1949" title="Housing Act of 1949">Housing Act of 1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingell%E2%80%93Johnson_Act" title="Dingell–Johnson Act">Dingell–Johnson Act</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1950" title="Revenue Act of 1950">Revenue Act of 1950</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Excess_profits_tax" title="Excess profits tax">Excess profits tax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unrelated_Business_Income_Tax" title="Unrelated Business Income Tax">Unrelated Business Income Tax</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1951" title="Revenue Act of 1951">Revenue Act of 1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1952" title="Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952">Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_steel_strike" title="1952 steel strike">1952 steel strike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Early_life_and_career" title="Harry S. Truman">Early life and career</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Presidential_Library_and_Museum" title="Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum">Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Office_and_Courtroom" title="Harry S Truman Office and Courtroom">Missouri Office and Courtroom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Committee" title="Truman Committee">Truman Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="1944 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">1944 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Homes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Birthplace_State_Historic_Site" title="Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site">Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Farm_Home" title="Harry S. Truman Farm Home">Harry S. Truman Farm Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_National_Historic_Site" title="Harry S. Truman National Historic Site">Harry S. Truman home and National Historic Site</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Historic_District" title="Harry S. Truman Historic District">Historic District</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_House" title="Blair House">Blair House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Truman Little White House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Electoral history of Harry S. Truman">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" title="1934 United States Senate election in Missouri">United States Senate election in Missouri, 1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" title="1940 United States Senate election in Missouri">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1944 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention 1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1948 Democratic National Convention">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election" title="1944 United States presidential election">1944 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_1948_presidential_campaign" title="Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman" title="Dewey Defeats Truman">Dewey Defeats Truman</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Just_Wild_About_Harry" title="I'm Just Wild About Harry">campaign song</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries">1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Bibliography of Harry S. Truman">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Day" title="Truman Day">Truman Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Building" title="Harry S Truman Building">Harry S Truman Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Reservoir" title="Truman Reservoir">Truman Dam and Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Scholarship" title="Harry S. Truman Scholarship">Harry S. Truman Scholarship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Sports_Complex" title="Truman Sports Complex">Truman Sports Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents_of_the_United_States_on_U.S._postage_stamps#Harry_S._Truman" title="Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps">U.S. Postage stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Statue of Harry S. Truman">Statue of Harry S. Truman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public image</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a> (1975 play and film)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman_(song)" title="Harry Truman (song)">Harry Truman</a> (1975 song by <a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collision_Course:_Truman_vs._MacArthur" title="Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur">Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur</a> (1976 film)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacArthur_(1977_film)" title="MacArthur (1977 film)">MacArthur</a> (1977 film)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backstairs_at_the_White_House" title="Backstairs at the White House">Backstairs at the White House</a> (1979 miniseries)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_(1995_film)" title="Truman (1995 film)">Truman</a> (1995 film)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_(1997_film)" title="Truman (1997 film)">Truman</a> (1997 documentary film)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series)" title="The First Lady (American TV series)">The First Lady</a> (2022 TV series)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oppenheimer_(film)" title="Oppenheimer (film)">Oppenheimer</a> (2023 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bess_Truman" title="Bess Truman">Bess Wallace Truman</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Truman" title="Margaret Truman">Margaret Truman</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Ellen_Young_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Martha Ellen Young Truman">Martha Ellen Young Truman</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Truman_Daniel" title="Clifton Truman Daniel">Clifton Truman Daniel</a> (grandson)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">← Franklin D. Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower →</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace" title="Henry A. Wallace">← Henry A. Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alben_W._Barkley" title="Alben W. Barkley">Alben W. Barkley →</a></li></ul> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /> <a href="/wiki/Category:Harry_S._Truman" title="Category:Harry S. 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