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■ 2005 USAF Almanac

How the Air Force Is Organized

There is considerable variation inhow the major commands and subor-dinate units of the Air Force are orga-nized. This overview describes boththe typical organization chain andUSAF’s Air and Space ExpeditionaryForce.

The Department of Defense(DOD) is a Cabinet agency headedby the Secretary of Defense. It wascreated in 1947 to consolidate pre-existing military agencies—the WarDepartment and the Navy Depart-ment. Subordinate to DOD are thethree military departments (Army,Navy, and Air Force), each headedby a civilian secretary.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)constitute the corporate military lead-ership of DOD. The Chairman andvice chairman of the JCS serve full-time in their positions. The servicechiefs are the military heads of theirrespective services, although JCS re-sponsibilities take precedence.

The Department of the Air Forceis headed by the Secretary of the AirForce, who is supported by a staffcalled the Secretariat. The Chief ofStaff, USAF, heads the Air Staff,and the military heads of the majorcommands report to the Chief of Staff.

Most units of the Air Force are as-signed to one of the major commands.Major commands are headed by gen-eral officers and have broad func-tional responsibilities. Commands maybe divided into numbered air forces.

The fundamental unit of the work-ing Air Force is the wing. The typicalAir Force base is built around a wing.Some wings are commanded by ageneral officer, while others areheaded by a colonel. An objectivewing contains an operations group,which includes aircrews, intelligenceunits, and others; a maintenancegroup, which includes maintenancesquadrons; a support group, whichincludes such functions as civil en-gineers, logistics readiness, and se-curity forces; and a medical group.

Most individual officers and air-men are assigned to a squadron,which may be composed of severalflights.

In addition to these units, there arenumerous others, including centers,field operating agencies, and directreporting units.

The Air and Space ExpeditionaryForce

To relieve chronic optempo prob-lems stemming from back-to-backdeployments and operations, the AirForce developed an expeditionaryconcept initially called the Expedi-tionary Aerospace Force. The termEAF has since been supplanted bythe term Air and Space Expedition-ary Force (AEF). The term AEF alsorefers to a basic organizational unit.USAF groups its power projectionand support forces into 10 AEF “buck-ets of capability.” The 10 AEFs are

grouped into five pairs. Initially, thesefive pairs of AEFs rotated through a15-month cycle, with each pair as-signed to one of five 90-day periods.In fall 2004, USAF revised its AEFarrangement, extending the cyclesto 20 months, divided into five 120-day periods. The Air Force also in-corporated its on-call forces into thestandard AEF rotation.

During each 120-day period, a des-ignated pair of AEFs is vulnerable todeployment. Each AEF comprisescombat air forces (CAF), mobility airforces (MAF), and low-density, high-demand (LD/HD) forces consistingof various active duty, ANG, andAFRC units.

USAF’s LD/HD forces include battlemanagement, combat search and res-cue, command and control, and re-connaissance assets. They are in nearconstant use and, consequently, ro-tate more frequently than most CAFand MAF elements.

The new expeditionary system be-gan with Cycle 1 in October 1999.Cycle 4, which began June 1, 2003,included two temporary stopgap AEFs,designated AEF Blue (June 1-Oct. 31,2003) and AEF Silver (Nov. 1, 2003-Feb. 29, 2004), formed in the wake ofOperation Iraqi Freedom. They mostlycomprised forces not used in the war.During the Blue and Silver deploy-ments, USAF was able to reconstituteits wartime forces for return to thestandard rotation cycle. ■

The Air Force inFiguresFacts and

Structure of the Force

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AEF Cycle 5: Sept. 1, 2004-April 30, 2006

Active

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AFRC

May 1, 2005-Aug. 31, 2005 Sept. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005 Jan. 1, 2006-April 30, 2006Sept. 1, 2004-Dec. 31, 2004

AEF 3/AEF 4

Unit Aircraft

75th FS A/OA-1020th BS B-5296th BS B-5219th FS F-15C493rd FS F-15C494th FS F-15E523rd FS F-16C34th FS F-16CG524th FS F-16CG77th FS F-16CJ

113th Wing F-16C144th FW F-16C174th FW F-16C192nd FW F-16C169th FW F-16CJ

93rd BW B-52

Jan. 1, 2005-April 30, 2005

AEF Rotational Combat Air Forces

AEF 1/AEF 2

Unit Aircraft

81st FS A/OA-109th BW B-1B12th FS F-15C58th FS F-15C90th FS F-15E335th FS F-15E421st FS F-16CG79th FS F-16CJ23rd FS F-16CJ

