Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the

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, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at

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. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and it is the direct successor to Tactical Air Command. Air Combat Command is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, United States. ACC directly operates 1,110 fighter,

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, combat search and rescue,

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and electronic aircraft along with command, control, computing, communications and intelligence (C4I) systems, Air Force ground forces, conducts global information operations, and controls Air Force Intelligence. Air Combat Command consists of approximately 74,240 active duty Airmen and 10,610 Department of the Air Force Civilians. When mobilized, more than 49,000 additional Airmen of the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard, along with over 700 additional aircraft, are operationally-gained and assigned to ACC, bringing total aircraft to more than 1,800 and number of Airmen to 123,240.

Mission

Air Combat Command's mission is to provide air combat forces to the geographic

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s. ACC organizes, trains, equips, and maintains combat-ready units for rapid deployment abroad while also ensuring air defense of the United States is strong enough for both peacetime and wartime needs. ACC Numbered Air Forces serve as the air components for United States Central Command, United States Southern Command, and United States Northern Command. ACC augments the forces of the United States European Command, United States Africa Command, United States Pacific Command, and United States Strategic Command.

History

Air Combat Command was created 1 June 1992 after the inactivation of the Tactical Air Command (TAC), Strategic Air Command (SAC) and Military Airlift Command (MAC). Upon activation, ACC assumed control of all former-TAC fighters, all bombers, reconnaissance platforms, battle management resources, and Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Furthermore, ACC had some KC-135 and KC-10 aerial refueling tankers and C-130 tactical airlift aircraft in its composite, reconnaissance, and other combat wings. In 1993, control of the ICBM force was transferred to the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) until transferred again to Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) on 1 December 2009. Following the inactivation of SAC at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, a new unified command, the United States Strategic Command, was activated at Offutt, created to manage the combined strategic nuclear forces belonging to both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy. Historically, Combat Command was an earlier air unit designation. During 1941 and early 1942, the tactical air units of the War Department, formerly known as the GHQ Air Force, formed the Air Force Combat Command. The AFCC was dissolved in the reorganization of the

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, effective 9 March 1942, which created the

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as a major command of the Army, which functioned as a ''de facto'' independent service branch of the Armed Forces.

Mission Realignments

Combat search and rescue

Not long after activation, ACC underwent organizational and mission changes. The first such major change was the transfer of the combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission from

Air Mobility Command Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force. It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri. Air Mobility Command was established on 1 June 1992, and was formed from eleme ...

to ACC. With the realigning of search and rescue units, ACC gained additional resources, as well as a new mission. The formal transfer took place on 1 February 1993, when the Air Rescue Service (ARS) was assigned to ACC. On 2 July of the same year, the ARS was disestablished and rescue units became fully integrated in the same manner as other ACC units reporting to numbered air forces. The USAF Combat Rescue School was subsequently assigned to the 57th Wing at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

Flight training

One of the most significant changes for Air Combat Command resulted from an overhaul of flying training responsibilities. Following its activation, ACC was responsible for aircraft-specific aircrew training, including initial weapon system and continuation training. On 1 July 1993, the 58th and 325th Fighter Wings—F-16 and F-15 training units transferred from ACC to Air Education and Training Command (AETC). Concurrently, Luke AFB, Arizona, and Tyndall AFB, Florida, for which those respective wings were the host units, also moved from ACC to AETC ownership. However, on 1 October 2012, both Tyndall AFB and the 325th Fighter Wing returned to the control of ACC.

Tanker and airlift

The next major organizational change resulted from a fine-tuning of aerial refueling and airlift resources. From its activation, Air Combat Command had assumed ownership of some C-130 Hercules theater airlift assets and KC-10 Extender and KC-135 Stratotankers. Just as ownership of overseas C-130 resources had already been transferred to USAFE and PACAF commanders, it was decided that all C-130s based in the CONUS would be under the control of ACC, while at the same time, almost all KC-135 tankers would be assigned to

. There was historical precedent for the reassignment of C-130s to Air Combat Command. During the earliest days of Tactical Air Command (TAC), the command had carried out the "tactical" or combat airborne aspect of airlift operations, leaving the "strategic" or logistical mission to Military Air Transport Service, later redesignated Military Airlift Command (the precursor of today's

