[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 186-198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
1670 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330-1670
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE Sheila E. Widnall
Confidential Assistant Norma J. Pearce
Staff Assistant S. Sgt. Frank D. Gilroy
Deputy Military Assistant Lt. Col. Janet A.
Therianos
Executive Assistant Lt. Col. Dennis M. Kaan
Executive Officer Patricia Ryder
Under Secretary of the Air Force Rudy F. deLeon
Special Assistant Clark A. Murdock
Military Assistant Col. Erik L. Winborn
Executive Officer Lt. Col. Timothy
Milbrath
Executive Noncommissioned Officer S. Sgt. Kimala Riche
Administrative Assistant Brian McHugh
Deputy Under Secretary (International Affairs) Robert D. Bauerlein
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary Maj. Gen. H. Hale Burr,
(International Affairs) Jr.
Executive Officer Lt. Col. Joseph A.
Spann
Director, Small and Disadvantaged Business Anthony J. DeLuca
Utilization
Assistant Secretary (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Rodney A. Coleman
Installations, and Environment)
Principal Deputy Assistant Phillip P. Upschulte
Secretary (Manpower, Reserve
Affairs, Installations, and
Environment)
Military Assistant Lt. Col. Terrill W.
Riley
Executive Officer Capt. Shelia O. Uphoff
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Force Ruby B. DeMesme
Management and Personnel)
Deputy Assistant Secretary Bryan E. Sharratt
(Reserve Affairs)
Deputy Assistant Secretary Jimmy G. Dishner
(Installations)
Director, Air Force Real Estate Anthony R. Jonkers
Agency
Deputy Assistant Secretry Thomas W. L. McCall,
(Environment, Safety and Jr.
Occupational Health)
Deputy, Air Force Review Boards Joe G. Lineberger
Executive Director, Air Force Mack M. Burton, Acting
Board, Correction of
Military Records
Director, Air Force Base Alan K. Olsen
Conversion Agency
Director, Air Force Personnel Col. Terrance L.
Council Murtaugh
Director, Air Force Civilian Sophie A. Clark, Acting
Appellate Review Office
Deputy (Equal Opportunity) Dennis M. Collins
Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Robert F. Hale
Comptroller of the Air Force)
Principal Deputy Assistant John W. Beach
Secretary (Financial
Management)
Deputy Assistant Secretary Maj. Gen. A.D. Bunger
(Budget)
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Director, Budget and Col. John R. Tarascio
Appropriations Liaison
Director, Budget Management and Robert W. Zook
Execution
Director, Budget Investment Cathlynn B. Sparks
Director, Budget Operations Brig. Gen. George T.
Stringer
Director, Budget Programs Col. Rodney W. Wood
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Cost Leroy T. Baseman
and Economics)
Deputy (Management Systems) A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Deputy Assistant Secretary John J. Nethery
(Plans, Systems and Analysis)
Assistant Secretary (Acquisition) Clark G. Fiester
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Lt. Gen. Richard E.
(Acquisition) Hawley
Deputy Assistant Secretary Darleen A. Druyun
(Acquisition and Management)
Deputy Assistant Secretary James J. Mattice
(Research and Engineering)
Deputy Assistant Secretary Lloyd K. Mosemann II
(Communications, Computers,
and Logistics)
Deputy Assistant Secretary Maj. Gen. Robert W.
(Contracting) Drewes
Deputy Assistant Secretary Blaise J. Durante
(Management Policy and
Program Integration)
Director, Long Range Power Brig. Gen. James M.
Projection, Special Richards III
Operations Forces, Airlift
and Training Programs
Director, Electronics and Col. Michael W.
Special Programs Schoenfeld
Director, Fighter, Brig. Gen. John W.
Communications, Computers, Hawley
and Weapons Programs
Director, Space Programs Maj. Gen. Robert S.
Dickman
Director, Science and Col. Aubin A. Higgins,
Technology Acting
Director, Air Force Program Clark G. Fiester
Executive Office
Assistant Secretary (Space) Jeffrey K. Harris
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Space) Jimmie D. Hill
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Space Richard M. McCormick
Plans and Policy)
Director, Space Systems Brig. Gen. Thomas J.
Scanlan, Jr.
Director, Special Projects Brig. Gen. Donald R.