102nd FW F-15A159th FW F-15A131st FW F-15C115th FW F-16C183rd FW F-16C187th FW F-16C

442nd FW A/OA-10926th FW A/OA-10

AEF 5/AEF 6

Unit Aircraft

74th FS A/OA-1023rd BS B-5244th FS F-15C390th FS F-15C/D391st FS F-15E510th FS F-16CG13th FS F-16CJ55th FS F-16CJ27th FS F/A-22

103rd FW A/OA-10111th FW A/OA-10175th FW A/OA-10119th FW F-16A147th FW F-16C148th FW F-16C188th FW F-16C132nd FW F-16CG138th FW F-16CG180th FW F-16CG

AEF 7/AEF 8

Unit Aircraft

354th FS A/OA-1034th BS B-1B27th FS F-15C67th FS F-15C492nd FS F-15E555th FS F-16CG14th FS F-16CJ522nd FS F-16CJ

104th FW A/OA-10110th FW A/OA-10124th FW A/OA-10127th FW F-16C181st FW F-16C

301st FW F-16C419th FW F-16C482nd FW F-16C

AEF 9/AEF 10

Unit Aircraft

355th FS A/OA-1037th BS B-1B60th FS F-15C71st FS F-15C336th FS F-15E4th FS F-16CG18th FS F-16CG23rd FS F-16CJ389th FS F-16CJ

125th FW F-15A142nd FW F-15A154th FW F-15A120th FW F-16C122nd FW F-16C140th FW F-16C150th FW F-16C158th FW F-16C177th FW F-16C

AcronymsAACS Airborne Air Control SquadronACS Air Control SquadronAG Airlift GroupAMW Air Mobility WingARG Airlift Refueling GroupARW Air Refueling WingAS Airlift SquadronAW Airlift WingBS Bomb SquadronBW Bomb WingECS Electronic Combat SquadronECS Expeditionary Combat SupportFS Fighter SquadronFW Fighter WingLD/HD Low Density, High DemandRS Reconnaissance SquadronRQS Rescue Squadron At a base in Southwest Asia, airmen prepare to launch an F-15C fighter.

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Cycle 1 Oct. 1, 1999-Nov. 31, 2000

Cycle 2 Dec. 1, 2000-Feb. 28, 2002

Cycle 3 March 1, 2003-May 31, 2003

Cycle 4 June 1, 2003-Aug. 31, 2004

The Air and Space Expeditionary ForceAEF


Active

ANG

AFRC

May 1, 2005-Aug. 31, 2005 Sept. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005 Jan. 1, 2006-April 30, 2006Sept. 1, 2004-Dec. 31, 2004 Jan. 1, 2005-April 30, 2005

AEF Rotational Mobility Air Forces

AEF 1/AEF 2

Unit Aircraft

43rd AW C-13086th AW C-130317th AG C-130463rd AG C-130517th AS C-130305th AMW KC-106th AMW KC-135R19th ARG KC-135R22nd ARW KC-135R92nd ARW KC-135R319th ARW KC-135R

127th Wing C-130130th AW C-130136th AW C-130137th AW C-130139th AW C-130143rd AW C-130145th AW C-130152nd AW C-130153rd AW C-130165th AW C-130166th AW C-130175th AW C-130179th AW C-130182nd AW C-130

440th AW C-130908th AW C-130910th AW C-130911th AW C-130914th AW C-130934th AW C-130

AEF 3/AEF 4

Unit Aircraft




AEF 5/AEF 6

Unit Aircraft




AEF 7/AEF 8

Unit Aircraft


127th Wing C-130130th AW C-130136th AW C-130137th AW C-130139th AW C-130143rd AW C-130145th AW C-130152nd AW C-130153rd AW C-130165th AW C-130166th AW C-130179th AW C-130182nd AW C-130

302nd AW C-130913th AW C-130914th AW C-130

AEF 9/AEF 10

Unit Aircraft


127th Wing C-130130th AW C-130136th AW C-130137th AW C-130139th AW C-130143rd AW C-130145th AW C-130152nd AW C-130153rd AW C-130165th AW C-130166th AW C-130179th AW C-130182nd AW C-130

302nd AW C-130913th AW C-130914th AW C-130

Active

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AFRC

May 1, 2005-Aug. 31, 2005 Sept. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005 Jan. 1, 2006-April 30, 2006Sept. 1, 2004-Dec. 31, 2004 Jan. 1, 2005-April 30, 2005