) in 1966. The tactical airlift mission included logistical airlift, airborne operations, aeromedical evacuation, and air support for special operations. This division of the airlift mission continued until 1 December 1974, when TAC transferred its CONUS-based tactical airlift units, including Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard tactical airlift units, to Military Airlift Command (MAC). MAC gained the overseas units from theater commands on 31 March 1975. On 1 October 1993, all Air Mobility Command C-130s with the exception of those permanently under United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) regions were transferred to ACC, while USAFE and PACAF assumed control of the C-130 permanently based in their respective geographic regions. Concurrently, all KC-10 tankers and all KC-135 tankers except those at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, which supported the fighter and bomber aircraft of the composite wing stationed there, transferred to AMC. ACC also retained two KC-135s at Offutt AFB Nebraska and Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota under ACC control until transferring them to AMC on 1 October 1993. McConnell AFB, Kansas; Fairchild AFB, Washington; and their respective air refueling wings were also transferred to AMC in January 1994 and July 1994, respectively. In 1997, a subsequent USAF reorganization of ACC and AMC resulted in all CONUS-based C-130 theater airlift aircraft being reassigned from ACC back to AMC. This change also shifted operational claimancy for all "slick" theater airlift mission C-130s in the Air Force Reserve and CONUS-based Air National Guard. USAFE and PACAF C-130 assets remained in those respective MAJCOMs to include PACAF's operational claimancy for Alaska Air National Guard C-130 and HC-130 assets.

Operational deployments

In Southwest Asia, Air Combat Command provided active duty and reserve component forces for the follow-on to Operation Desert Storm and the establishment of Operation Southern Watch to deter Iraqi aggression. In October 1994, ACC also demonstrated its ability to react quickly to the buildup of Iraqi troops near the border of Kuwait. In addition, ACC, from its inception, has provided indispensable support to counter-drug operations, including Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS),

and fighter aircraft, as well as

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and connectivity assets. Participation in humanitarian operations has also been a recurring theme. Air Combat Command supported the humanitarian efforts of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), deploying active duty and air reserve component forces to Provide Promise and Deny Flight in Eastern Europe and Operation Provide Comfort out of Incirlik AB, Turkey. Provide Promise offered humanitarian relief airlift support to the city of

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, while Deny Flight enforced the "no-fly" zone against Serb air attacks on Bosnian civilians. Operation Provide Comfort, another humanitarian operation, also provided relief to Kurdish inhabitants of northern Iraq who had undergone fierce repression by the Iraqi government. In addition, ACC supported United States Atlantic Command's humanitarian relief to Haitian refugees associated with Operation GTMO at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Similarly, the command supported Operation Safe Haven and the processing of Cuban refugees during the latter part of the summer of 1994. Across the Atlantic, Air Combat Command units participated in Operation Restore Hope, largely an

humanitarian operation intended to provide food for Somalia. Also, ACC regular and ACC-gained Air National Guard C-130 units deployed to Uganda and Kenya to participate in Operation Support Hope. This operation, conducted by the United States European Command, comprised part of the United Nations effort to provide humanitarian relief to victims of the civil war in Rwanda. In keeping with its global responsibilities, ACC initiated a series of "Global Power" missions in 1993. ACC's bomber wings are required to perform out-of-CONUS training flights to demonstrate the capability to perform their "quick reaction" worldwide mission. On one of the global power missions, two B-1 Lancer aircraft of the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, set a B-1 flying time record on the first leg of their round-the-world flight, 11–13 August 1993. The following year, two B-52s from the 2d Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, circumnavigated the globe in 47.2 hours, the longest jet aircraft flight in history.

Global war on terrorism

Air Combat Command units flew operational missions during the 2002 Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan (OEF-A) and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom. The task of developing a comprehensive listing of ACC units present in Iraq, Afghanistan and other combat areas is particularly difficult as the events of 11 September 2001 and the Global War on Terrorism has made such an effort significantly difficult. The USAF seeks to improve operational security (OPSEC) and to deceive potential enemies as to the extent of American operations, therefore a listing of which units deploying where and when is unavailable. However, it is certain that ACC units are actively flying combat missions in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.

