Air combat command - Organization - Brief Article

Airman, Jan, 2002

Commander: Gen. Hal M. Hornburg Headquarters: Langley AFB, Va.

Command Chief Master Sgt: Chief Master Sgt. Daniel M. Keone Established: June 1, 1992 Web Address: http://www2.acc.af.mu

Mission

Operates Air Force bombers and CONUS-based, combat-coded fighter and attack aircraft. Organizes, trains, equips and maintains combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime air defense.

Responsibilities

Acts as primary provider of air combat forces to the warfighting commands and as the proponent for fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle management, and rescue aircraft, and command, control, communications and intelligence systems. Provides nuclear forces for U.S. Strategic Command, as well as theater air forces for U.S. Joint Forces Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Pacific Command. Provides air defense forces to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Prepares combat air forces to globally implement national policy.

People


Active Duty   96,451
  Officers    13,775
  Enlisted    82,676
AFRC          10,600
ANG           53,600
Civilians     12,915

Total        173,566

Flying Hours

Per Month: 30,160

Organization

Direct Reporting Unit

* Aerospace Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center, Langley AFB, Va.

Air Force Command and Control Training and Innovation Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Command and Control Warrior School, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Command and Control Battle Lab, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

USAF Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battle Lab, Eglin AFB, Fla.

Primary Subordinate Units

* Air Intelligence Agency, Lackland AFB, Texas

Air Force Information Warfare Center, Lackland AFB, Texas

Air Force Information Warfare Battlelab, Lackland AFB, Texas

National Air Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

* HQ Air Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nev.

57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev. (A-10, F-15C/D/E, F-16C/D, HH-60G, Predator UAV)

Range Management Office, Nellis AFB, Nev.

USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (Thunderbirds), Nellis AFB, Nev.

USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.

USAF Air Ground Operations School, Nellis AFB, Nev.

414th Combat Training Squadron (Red Flag), Nellis AFB, Nev.

53rd Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.

53rd Electronic Warfare Group, Eglin AFB, Fla.

53rd Test and Evaluation Group, Nellis AFB, Nev., and Eglin AFB, Fla. (F-15A/C/D/E, F-16C/D, A-10, HH-60G)

53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, Tyndall AFB, Fla. (E-9, QF-4)

99th Air Base Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.

1st Air Force (ANG), Tyndall AFB, Fla.

* Southeast Air Defense Sector, Tyndall AFB, Fla.

* Northeast Air Defense Sector, Rome, N.Y.

* Western Air Defense Sector, McChord AFB, Wash.

8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, La.

* 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La. (B-52H)

* 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, N.D. (B-52H)

* 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas (B-1B)

* 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, N.M. (F-16C/D)

* 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, S.D. (B-1B)

* 65th Air Base Wing, Lajes Field, Portugal

* 67th Information Operations Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas

* 70th Intelligence Wing, Fort Meade, Md.

* 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo. (B-2, T-38)

* 3rd Air Support Operations Group, Fort Hood, Texas

* 85th Group, NAS Keflavik, Iceland (HH-60)

* 690th Information Operations Group, Lackland AFB, Texas

9th Air Force, Show AFB, S.C.

* 819th RED HORSE Civil Engineer Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.

* 823rd RED HORSE Civil Engineer Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

* 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va. (F-15C/D)

* 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. (F-15E)

* 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C. (F-16C/D/CJ)

* 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla. (F-15C/D)

* 93rd Air Control Wing, Robins AFB, Ga. (E-8)

* 347th Rescue Wing, Moody AFB, Ga. (HH-60G, HC-130P)

* 5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, Ga.

* 18th Air Support Operations Group, Pope AFB, N.C.

* 23rd Fighter Group, Pope AFB, N.C. (A-10, A/OA-10)

* 820th Security Forces Group, Lackland AFB, Texas

12th Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.

* 820th RED HORSE Civil Engineer Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.

* 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, Calif. (U-2, T-38)

* 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M. (F-117A, T-38, German F-4F, German Tornado)

* 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb. (E-4B, RC-1355/U/V/W, WC-135W, TC-135S/W, OC-135C)

* 355th Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. (A-10, EC-130E/H)

* 366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho (F-15C/D/E, F-16C/D/CJ, KC-135R, B-1, Air Expeditionary Force Battle Lab)

* 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AFB, Utah (F-16C/D)

* 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla. (E-3B/C)

* 1st Air Support Operations Group, Fort Lewis, Wash.

* 3rd Combat Communications Group, Tinker AFB, Okla.