AEF Rotational Low-Density, High-Demand Forces

AEF 1/AEF 2

Unit Aircraft

960th AACS E-3965th AACS E-312th AACS E-816th AACS E-841st ECS EC-130H43rd ECS EC-130H41st RQS HH-6066th RQS HH-6071st RQS HC-13038th RS RC-13515th RS RQ-199th RS U-2728th ACS

AEF 3/AEF 4

Unit Aircraft

962nd AACS E-3963rd AACS E-312th AACS E-816th AACS E-841st ECS EC-130H43rd ECS EC-130H41st RQS HH-6066th RQS HH-6071st RQS HC-13038th RS RC-13515th RS RQ-199th RS U-2726th ACS

AEF 5/AEF 6

Unit Aircraft

964th AACS E-3965th AACS E-312th AACS E-816th AACS E-841st ECS EC-130H43rd ECS EC-130H41st RQS HH-6071st RQS HC-13038th RS RC-13515th RS RQ-199th RS U-2603rd ACS

109th ACS

301st RQS HH-60305th RQS HH-6039th RQS HC-130

AEF 7/AEF 8

Unit Aircraft

960th AACS E-3961st AACS E-312th AACS E-816th AACS E-841st ECS EC-130H43rd ECS EC-130H41st RQS HH-6071st RQS HC-13038th RS RC-13515th RS RQ-199th RS U-2729th ACS

102nd RQS HH-60129th RQS HH-60102nd RQS HC-130129th RQS HC-130

970th AACS E-3

AEF 9/AEF 10

Unit Aircraft

963rd AACS E-3964th AACS E-312th AACS E-816th AACS E-841st ECS EC-130H43rd ECS EC-130H41st RQS HH-6066th RQS HH-6071st RQS HC-13038th RS RC-13515th RS RQ-199th RS U-2606th ACS

123rd ACS


Active

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AFRC

AEF Rotation Cycle, Expeditionary Combat Support Forces

Note: USAF draws expeditionary combat support (ECS) personnel from the facilities listed here. ECS forces include communicators, contracting personnel, engineers,logisticians, medics, security forces, services, and others needed to establish air expeditionary force locations anywhere in the world.

May 1, 2005-Aug. 31, 2005AEF 5/AEF 6

Base

Sept. 1, 2005-Dec. 31, 2005AEF 7/AEF 8

Base

Jan. 1, 2006-April 30, 2006AEF 9/AEF 10

Base

Sept. 1, 2004-Dec. 31, 2004AEF 1/AEF 2

Base

Jan. 1, 2005-April 30, 2005AEF 3/AEF 4

Base

Andersen AFB, GuamAltus AFB, Okla.Charleston AFB, S.C.Columbus AFB, Miss.Dover AFB, Del.Dyess AFB, Tex.Eglin AFB, Fla.Elmendorf AFB, AlaskaHanscom AFB, Mass.Keesler AFB, Miss.Laughlin AFB, Tex.Luke AFB, Ariz.MacDill AFB, Fla.Maxwell AFB, Ala.McGuire AFB, N.J.Moody AFB, Ga.Patrick AFB, Fla.Peterson AFB, Colo.Pope AFB, N.C.Ramstein AB, GermanyRobins AFB, Ga.Scott AFB, Ill.Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.Shaw AFB, S.C.Sheppard AFB, Tex.Spangdahlem AB, GermanyTinker AFB, Okla.

Allen C. Thompson Field,Miss.

Birmingham Arpt., Ala.Capital Arpt., Ill.Charlotte/Douglas Arpt., N.C.Dannelly Field, Ala.General Mitchell Arpt./ARS Wis.Lambert-St. Louis Arpt., Mo.Louisville Arpt./AGS, Ky.Mansfield Lahm Arpt., OhioMemphis Arpt., Tenn.Minneapolis-St. Paul Arpt./

ARS, Minn.NAS JRB New Orleans, La.

Charleston AFB, S.C.Dover AFB, Del.Eglin AFB, Fla.Lackland AFB, Tex.NAS JRB New Orleans, La.Scott AFB, Ill.Westover ARB, Mass.Whiteman AFB, Mo.