Predecessor units merged into Air Combat Command 1992

; Strategic Air Command :

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:: Barksdale AFB, LA : 5th Bomb Wing :: Minot AFB, ND : 7th Bomb Wing :: Carswell AFB, TX (Xfer to Dyess AFB, TX on 1 October 1993) : 9th Reconnaissance Wing :: Beale AFB, CA :

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:: Ellsworth AFB, SD :

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:: Loring AFB, ME (Base and wing BRAC Inactivated, 30 September 1994) :

44th Missile Wing The 44th Missile Wing (44 MW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Twentieth Air Force, being assigned to Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 4 July 1994. For over 40 years the 44th was a ...

:: Ellsworth AFB, SD (Xfer to Air Force Space Command, 1 July 1993) :

55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing The 55th Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. The wing is primarily stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, but maintains one of its groups and associated squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ar ...

:: Offut AFB NE : 90th Missile Wing :: F E Warren AFB, WY (Xfer to Air Force Space Command, 1 July 1993) :

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:: Minot AFB, ND (Xfer to Air Force Space Command, 1 July 1993 : 92d Bomb Wing :: Fairchild AFB WA (Xfer to Air Mobility Command, 1 July 1994) : 93d Wing :: Castle AFB, CA (Base and wing BRAC Inactivated, 30 September 1995) : 96th Wing :: Dyess AFB, TX (Wing only BRAC Inactivated, 1 October 1993) :

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:: Grand Forks AFB, ND (Xfer to Air Mobility Command as 319 ARW, 1 October 1993) :

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:: Grand Forks AFB, ND (Xfer to Air Force Space Command, 1 July 1993) :

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:: Malmstrom AFB, MT (Xfer to Air Force Space Command, 1 July 1993) :

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:: Whiteman AFB, MO (Xfer to Air Force Space Command, 1 July 1993) : 379th Wing :: Wurtsmith AFB, MI (Base and wing BRAC Inactivated, 15 June 1993) :

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:: McConnell AFB, KS (Wing only BRAC Inactivated; xfer to 384th Bomb Group, 1 October 1994) : 410th Wing :: K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI (Base and wing BRAC Inactivated, 30 September 1995) : 416th Wing :: Griffiss AFB, NY (Base and wing BRAC Inactivated, 30 September 1995) :

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:: Whiteman AFB, MO ; Military Airlift Command :

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:: Little Rock AFB, AR ; Tactical Air Command : 1st Fighter Wing :: Langley AFB, VA : 4th Fighter Wing :: Seymour Johnson AFB, NC : 23d Fighter Wing :: Base and wing BRAC Inactivated at England AFB, LA; reactivated as 23d Wing, Pope AFB, NC) :

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:: Cannon AFB, NM :

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:: Homestead AFB, FL (Moved WOPEWOPE – Without Personnel or Equipment to Aviano AB Italy on 1 April 1994 and assigned to USAFE) : 33d Fighter Wing :: Eglin AFB, FL : 35th Fighter Wing :: George AFB, CA (Base and wing BRAC Inactivated, 15 December 1992) :

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:: Tonopah AP, NV (Wing Inactivated 8 July 1992; F-117s xfer to 49 FW, Holloman AFB, NM) : 49th Fighter Wing :: Holloman AFB, NM : 53d Wing :: Eglin AFB, FL :

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:: MacDill AFB, FL (Moved WOPE to Luke AFB, AZ on 1 April 1994; reassigned to AETC) : 57th Fighter Wing :: Nellis AFB, NV :

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:: Luke AFB, AZ (Moved WOPE to Kirtland AFB, NM on 1 April 1994 :: Reassigned to AETC as 58th Special Operations Wing) :

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:: Bergstrom AFB, TX (Base and wing BRAC Inactivated, 30 September 1993) : 85th Wing :: NAS Keflavik, Iceland (Wing only BRAC Inactivated, 31 May 1993) : 325th Fighter Wing :: Tyndall AFB, FL (Reassigned to AETC 1 July 1993; rejoined ACC 1 October 2012) :