Walker
General Counsel Sheila C. Cheston,
Acting
The Inspector General Lt. Gen. Marcus A.
Anderson
Deputy Inspector General Maj. Gen. Bruce J.
Lotzbire
Administrative Assistant to the Secretary William A. Davidson
Chief, Civilian Personnel (vacancy)
Director, Information Col. Kevin A. Collins
Management
Facility Manager, Air Force Alfonso C. Sisneros
Executive Dining Room
Director, Plans, Programs and Col. David C. Walker
Budget
Chief, Personnel Division Maj. Edward G. Patrick
Director, Security and Lt. Col. Eric E.
Investigative Programs Patterson
The Auditor General of the Air Force Jackie R. Crawford
Director, Legislative Liaison Maj. Gen. Normand G.
Lezy
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Deputy Director, Legislative Col. Charles Fox
Liaison
Chief, Congressional Inquiry Col. John Wilson
Division
Director, Public Affairs Brig. Gen. Ronald T.
Sconyers
Deputy Director, Public Affairs Col. Hal Smarkola
Chief, Public Affairs Staff Col. Alan DeFend
Group
Chief, Community Relations Walt Werner
Chief, Media Relations Col. Tom Boyd
Chief, Resources Col. Mike Conley
Chief, Security Review June Forte
Chief, Air Force News Agency Maj. Will Hummiston
Liaison Office
Air Staff
Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman
Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Thomas S. Moorman,
Jr.
Assistant Vice Chief of Staff (vacancy)
Special Assistant to the Maj. Gen. Jay D. Blume,
Secretary and Chief of Jr.
Staff Air Force for Base
Realignment and Transition
Special Assistant, Theater Air Maj. Gen. W. Thomas
Defense West
Chief, Safety Brig. Gen. Orin L.
Godsey
Chief, Security Police Brig. Gen. Stephen C.
Mannell
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Gene H. McCall
Board
Director, Services Col. Stevan B. Richards
Director, Programs and (vacancy)
Evaluation
Director, Test and Evaluation Lt. Gen. Howard W.
Leaf, USAF (Ret.)
The Civil Engineer Maj. Gen. James E.
McCarthy
Air Force Historian Richard P. Hallion
Chief Scientist of the Air Edward A. Feigenbaum
Force
Chief, Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. Robert A.
McIntosh
Chief, National Guard Bureau Lt. Gen. Edward D. Baca
Surgeon General of the Air Lt. Gen. Edgar R.
Force Anderson, Jr.
Chief, Chaplains Maj. Gen. Donald J.
Harlin
The Judge Advocate General Maj. Gen. Nolan Sklute
Commander, Air Force Legal Brig. Gen. Olan G.
Services Agency Waldrop, Jr.
Deputy Chief of Staff (Personnel) Lt. Gen. Eugene E.
Habiger
Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans and Lt. Gen. Joseph W.
Operations) Ralston
Deputy Chief of Staff (Logistics) Maj. Gen. George T.
Babbitt, Jr.
Deputy Chief of Staff (Command, Lt. Gen. Carl G.
Control, Communications, and O'Berry
Computers)
Assistant Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Kenneth A.
(Intelligence) Minihan
Commander, 497th Intelligence Col. James M. Sullivan
Group
Director of Assessments, Robert S. Boyd
National Air Intelligence
Center
Major Commands:
Air Combat Command (Langley Air Force Base, VA Gen. John M. Loh
23665-2788)
Air Force Materiel Command (Wright-Patterson Gen. Ronald W. Yates
Air Force Base, OH 45433-5001)
Air Mobility Command (Scott Air Force Base, IL Gen. Robert L.
62225-5363) Rutherford
Air Force Space Command (Peterson Air Force Gen. Joseph W. Ashy
Base, CO 80914-4020)
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Air Force Special Operations Command (Hurlburt Maj. Gen. James L.
Field, FL 32544-5273) Hobson, Jr.
Air Education and Training Command (Randolph Gen. Henry Viccellio,
Air Force Base, TX 78150-4324) Jr.
Overseas Commands:
Pacific Air Forces (Hickam Air Force Base, HI Gen. John G. Lorber
96853-5420)
United States Air Forces in Europe (APO AE Gen. James L. Jamerson
09094-0501)
Named Activities:
Air Force Office of Colonel Matters Brig. Gen. Larry W.
(Washington, DC 20330-1040) Northington
Air Force Office of General Officer Matters Col. T. Michael Moseley
(Washington, DC 20330-1040)
Air Force Office of Senior Executive Matters Karen L. Bingo
(Washington, DC 20330-1040)
Field Operating Agencies:
Air Force Audit Agency (Washington, DC 20330- Jackie Crawford
1125)
Air Force Base Conversion Agency (Arlington, VA Alan Olsen
22209-2808)
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence J.B. Cole
(Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235-5318)
Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency Col. Donald J. Thomas
(Tyndall Air Force Base, FL 32403-5319)
Air Force Civilian Personnel Management Center John R. Graham
(Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150-4530)
Air Force Combat Operations Staff (Washington, Col. Alfred P.
DC 20330-1480) McCracken
Air Force Command, Control, Communications and Brig. Gen. Harry D.
Computer Agency (Scott Air Force Base, IL Raduege, Jr.
62225-5222)
Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (Arlington, VA Col. Gordon D. Kage
22202-4306)
Air Force Doctrine Center (Langley Air Force Col. Robert D. Coffman
Base, VA 23622-2722)
Air Force Flight Standards Agency (Washington, Col. Dennis Traynor
DC 20330-1480)
Air Force Frequency Management Agency Lt. Col. William A.
(Arlington, VA 22203-1613) Belote
Air Force Historical Research Agency (Maxwell Col. Richard Rauschkolb
Air Force Base, AL 36112-6424)
Air Force Inspection Agency (Kirtland Air Force Col. Robert M. Murdock
Base, NM 87117-5670)
Air Force Legal Services Agency (Bolling Air Brig. Gen. Olan G.
Force Base, Washington, DC 20332 Waldrop, Jr.
Air Force Logistics Management Agency (Maxwell Col. Russell G.
Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, AL 36114- Stafford
3236)
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Air Force Management Engineering Agency Col. Charles F. Dibrell
(Randolph Air Force Base, TX 78150-4451)
Air Force Medical Operations Agency (Bolling Maj. Gen. Charles H.
Air Force Base, Washington, DC 20332-5113) Roadman II
Air Force Medical Support Agency (Brooks Air Col. Richard Rushmore
Force Base, TX 78235-5121)
Air Force Military Personnel Center (Randolph Maj. Gen. William B.
Air Force Base, TX 78150-4703) Davitte
Air Force News Agency (Kelly Air Force Base, TX Col. Teddy G. Tilma
78241-5601)
Air Force Office of Special Investigations Brig. Gen. Robert A.
(Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC Hoffmann
20332-0001)
Air Force Personnel Operations Agency Steve N. Smith
(Washington, DC 20330-1040)
Air Force Program Executive Office (Washington, Clark G. Fiester
DC 20330-1060)
Air Force Real Estate Agency (Bolling Air Force Anthony R. Yonkers
Base, Washington, DC 20332-5107)
Air Force Reserve (Robins Air Force Base, GA Maj. Gen. James E.
31098-1635) Sherrard
Air Force Review Boards Agency (Washington, DC Joe G. Lineberger
20330-1661)
Air Force Safety Agency (Norton Air Force Base, Col. John R. Clapper
CA 92409-7001)
Air Force Security Police Agency (Kirtland Air Col. John E. Killen
Force Base, NM 87117-5664)
Air Force Services Agency (Randolph Air Force Col. David F. Honeycutt
Base, TX 78150-4755)
Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency Col. Thomas A. Cardwell
(Washington, DC 20330-1570) III
Air Force Technical Applications Center Col. Glen E. Shaffer
(Patrick Air Force Base, FL 32925-3002)
Air Intelligence Agency (San Antonio, TX 78243- Brig. Gen. Robert T.
7009) Osterthaler
Air National Guard Readiness Center (Andrews Brig. Gen. Larry K.
Air Force Base, MD 20331-5157) Arnold
Air Reserve Personnel Center (Denver, CO 80280- Col. James White, Jr.
5400)
Air Weather Service (Scott Air Force Base, IL Col. Frank Misciasci
62225-5206)
Center for Air Force History (Bolling Air Force Jacob Neufeld
Base, Washington, DC 20332-4113)
Joint Services Survival, Evasion, Resistance Col. Robert C. Bonn,
and Escape Agency (Fort Belvoir, VA 22060- Jr.