Andrews AFB, Md.Arnold AFB, Tenn.Barksdale AFB, La.Beale AFB, Calif.Brooks City-Base, Tex.Buckley AFB, Colo.Cannon AFB, N.M.Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.Edwards AFB, Calif.Eielson AFB, AlaskaEllsworth AFB, S.D.Fairchild AFB, Wash.F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.Goodfellow AFB, Tex.Grand Forks AFB, N.D.Hill AFB, UtahHolloman AFB, N.M.Hurlburt Field, Fla.Lajes Field, Azores, PortugalLos Angeles AFB, Calif.McChord AFB, Wash.Misawa AB, JapanNAS Keflavik, IcelandNellis AFB, Nev.Offutt AFB, Neb.RAF Lakenheath, UKRandolph AFB, Tex.Schriever AFB, Colo.Travis AFB, Calif.Tyndall AFB, Fla.Vandenberg AFB, Calif.Whiteman AFB, Mo.Yokota AB, Japan

Andrews AFB, Md.Channel Islands ANGS,

Calif.Fresno Yosemite Arpt., Calif.Hancock Field, N.Y.Klamath Falls Arpt./ Kingsley Field, Ore.Little Rock AFB, Ark.McEntire ANGS, S.C.McGuire AFB, N.J.NAS JRB Fort Worth, Tex.Quonset State Arpt., R.I.Richmond Arpt., Va.Salt Lake City Arpt., UtahSchenectady County Arpt.,

N.Y.Scott AFB, Ill.Springfield-Beckley Arpt.,

OhioTuscon Arpt., Ariz.Will Rogers World Arpt.,

Okla.

Barksdale AFB, La.March ARB, Calif.Maxwell AFB, Ala.McConnell AFB, Kan.Pittsburgh Arpt./ARS, Pa.Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.Tinker AFB, Okla.

Aviano AB, ItalyBolling AFB, D.C.Charleston AFB, S.C.Dover AFB, Del.Hanscom AFB, Mass.Hickam AFB, HawaiiIncirlik AB, TurkeyKadena AB, JapanKeesler AFB, Miss.Kirtland AFB, N.M.Lackland AFB, Tex.Langley AFB, Va.Laughlin AFB, Tex.Little Rock AFB, Ark.Luke AFB, Ariz.MacDill AFB, Fla.Malmstrom AFB, Mont.Maxwell AFB, Ala.McConnell AFB, Kan.McGuire AFB, N.J.Minot AFB, N.D.Mountain Home AFB, IdahoRAF Mildenhall, UKRobins AFB, Ga.Scott AFB, Ill.Shaw AFB, S.C.USAF Academy, Colo.Vance AFB, Okla.Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Bangor Arpt., MaineBradley Arpt., Conn.Des Moines Arpt., IowaDuluth Arpt., Minn.Ellington Field, Tex.Forbes Field, Kan.Hector Arpt., N.D.Fort Smith Arpt., Ark.Greater Peoria Arpt., Ill.Martin State Arpt., Md.McConnell AFB, Kan.McGhee Tyson ANGB,

Tenn.Moffett Federal Airfield,Calif.NAS JRB Willow Grove, Pa.New Castle County Arpt.,

Del.Pittsburgh Arpt./ARS, Pa.Reno/Tahoe Arpt., Nev.Robins AFB, Ga.Savannah Arpt., Ga.Sky Harbor Arpt., Ariz.Stewart ANGB, N.Y.Toledo Express Arpt., OhioTulsa Arpt., Okla.

Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.Dobbins ARB, Ga.Minneapolis-St. Paul Arpt./

ARS, Minn.Niagara Falls Arpt./ARS,

N.Y.Peterson AFB, Colo.Portland Arpt., Ore.Patrick AFB, Fla.Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Altus AFB, Okla.Andersen AFB, GuamArnold AFB, Tenn.Buckley AFB, Colo.Cannon AFB, N.M.Columbus AFB, Miss.Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.Dyess AFB, Tex.Edwards AFB, Calif.Eglin AFB, Fla.Elmendorf AFB, AlaskaEllsworth AFB, S.C.Grand Forks AFB, N.D.Hill AFB, UtahHurlburt Field, Fla.Lajes Field, Azores,

PortugalLos Angeles AFB, Calif.McChord AFB, Wash.Misawa AB, JapanMoody AFB, Ga.NAS Keflavik, IcelandOffutt AFB, Neb.Patrick AFB, Fla.Peterson AFB, Colo.Pope AFB, N.C.RAF Lakenheath, UKRamstein AB, GermanySeymour Johnson AFB, N.C.Sheppard AFB, Tex.Spangdahlem AB, GermanyTinker AFB, Okla.Travis AFB, Calif.Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

Barnes Arpt., MassBoise Air Terminal, IdahoCheyenne Arpt., Wyo.Eastern West Virginia Arpt.,

W.Va.Eielson AFB, AlaskaFairchild AFB, Wash.Francis S. Gabreski Arpt.,

N.Y.Hulman Arpt., Ind.Joe Foss Field, S.D.Kelly City-Base, Tex.Luis Munoz Marin Arpt.,

Puerto RicoPease Intl. Tradeport

ANGS, N.H.Selfridge ANGB, Mich.Sioux Gateway Arpt., IowaW.K. Kellogg Arpt., Mich.

Beale AFB, Calif.Grisson ARB, Ind.Hill AFB, UtahHomestead ARB, Fla.Keesler AFB, Miss.Luke AFB, Ariz.NAS JRB Fort Worth, Tex.Selfridge ANGB, Mich.Youngstown-Warren Arpt./

ARS, Ohio

Andrews AFB, Md.Aviano AB, ItalyBarksdale AFB, La.Beale AFB, Calif.Bolling AFB, D.C.Brooks City-Base, Tex.Eielson AFB, AlaskaFairchild AFB, Wash.F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.Goodfellow AFB, Tex.Hickam AFB, HawaiiHolloman AFB, N.M.Incirlik AB, TurkeyKadena AB, JapanKirtland AFB, N.M.Lackland AFB, Tex.Langley AFB, Va.Little Rock AFB, Ark.Malmstrom AFB, Mont.McConnell AFB, Kan.Minot AFB, N.D.Mountain Home AFB, IdahoNellis AFB, Nev.RAF Mildenhall, UKRandolph AFB, Tex.Schriever AFB, Colo.Tyndall AFB, Fla.USAF Academy, Colo.Vance AFB, Okla.Whiteman AFB, Mo.Wright-Patterson AFB, OhioYokota AB, Japan

Atlantic City Arpt., N.J.Buckley AFB, Colo.Burlington Arpt., Vt.Fort Wayne Arpt., Ind.General Mitchell Arpt./ARS,

Wis.Great Falls Arpt., Mont.Harrisburg Arpt., Pa.Hickam AFB, HawaiiJacksonville Arpt., Fla.Key Field, Miss.Kirtland AFB, N.M.Kulis ANGB, AlaskaLincoln Arpt., Neb.March ARB, Calif.Nashville Arpt., Tenn.Niagara Falls Arpt./ARS,

N.Y.Rickenbacker ANGB, OhioRosecrans Memorial Arpt.,

Mo.Yeager Arpt., W.Va.

Andrews AFB, Md.General Mitchell Arpt./ARS,

Wis.McChord AFB, Wash.McGuire AFB, N.J.NAS JRB Willow Grove, Pa.Travis AFB, Calif.


The title General of the Army for Henry H. Arnold was changed to General of the Air Force by an act of Congress May 7, 1949. The position of Chief of Staff wasestablished by a DOD-approved Army-Air Force Transfer Order issued Sept. 28, 1947.aThe Army Air Corps became a subordinate element of the Army Air Forces June 20, 1941. Since the Army Air Corps had been established by statute in 1926, itsdisestablishment required an Act of Congress, which did not take place until 1947. Between March 9, 1942, and Sept. 18, 1947, the Army Air Corps continued toexist as a combatant arm, and personnel of the Army Air Forces were still assigned to the Army Air Corps.

The Nation’s Air Arm and Its Early Leaders

Designation

Aeronautical Division, US Signal CorpsAug. 1, 1907-July 18, 1914

Aviation Section, US Signal CorpsJuly 18, 1914-May 20, 1918

Division of Military Aeronautics,Secretary of WarMay 20, 1918-May 24, 1918

Army Air ServiceMay 24, 1918-July 2, 1926

Army Air CorpsJuly 2, 1926-Sept. 18, 1947a

Army Air ForcesJune 20, 1941-Sept. 18, 1947

United States Air ForceSept. 18, 1947

Commander (at highest rank)

Chief, Aeronautical DivisionCapt. Charles deForest ChandlerCapt. Arthur S. CowanCapt. Charles deForest ChandlerMaj. Samuel Reber

Chief, Aviation SectionLt. Col. Samuel ReberLt. Col. George O. SquierLt. Col. John B. Bennet

Director of Military AeronauticsMaj. Gen. William L. Kenly(Kept same title three months intoabsorption by Air Service)

Director of Air ServiceJohn D. RyanMaj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher

Chief of Air ServiceMaj. Gen. Charles T. MenoherMaj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick

Chief of Air CorpsMaj. Gen. Mason M. PatrickMaj. Gen. James E. FechetMaj. Gen. Benjamin D. FouloisMaj. Gen. Oscar WestoverMaj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold

Chief, Army Air ForcesLt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold

Commanding General, AAFGen. of the Army Henry H. ArnoldGen. Carl A. Spaatz

Chief of Staff, USAFGen. Carl A. Spaatz

Dates of Service

Aug. 1, 1907-June 30, 1910July 1, 1910-June 19, 1911June 20, 1911-Sept. 9, 1913Sept. 10, 1913-July 17, 1914

July 18, 1914-May 5, 1916May 20, 1916-Feb. 19, 1917Feb. 19, 1917-May 20, 1918

May 20, 1918-August 1918

Aug. 28, 1918-Nov. 27, 1918Jan. 2, 1919-June 4, 1920

June 4, 1920-Oct. 4, 1921Oct. 5, 1921-July 2, 1926

July 2, 1926-Dec. 13, 1927Dec. 14, 1927-Dec. 19, 1931Dec. 20, 1931-Dec. 21, 1935Dec. 22, 1935-Sept. 21, 1938Sept. 29, 1938-June 20, 1941

June 20, 1941-March 9, 1942

March 9, 1942-Feb. 9, 1946Feb. 9, 1946-Sept. 26, 1947

Sept. 26, 1947-April 29, 1948


USAFLeaders Through the Years

USAF Chiefs of Staff

Gen. Carl A. SpaatzGen. Hoyt S. VandenbergGen. Nathan F. TwiningGen. Thomas D. WhiteGen. Curtis E. LeMayGen. John P. McConnellGen. John D. RyanGen. George S. BrownGen. David C. JonesGen. Lew Allen Jr.Gen. Charles A. GabrielGen. Larry D. WelchGen. Michael J. DuganGen. John Michael Loh (acting)Gen. Merrill A. McPeakGen. Ronald R. FoglemanGen. Ralph E. Eberhart (acting)Gen. Michael E. RyanGen. John P. Jumper

Sept. 26, 1947April 30, 1948June 30, 1953

July 1, 1957June 30, 1961

Feb. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1969Aug. 1, 1973July 1, 1974July 1, 1978July 1, 1982July 1, 1986July 1, 1990

Sept. 18, 1990Oct. 30, 1990Oct. 26, 1994Sept. 2, 1997Oct. 6, 1997

Sept. 6, 2001

April 29, 1948June 29, 1953June 30, 1957June 30, 1961Jan. 31, 1965July 31, 1969July 31, 1973

June 30, 1974June 20, 1978June 30, 1982June 30, 1986June 30, 1990Sept. 17, 1990Oct. 29, 1990Oct. 25, 1994Sept. 1, 1997Oct. 5, 1997

Sept. 6, 2001

Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force

CMSAF Paul W. AireyCMSAF Donald L. HarlowCMSAF Richard D. KislingCMSAF Thomas N. BarnesCMSAF Robert D. GaylorCMSAF James M. McCoyCMSAF Arthur L. AndrewsCMSAF Sam E. ParishCMSAF James C. BinnickerCMSAF Gary R. PfingstonCMSAF David J. CampanaleCMSAF Eric W. BenkenCMSAF Frederick J. FinchCMSAF Gerald R. Murray

April 3, 1967Aug. 1, 1969Oct. 1, 1971Oct. 1, 1973Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1979Aug. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1983July 1, 1986Aug. 1, 1990

Oct. 26, 1994Nov. 5, 1996

July 30, 1999July 1, 2002

July 31, 1969Sept. 30, 1971Sept. 30, 1973

July 31, 1977July 31, 1979July 31, 1981July 31, 1983

June 30, 1986July 31, 1990Oct. 25, 1994Nov. 4, 1996

July 30, 1999July 1, 2002

Air Combat Command

June 1, 1992June 23, 1995Feb. 28, 1996

April 5, 1996June 11, 1999

Feb. 8, 2000Sept. 6, 2001

Nov. 14, 2001Nov. 17, 2004

Feb. 6, 2005

Gen. John Michael LohGen. Joseph W. RalstonLt. Gen. Brett M. Dula (acting)Gen. Richard E. HawleyGen. Ralph E. EberhartGen. John P. JumperLt. Gen. Donald G. Cook (acting)Gen. Hal M. HornburgLt. Gen. Bruce A. Wright (acting)Lt. Gen. William M. Fraser III (acting)

June 22, 1995Feb. 27, 1996

April 4, 1996June 11, 1999

Feb. 8, 2000Sept. 6, 2001Nov. 14, 2001Nov. 17, 2004

Feb. 6, 2005

USAF Vice Chiefs of Staff

April 28, 1948March 17, 1950

Oct. 9, 1950June 29, 1953June 30, 1957June 30, 1961June 30, 1962July 31, 1964Jan. 31, 1965May 31, 1966July 31, 1966July 31, 1968July 31, 1969

April 30, 1972Oct. 31, 1973Aug. 18, 1975

March 31, 1978June 30, 1978Feb. 29, 1980May 31, 1982

Oct. 5, 1983July 31, 1984July 31, 1985Jan. 31, 1987May 24, 1990

March 25, 1991July 28, 1994July 11, 1997May 26, 1999April 17, 2000

Nov. 5, 2001Aug. 11, 2003

Oct. 10, 1947May 27, 1948May 22, 1950Oct. 10, 1950

June 30, 1953July 1, 1957July 1, 1961July 1, 1962

Aug. 1, 1964Feb. 19, 1965June 13, 1966

Aug. 1, 1966Aug. 1, 1968Aug. 1, 1969May 1, 1972Nov. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975April 1, 1978July 1, 1978

March 1, 1980June 1, 1982Oct. 6, 1983Aug. 1, 1984Aug. 1, 1985Feb. 1, 1987

May 25, 1990May 16, 1991July 29, 1994July 11, 1997May 27, 1999April 17, 2000

Nov. 5, 2001Aug. 12, 2003

Gen. Hoyt S. VandenbergGen. Muir S. FairchildLt. Gen. Lauris Norstad (acting)Gen. Nathan F. TwiningGen. Thomas D. WhiteGen. Curtis E. LeMayGen. Frederic H. Smith Jr.Gen. Willliam F. McKeeGen. John P. McConnellGen. William H. BlanchardLt. Gen. Hewitt T. Wheless (acting)Gen. Bruce K. HollowayGen. John D. RyanGen. John C. MeyerGen. Horace M. WadeGen. Richard H. EllisGen. William V. McBrideGen. Lew Allen Jr.Gen. James A. HillGen. Robert C. MathisGen. Jerome F. O’MalleyGen. Lawrence A. SkantzeGen. Larry D. WelchGen. John L. PiotrowskiGen. Monroe W. Hatch Jr.Gen. John Michael LohGen. Michael P.C. CarnsGen. Thomas S. Moorman Jr.Gen. Ralph E. EberhartGen. Lester L. LylesGen. John W. HandyGen. Robert H. FoglesongGen. T. Michael Moseley

Secretaries of the Air Force

Stuart SymingtonThomas K. FinletterHarold E. TalbottDonald A. QuarlesJames H. Douglas Jr.Dudley C. SharpEugene M. ZuckertHarold BrownRobert C. Seamans Jr.John L. McLucas (acting)John L. McLucasJames W. Plummer (acting)Thomas C. ReedJohn C. StetsonHans Mark (acting)Hans MarkVerne OrrRussell A. RourkeEdward C. Aldridge Jr. (acting)Edward C. Aldridge Jr.James F. McGovern (acting)John J. Welch Jr. (acting)Donald B. RiceMichael B. Donley (acting)Gen. Merrill A. McPeak (acting)Sheila E. WidnallF. Whitten Peters (acting)F. Whitten PetersLawrence J. Delaney (acting)James G. RochePeter B. Teets (acting)Michael L. Dominguez (acting)

Sept. 18, 1947April 24, 1950

Feb. 4, 1953Aug. 15, 1955

May 1, 1957Dec. 11, 1959Jan. 24, 1961

Oct. 1, 1965Feb. 15, 1969May 15, 1973July 18, 1973Nov. 24, 1975

Jan. 2, 1976April 6, 1977

May 18, 1979July 26, 1979Feb. 9, 1981Dec. 9, 1985April 8, 1986June 9, 1986

Dec. 16, 1988April 29, 1989May 22, 1989Jan. 20, 1993July 14, 1993Aug. 6, 1993Nov. 1, 1997

July 30, 1999Jan. 20, 2001June 1, 2001

Jan. 20, 2005March 25, 2005

April 24, 1950Jan. 20, 1953Aug. 13, 1955April 30, 1957Dec. 10, 1959Jan. 20, 1961

Sept. 30, 1965Feb. 15, 1969May 14, 1973July 18, 1973

Nov. 23, 1975Jan. 1, 1976April 6, 1977

May 18, 1979July 26, 1979Feb. 9, 1981

Nov. 30, 1985April 7, 1986June 8, 1986

Dec. 16, 1988April 29, 1989May 21, 1989Jan. 20, 1993July 13, 1993Aug. 5, 1993

Oct. 31, 1997July 30, 1999Jan. 20, 2001June 1, 2001

Jan. 20, 2005March 25, 2005


Established March 21, 1946. Reassigned to Continental Air Command(1948). Discontinued July 1, 1950. Re-established as a major commandand organized Jan. 1, 1951. Redesignated Aerospace Defense CommandJan. 15, 1968. Inactivated March 31, 1980.

Air (Aerospace) Defense Command

Lt. Gen. George E. StratemeyerMaj. Gen. Gordon P. SavilleLt. Gen. Ennis C. WhiteheadGen. Benjamin W. ChidlawMaj. Gen. Frederic H. Smith Jr. (acting)Gen. Earle E. PartridgeLt. Gen. Joseph H. AtkinsonLt. Gen. Robert M. LeeMaj. Gen. Robert H. Terrill (acting)Lt. Gen. Herbert B. ThatcherLt. Gen. Arthur C. Agan Jr.Lt. Gen. Thomas K. McGeheeGen. Seth J. McKeeGen. Lucius D. Clay Jr.Gen. Daniel James Jr.Gen. James E. HillGen. James V. Hartinger

Nov. 30, 1948Sept. 1, 1949

Aug. 24, 1951May 31, 1955July 19, 1955

Sept. 16, 1956Feb. 28, 1961

July 5, 1963July 31, 1963July 31, 1967Feb. 28, 1970June 30, 1973Sept. 30, 1973Aug. 31, 1975Dec. 6, 1977

Dec. 31, 1979March 31, 1980

March 27, 1946Dec. 1, 1948Jan. 1, 1951

Aug. 25, 1951June 1, 1955July 20, 1955

Sept. 17, 1956March 1, 1961

July 6, 1963Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1967

March 1, 1970July 1, 1973Oct. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975Dec. 6, 1977Jan. 1, 1980

Air Force Communications Command

Formerly Air Force Communications Service. Redesignated Air Force Com-munications Command Nov. 15, 1979. Redesignated Air Force Command,Control, Communications, and Computer Agency, an FOA, July 1, 1991.

Feb. 15, 1962June 30, 1965Oct. 18, 1965

July 2, 1967Aug. 1, 1969

Oct. 31, 1973Aug. 24, 1975Oct. 31, 1977

June 21, 1979July 27, 1981June 1, 1984

Aug. 28, 1986March 29, 1988

May 16, 1989Nov. 9, 1990July 1, 1991

July 1, 1961Feb. 16, 1962

July 1, 1965Oct. 19, 1965July 15, 1967Aug. 1, 1969Nov. 1, 1973

Aug. 25, 1975Nov. 1, 1977

June 22, 1979July 27, 1981June 1, 1984

Aug. 28, 1986March 29, 1988

May 16, 1989Nov. 9, 1990

Maj. Gen. Harold W. GrantMaj. Gen. Kenneth P. BergquistMaj. Gen. J. Francis Taylor (acting)Maj. Gen. Richard P. KlockoMaj. Gen. Robert W. PaulsonMaj. Gen. Paul R. StoneyMaj. Gen. Donald L. WerbeckMaj. Gen. Rupert H. BurrisMaj. Gen. Robert E. SadlerMaj. Gen. Robert T. HerresMaj. Gen. Robert F. McCarthyMaj. Gen. Gerald L. PratherMaj. Gen. John T. StihlMaj. Gen. James S. Cassity Jr.Maj. Gen. Robert H. LudwigMaj. Gen. John S. Fairfield

See Electronic Security Command.

Air Force Intelligence Command

June 1, 1993Oct. 1, 1993

Maj. Gen. Gary W. O’ShaughnessyMaj. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan

Oct. 1, 1991June 2, 1993

Organized as AAF Materiel and Services July 17, 1944. Redesignated AAFTechnical Service Command Aug. 31, 1944. Redesignated Air TechnicalService Command July 1, 1945. Redesignated Air Materiel CommandMarch 9, 1946. Redesignated Air Force Logistics Command April 1, 1961.Inactivated July 1, 1992.

Air Force Logistics Command

Lt. Gen. Nathan F. TwiningGen. Joseph T. McNarneyLt. Gen. Benjamin W. ChidlawGen. Edwin W. RawlingsLt. Gen. William F. McKee (acting)Gen. Samuel E. AndersonGen. William F. McKeeGen. Mark E. Bradley Jr.Gen. Kenneth B. HobsonGen. Thomas P. GerrityLt. Gen. Lewis L. Mundell (acting)Gen. