The Air Staff is one of the Department of the Air Force's two statutorily designated headquarters staffs: the other staff is the

Office of the Secretary of the Air Force The secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the secretary of the Department of the Air Force, (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United Sta ...

, also known as the ''Secretariat''. The Air Staff is established by the United States Code Title 10br>chapter 905
The Air Staff is headed by the chief of staff of the Air Force General David Allvin. The Air Staff is primarily composed of uniformed

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

officials who assist the chief of staff in carrying out his dual-hatted role: as the principal military advisor to the

secretary of the Air Force The secretary of the Air Force, sometimes referred to as the secretary of the Department of the Air Force, (SecAF, or SAF/OS) is the head of the Department of the Air Force and the service secretary for the United States Air Force and United Sta ...

, and as a member of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, which advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and ...

. The Air Staff was reorganized in 2006 to be numbered in accordance with the Joint Staff system. For the most part, the Joint Staff numbering system applies to the air staff. The Air Force separated Analysis and Assessments from A8 to create a separate directorate, A9, then in 2008, followed up with the creation of a separate directorate, A10, for the Air Force's nuclear mission.

Joint Staff organization

For brief reference, the organization of the Joint Staff follows. See the full article for more details, and the

Continental Staff System A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted, and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large milita ...

for discussion. The Joint Chiefs of Staff organization includes the following departments where all the

Joint Staff The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, which advises the president of the United States, the United States Secretary of Defense, secretary of defense, ...

's planning,

policies Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an orga ...

intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as t ...

manpower Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ...

, communications and logistics functions are translated into action.jcs.mil
National Level Command Structure * DOM – Directorate of Management * J1 – Manpower and Personnel * J2 – Joint Staff Intelligence * J3 – Operations * J4 –

Logistics Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...

* J5 – Strategic Plans and Policy * J6 – Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4) * J7 – Joint Force Development * J8 – Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment Air Staff * A1 – Manpower, Personnel, and Services * A2 – Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations * A3 – Operations * A4 – Logistics * A5 – Plans and Requirements * A6 – Communications * A7 – Installations and Mission Support * A8 – Strategic Plans and Programs * A9 – Studies, Analyses, and Assessments * A10 – Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Office Multiple Air Force military commands follow this structure, but for the HQ Air Force at the Pentagon, they combine several into one office (A5/8 and A4/7). In addition, unlike the other branches of the U.S. armed forces that place "force development and training" in J7 like elements (i.e., G7, N7, etc.), the Air Force has no A7 "training" organization at the HAF level, retaining that function within its A3 organization.

Members of the Air Staff

Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force The chief of staff of the Air Force ( acronym: CSAF, or AF/CC) is the service chief of the United States Air Force. They are the principal military advisor to the secretary of the Air Force on matter pertaining to the Air Force. They are a m ...

(O-10) *

Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force The vice chief of staff of the Air Force (VCSAF) is the second-highest-ranking military officer in the United States Air Force. If the chief of staff of the Air Force (CSAF) is absent or is unable to perform his duties, then the VCSAF assumes ...

(O-10) * Director of Staff of the United States Air Force (O-9) *

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force The chief master sergeant of the Air Force (acronym: CMSAF) is a unique non-commissioned rank in the United States Air Force. The holder of this rank and position of office represents the highest enlisted level of leadership in the Air Force, ...

(E-9) *Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (A1) (O-9) * Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations (A2/6) (O-9) * Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (A3) (O-9) *Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering & Force Protection (A4) (O-9) *Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans & Requirements (A5/8) (O-9) *Chief Information Officer (SAF/CN) (

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) *Director for Studies & Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned (A9) (Senior Executive Service) * Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration (A10) (O-9) * Judge Advocate General (O-9) *

Surgeon General Surgeon general (: surgeons general) is a title used in several Commonwealth countries and most NATO nations to refer either to a senior military medical officer or to a senior uniformed physician commissioned by the government and entrusted with p ...

(O-9) *Director, Air Force History and Museums Policies and Programs (Senior Executive Service) *Chief of the

Air Force Reserve Command The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a MAJCOM, major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of ...

(O-9) *Director of the

Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia (United States), militia of each U.S. ...

(O-9) *Director of Tests and Evaluation (Senior Executive Service) * Chief of Chaplain Services (O-8) * Chief of Safety (O-8) *Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (O-8) * Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force (Senior Executive Service)

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