5788)
Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency Col. Stephen E. Anno
(Washington, DC 20330-1600)
Direct Reporting Units:
11th Support Wing (Bolling Air Force Base, Col. Steven A. Roser
Washington, DC 20332-5100)
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Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Maj. Gen. George B.
Center (Kirtland Air Force Base, NM 87117- Harrison
5558)
U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA, CO 80840-5001) Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein
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The Department of the Air Force is responsible for defending the peace
and security of the United States through control and exploitation of
air and space.
The Department of the Air Force (USAF) was established as part of the
National Military Establishment by the National Security Act of 1947 (61
Stat. 502) and came into being on September 18, 1947. The National
Security Act Amendments of 1949 redesignated the National Military
Establishment as the Department of Defense, established it as an
executive department, and made the Department of the Air Force a
military department within the Department of Defense (63 Stat. 578). The
Department of the Air Force is separately organized under the Secretary
of the Air Force. It operates under the authority, direction, and
control of the Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. 8010). The Department
consists of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Air Staff,
and field organizations.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
The Office of the Secretary consists of the offices of the Under
Secretary, four Assistant Secretaries, the General Counsel, the
Administrative Assistant, Legislative Liaison, Public Affairs,
International Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, the
Auditor General, and the Inspector General of the Air Force. The heads
of these offices are staff advisors to the Secretary for functions the
Secretary assigns to them.
The Department of the Air Force is administered by the Secretary of
the Air Force, who is responsible for and has the authority to conduct
all affairs of the Department. The Secretary's responsibilities include
matters pertaining to organization, training, logistical support,
maintenance, welfare of personnel, administrative, recruiting, research
and development, and other activities prescribed by the President or the
Secretary of Defense. The principal assistant to the Secretary is the
Under Secretary, who acts with the full authority of the Secretary on
all affairs of the Department.
AIR STAFF
The mission of the Air Staff is to furnish professional assistance to
the Secretary, Under Secretary, and Assistant Secretaries of the Air
Force and to the Chief of Staff in executing their responsibilities.
Structure The Air Staff is a management headquarters functional
organization under the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. Titles
throughout all organizational levels reflect functions involved.
Functions and Activities Air Staff functions are specialized into well-
defined areas to effect the management principles of functionality,
integration, flexibility, simplicity, and decentralization. The Air
Staff retains those management functions that legally cannot be
delegated or decentralized, are needed by the Secretary and Chief of
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Staff, are essential to respond promptly to the Secretary of Defense, or
are required to determine the design and structure of the Air Force in
the future.
Chief of Staff The Chief of Staff is directly responsible to the
Secretary of the Air Force for the efficiency and operational readiness
of the U.S. Air Force. He is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
of the Department of Defense. The Chief of Staff is assisted by the Vice
Chief of Staff in all areas of responsibility except JCS. The Assistant
Vice Chief of Staff assists the Chief and Vice Chief in the discharge of
their duties.
Special Staff The Special Staff is an adjunct to the Chief of Staff,
independent of the basic staff structure, and provides advisory and
support services to both the Chief of Staff and the Air Staff. The
Special Staff consists of: the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence;
the Civil Engineer; the Chief of Safety; the Chief of Security Police;
the Air Force Historian; the USAF Scientist; the Chief of Air Force
Reserve; the National Guard Bureau; the Scientific Advisory Board; the
Judge Advocate General; the Director, Test and Evaluation; the Director,
Programs and Evaluation; the Surgeon General; the Chief of Chaplains;
Services; and the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.
Deputy Chiefs of Staff The Deputy Chiefs of Staff (DCS's) function
primarily as a coordinating level on policy matters and represent the
corporate structure. Substantive functions are organized under the DCS's
in homogenous groups called directorates. Under the directorates,
functions are further broken down into divisions and branches. The DCS's
are Personnel; Plans and Operations; Logistics; and Command, Control,
Communications and Computers.
FIELD ORGANIZATIONS
The major commands, field operating agencies, and direct reporting units
together represent the field organizations of the U.S. Air Force. These
are organized primarily on a functional basis in the United States and
on an area basis overseas. These commands are responsible for
accomplishing certain phases of the worldwide activities of the U.S. Air
Force. They also are responsible for organizing, administering,
equipping, and training their subordinate elements for the
accomplishment of assigned missions.
Major Commands
The Continental U.S. Commands
Air Combat Command This Command is responsible for CONUS-based
fighters, bombers, ICBM's, reconnaissance aircraft, C3I platforms, and
some theater airlifts and tankers. It provides forces directly to
Unified Commands or augments theater air forces already forward
deployed. Air Combat Command was formed in June 1992 from elements of
the former Strategic Air Command and the Tactical Air Command.
Air Force Materiel Command This Command researches, develops, tests,
acquires, delivers, and logistically supports every Air Force weapon
system. It has responsibilities from inception of a weapon system on the
drawing board, support through its operational life, and its final
disposition. Air Force Materiel Command operates major product centers,
logistics centers, test centers, and laboratories. It was created in
July 1992 from integration of Air Force Logistics Command and Air Force
Systems Command.
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Air Mobility Command This Command is responsible for all intertheater
airlift assets and most of the tanker and theater airlift force. It was
formed in June 1992 from elements of Strategic Air Command and Military
Airlift Command.
Air Force Space Command This Command provides resource management and
operation of assigned assets for space control, space force application,
force enhancement, space support, and strategic aerospace defense. It
operates space and ballistic missile systems. The Command provides a
close link between its space activities and, through the U.S. Space
Command, the unified command structure.
Air Force Special Operations Command This Command organizes, trains,
and equips Air Force special operations forces. It is the USAF component
of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
Air Education and Training Command This Command recruits, commissions,
and trains Air Force enlisted and officer personnel. It provides basic
military training, initial and advanced technical training,
undergraduate and graduate flying training, and professional military
and degree-granting professional education. The Command also conducts
joint, medical service, readiness and Air Force security assistance
training.
Overseas Commands
Pacific Air Forces The Pacific Air Forces is a major command of the
U.S. Air Force and is the Air Force component of the U.S. Pacific
Command. Its primary mission is to organize, train, equip, administer,
and prepare assigned forces for combat, including: fighter,
reconnaissance, air control, close air support, and defense suppression
units to conduct defensive and offensive air operations. It provides
combat-ready air elements to the U.S. European Command and participates
in joint and combined air operations.
United States Air Forces in Europe The United States Air Forces in
Europe is a major command of the U.S. Air Force and is the Air Force
component of the U.S. European Command. Its primary mission is to
organize, train, equip, administer, and prepare assigned forces for
combat, including: fighter, reconnaissance, air control, close air
support, and defense suppression units to conduct defensive and
offensive air operations. It provides combat-ready air elements to the
U.S. European Command and participates in joint and combined air
operations.
Field Operating Agencies
Air Force Audit Agency The Agency provides independent, internal audit
and appraisal of financial, operational, management, and support
activities as a service to all levels of management.
Air Force Base Conversion Agency The Agency serves as the Federal real
property disposal agent and provides integrated execution management for
Air Force bases in the United States as they are closed under the
authorities of the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1988 and the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. The major air commands
are responsible for operating their installations and terminating or
shifting military missions to other units, until the base closure date.
Thereafter, installations are transferred to the Air Force Base
Conversion Agency for final disposition.
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence The Center provides the
Air Force with an in-house capability to manage all aspects of
environmental cleanup, planning, and compliance.
Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency The Agency provides civil
engineering technical assistance and operating support to Air Force
bases and organizations. This includes engineering design, operations
and maintenance, fire
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protection, explosive ordnance disposal, disaster preparedness, and air
base operability.
Air Force Civilian Personnel Management Center The Center directs,
develops, manages, and evaluates the wide range of Federal and internal
programs affecting Air Force civilians, including foreign nationals,
worldwide.
Air Force Combat Operations Staff The Staff provides readiness-
oriented, combat-related support to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force.
The Staff serves as the permanent nucleus of a centralized, highly
responsive, and integrated combat support structure. It includes the
combat-related activities of functions such as operations, operations
plans, intelligence, logistics, and personnel.
Air Force Command, Control, Communications and Computers Agency The
Agency provides base and point-to-point communications, computer
facilities, and automated data processing services, primarily to the
U.S. Air Force, but also to other governmental, civil, national, and
foreign agencies.