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:: Moody AFB, GA (Reassigned to AFSOC as 347 RQW 1 October 2003; merged into ACC 23 WG, 1 October 2006) : 354th Fighter Wing :: Myrtle Beach AFB, SC (BRAC Inactivated, 31 March 1993) :

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:: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ :

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:: Shaw AFB, SC (Inactivated 30 December 1993; replaced by 20th Fighter Wing, 30 December 1993) :

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:: Mountain Home AFB, ID :

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:: Hill AFB, UT :

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:: Tyndall AFB, FL : 507th Air Control Wing :: Shaw AFB, SC (Wing only BRAC Inactivated, 12 June 1993) :

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:: Tinker AFB OK : 602d Air Control Wing :: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ (Wing only BRAC Inactivated, 15 June 1992)

Wings and groups

, Air Combat Command consisted of the following units: * United States Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC) :: HQ: Nellis AFB, Nevada : 53d Wing, Eglin AFB, Florida :: Includes 53d Test and Evaluation Group, Nellis AFB, Nevada :: and 53d Weapons Evaluation Group, Tyndall AFB, Florida :

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, Nellis AFB, Nevada : Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis AFB, Nevada : Utah Test and Training Range, Hill AFB, Utah : 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis AFB, Nevada : 505th Command and Control Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida * First Air Force (AFNORTH) :: HQ: Tyndall AFB, Florida : Eastern Air Defense Sector, Rome, New York (former Griffiss AFB) :

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McChord AFB McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field's primary mission being worldwi ...

, Washington : 701st Air Defense Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Florida : 702d Computer Systems Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Florida : 722d Air Control Squadron, North Bay (CFB North Bay), Canada * Ninth Air Force (AFCENT) :: HQ: Shaw AFB, South Carolina * Twelfth Air Force (AFSOUTH) :: HQ: Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona * Fifteenth Air Force :: HQ: Shaw AFB, South Carolina : 1st Fighter Wing (F-22A, T-38A), Langley AFB, Virginia : 4th Fighter Wing (F-15E), Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina : 20th Fighter Wing (F-16C/D), Shaw AFB, South Carolina :: Includes Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, South Carolina :

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(HH-60, HC-130J, A/OA-10C), Moody AFB, Georgia :: Includes Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida : 93d Air Ground Operations Wing, Moody AFB, Georgia : 325th Fighter Wing (F-22A, T-38A), Tyndall AFB, Florida :

(A/OA-10C), Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona :

(F-15E), Mountain Home AFB, Idaho :

(F-35A), Hill AFB, Utah :

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(MQ-1, MQ-9), Creech AFB, Nevada : 461st Air Control Wing (E-8C), Robins AFB, Georgia :

(E-3B/C), Tinker AFB, Oklahoma : 633d Air Base Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia :

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, Shaw AFB, South Carolina * Sixteenth Air Force :: HQ: Lackland AFB, Texas : 9th Reconnaissance Wing (U-2S, RQ-4, MC-12), Beale AFB, California :

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(EC/OC/WC/RC-135), Offutt AFB, Nebraska :: Includes

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(EC-130H), Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona :

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, Lackland AFB, Texas :: Includes 567th Cyberspace Operations Group, Scott AFB, Illinois : 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Fort Meade, Maryland :

319th Reconnaissance Wing The 319th Reconnaissance Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command. It is stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The wing is the host unit at Grand Forks. The wing operates E/RQ-4B Global Hawk r ...

, Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota : 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia :

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, Langley AFB, Virginia : 557th Weather Wing, Offutt AFB, Nebraska : 624th Operations Center, Lackland AFB, Texas : 688th Cyberspace Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas :: Includes 5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, Georgia :: Also includes 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma : Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida In 2009, responsibility for nuclear-capable bombers, specifically the

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and the B-52 Stratofortress, along with their associated units, bases and personnel, were transferred from ACC to the newly established Air Force Global Strike Command ( AFGSC). On 1 February 2010, the Eighth Air Force transferred to the Air Force Global Strike Command. The 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, and the

at Ellsworth Air Force Base also transferred to AFGSC on 1 October 2015, thus, ending 23 years of operational bomber service in ACC. In October 2019 units from Twenty-Fourth Air Force and Twenty-Fifth Air Force were merged into the reactivated Sixteenth Air Force. Sixteenth Air Force headquarters is based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. In August 2020 units from Ninth Air Force and Twelfth Air Force were realigned under the reactivated Fifteenth Air Force. Fifteenth Air Force headquarters is based at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. In addition, units from Air Force Reserve Command's Tenth Air Force, and numerous other state and District of Columbia Air National Guard units are allocated to Air Combat Command when activated to federal service.

Aircraft

: * Attack **

Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republ ...

** General Atomics MQ-1 Predator ** General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper * Fighters ** McDonnell Douglas F-15C/D Eagle ** McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle ** General Dynamics F-16C/D Fighting Falcon ** Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor ** Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II * Combat Search and Rescue ** Lockheed HC-130P Combat King and HC-130J Combat King II * Command and Control ** Boeing E-3B/C Sentry **

Boeing E-8C Joint STARS The Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is a United States Air Force airborne ground surveillance, battle management and command and control aircraft. It tracks ground vehicles and some aircraft, col ...

* Reconnaissance ** Boeing OC-135;RC-135S/U/V/W;TC-135;WC-135 **

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft of the 1990s–2020s. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development. Th ...

** Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady ** Beechcraft MC-12 Liberty ** Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel * Helicopter ** Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk * Trainer ** Northrop T-38A, AT-38B and T-38C Talon

Lineage

* Constituted as Air Combat Command and activated on 1 June 1992 * Consolidated with Tactical Air Command on 26 September 2016

Assignments

* Headquarters, United States Air Force, 1 June 1992 – present

Stations

* Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia, 1 June 1992 – presentActive Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., 1989

Major components

; Air Forces : First Air Force: 1 June 1992 – present : Second Air Force: 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1993 :: Transferred to Air Education and Training Command : Eighth Air Force: 1 June 1992 – 2009 :: Transferred to Air Force Global Strike Command, 2009 : Ninth Air Force: 1 June 1992 – present : Twelfth Air Force: 1 June 1992 – present : Fifteenth Air Force: 20 August 2020 – present : Sixteenth Air Force: 11 October 2019 – present :

Twentieth Air Force The Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (20th AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. 20 AF's primary mission is Inter ...

: 1 June 1992 – 1 July 1993 :: Transferred to Air Force Space Command, 1993 :: Transferred to Air Force Global Strike Command, 2009 : Twenty-Fourth Air Force: 17 July 2018 – 11 October 2019 : Twenty-Fifth Air Force: 29 September 2014 – 11 October 2019 ; Centers : Air & Space Expeditionary Force Center: 1 October 2002 – 29 August 2006 : Aerospace Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (later, Air Force Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) Center (see Agencies below): 29 July 1997 – 30 April 2002. On 17 June 2010, the GCIC was officially redesignated the Air Force Command and Control Integration Center or AFC2IC as a direct reporting unit to Air Combat Command (ACC). : Air Force Contingency Supply Support Office (later, Air Force Contingency Supply Squadron; ACC Regional Supply Squadron; Combat Air Forces Logistics Support Center): 12 June 1992 – 1 July 1994; 1 December 1998 – present : Air Warfare Center (later, USAF Warfare Center): 1 June 1992 – present : Air Force Network Integration Center: 17 July 2018 – present : Air Force Spectrum Management Office: 17 July 2018 – present ; Agencies : Air and Space Command and Control Agency (later, Aerospace Command and Control Agency; Aerospace Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center; Air Force Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center): 29 July 1997 – 30 April 2002. : Air Intelligence Agency: 1 February 2001 – 8 August 2006 ; Groups : Air Combat Command (ACC) Air Force Targeting Center: 2008–present : Air Combat Command (ACC) Communications Group: 1 June 1992 – present : Air Combat Command (ACC) Logistics Support Group: 1 July 1994 – 16 September 1999. source for lineage, assignments, stations, components

List of commanders

References

External links

Air Combat Command website

Air National Guard website

Tenth Air Force website
{{Authority control Major commands of the United States Air Force Military units and formations in Virginia Military units and formations established in 1992