Air Force Cost Analysis Agency The Agency develops cost analysis tools,
methods, data bases, models, and automated systems which are used in
resource allocation and cost management decisions throughout Air Force.
Air Force Doctrine Center The Center develops and publishes basic and
operational level doctrine for the Air Force and provides Air Force
inputs into joint and combined doctrine development.
Air Force Flight Standards Agency The Agency manages the
interoperability of civil and military airspace and air traffic control
systems to ensure worldwide combat and peacetime capabilities. Through
its various components, the Agency develops and maintains standards and
procedures for flight operations, air traffic control aeronautical
information, flight planning, notice to airmen, and navigation and
landing systems worldwide. In addition, the Agency facilitates the
development of common civil and military airspace.
Air Force Frequency Management Agency The Agency implements the USAF's
use of the radio frequency electromagnetic spectrum. It develops
procedures on a national, international, and government-to-government
basis within the scope of international agreements.
Air Force Historical Research Agency The Agency provides Air Force
commanders historical assistance in carrying out their assigned missions
and responsibilities and implements the USAF history program. Its
responsibilities include serving as a repository for Air Force
historical records, determining lineage and honors of Air Force units,
and preparing books and other historical works on Air Force and military
aviation.
Air Force Inspection Agency The Agency directs the Air Force inspection
programs, evaluating operational readiness, accident prevention, and
management systems.
Air Force Legal Services Agency The Agency provides Air Force-wide
legal services in the functional areas of military justice, patents,
claims and tort litigation, general litigation, labor law, preventive
law, and legal aid. It also administers the Federal Legal Information
Through Electronics Program for the Air Force as executive agent for the
Department of Defense.
Air Force Logistics Management Agency The Agency conducts studies and
develops, analyzes, tests, evaluates, and recommends new or improved
concepts, methods, systems, or procedures that enhance logistics
efficiency and effectiveness.
Air Force Management Engineering Agency The Agency develops and
maintains Air Force manpower determinants to improve manpower
utilization and implements the Air Force Management Engineering and
Productivity Programs.
Air Force Medical Operations Agency The Agency assists the USAF Surgeon
General in developing plans, programs, and practices for the Air Force
Medical Service, aerospace medicine, clinical investigations, quality
assurance, health promotion, family advocacy,
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bioenvironmental engineering, military public health, and radioactive
material management.
Air Force Medical Support Agency The Agency assists the USAF Surgeon
General in developing plans, programs, and practices relating to Air
Force health care in peace and war in the areas of patient
administration, health facilities, medical service information systems,
and medical logistics.
Air Force Military Personnel Center The Center executes personnel plans
and programs and supervises procedures applicable to the worldwide
management and administration of Air Force military personnel.
Air Force News Agency The Agency plans and executes the U.S. Air
Force's internal information program for all military and civilian
personnel. It develops, produces, and distributes materials in support
of information, orientation, motivation, and unit morale goals and
provides information about Air Force people and missions to hometown
news media and national commercial magazines.
Air Force Office of Special Investigations The Office provides
criminal, counterintelligence, personnel security, and special
investigative services to Air Force activities. It collects, analyzes,
and reports significant information about these matters.
Air Force Personnel Operations Agency The Agency performs operational
programs located in the Washington, DC, area because of proximity to
other Federal personnel activities or Headquarters U.S. Air Force. This
includes operation of personnel models and data bases for force
structure management; Air Force Relocation; Injury and Unemployment
Compensation Programs; awards programs; employee and labor relations
support; and Air Force Quality Assessments.
Air Force Program Executive Office The Office oversees major USAF
acquisition programs in selected weapons systems and other categories.
An outgrowth of the Defense Management Review, it is headed by the USAF
Service Acquisition Executive and includes the Program Executive
Officers who oversee Program Managers in the major commands.
Air Force Real Estate Agency The Agency acquires, manages, and disposes
of land for the Air Force worldwide and maintains a complete land and
facilities inventory.
Air Force Reserve The Air Force Reserve performs the U.S. Air Force's
Chief of Staff field responsibilities of command of the Air Force
Reserve, and is responsible for participation in the formulation of
plans for the management, administration, and execution of programs
affecting Air Force Reserve units and mobilization of these reserves,
when needed.
Air Force Review Boards Agency The Agency consists of the Air Force
Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR), the Air Force
Civilian Appellate Review Agency (AFCARA), and the Air Force Personnel
Council. AFBCMR and AFCARA ensure compliance with appropriate legal and
policy guidelines in correcting military records and in resolving
civilian employee complaints. The Personnel Council advises the Air
Force Secretariat on matters relating to various personnel policies and
the effective management of active and reserve components of the Air
Force. Boards under the Council examine such matters as discharges,
physical disability cases, and decorations.
Air Force Safety Agency The Agency is responsible for implementing and
executing Air Force safety and nuclear surety policies, plans, and
programs USAF-wide, as directed by the Chief of Safety.
Air Force Security Police Agency The Agency develops operational
practices in peacetime and wartime environments to carry out programs
for the security of Air Force resources and information and the delivery
of law enforcement services. The office implements plans, policies, and
programs for base defense; maintenance of security police personnel,
training, systems and equipment programs, and the physical
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security of Air Force resources; information, personnel, and industrial
security programs and the wartime information security program;
maintenance of law and order; prisoner rehabilitation and corrections
programs; vehicle traffic management, and the military working dog
program.
Air Force Services Agency The Agency manages worldwide Air Force
operations of Air Force members and their families to improve USAF
readiness.
Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency The Agency performs studies to
assist and support the decisionmaking process of the Air Force. It
performs independent studies and evaluations of Air Force requirements,
proposals, plans, and programs, while providing comparisons and trade-
off analyses. The Agency also evaluates critical technical and
operational issues and monitors applicable tests and evaluations that
address such issues.
Air Force Technical Applications Center The Center operates and
maintains the U.S. Atomic Energy Detection System. Its specific
responsibilities include monitoring compliance with various nuclear test
ban treaties; installing and operating equipment for detection and
indentification of foreign nuclear weapons tests; and identifying
whether events are produced by humans or by nature. In addition, the Air
Force Technical Applications Center conducts research to improve atomic
energy detection systems.
Air Intelligence Agency The Agency provides intelligence service in
support of USAF operations through the conduct of comprehensive
research, direction of collection activities, processing and
dissemination of intelligence information and intelligence, and the
exercise of management and control of intelligence systems and special
security systems.
Air National Guard Readiness Center The Center performs the operational
and technical tasks associated with manning, equipping, and training Air
National Guard units to required preparedness levels.
Air Reserve Personnel Center The Center develops management policies,
plans, and programs pertaining to Air Force Reserve personnel when they
are not on extended active duty, and provides personnel management for
reserve forces of the Air Force and personnel support for mobilization
of these forces.
Air Weather Service The Air Weather Service is the USAF technical
center of weather expertise for all levels of the Air Force and Army.
Center for Air Force History The Center operates under the policy
guidance of the Air Force Historian. The Center has two basic missions:
to research, write, and publish books and other studies on the history
of the Air Force; and to provide historical support through the Air
Force Historian to Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
Joint Services Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Agency The
Agency serves as DOD's executive agent for three areas: JCS Operational
Evasion and Escape matters; Department of Defense Code of Conduct/
Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape training; and the POW/MIA
program.
Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency The Agency provides the
Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of the Air Force,
and Chief of Staff of the Air Force with command, control,
communications, and computer systems (C4) to satisfy critical national
defense requirements, automated systems for preparing and submitting the
President's budget, and decisionmaking aides for top DOD officials. The
Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency also secures C4 for the
National Command Authority to evaluate global events and respond to
crises.
Direct Reporting Units
11th Support Wing The 11th Support Wing provides logistical and
administrative support to Air Force activities in the Washington, DC,
area that do not have their own internal support, including Headquarters
U.S. Air Force and the Air Force Secretariat. In addition, it represents
the Air Force in
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matters pertaining to the National Capital Region.
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center The Center manages the
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation (OPT) Program; assesses the
operational utility of all major and selected non-major Air Force
systems with using, implementing, and supporting commands, as required;
and is responsible for recommending policy and planning, directing,
evaluating, and reporting on the Air Force OPT Program.
U.S. Air Force Academy The Academy provides instruction and experience
to cadets so that they graduate with the essential tools for leadership
and motivation to become career officers in the U.S. Air Force.
For further information concerning the Department of the Air Force,
contact the Office of the Director of Public Affairs, Department of the
Air Force, 1670 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330-1670. Phone,
703-697-6061.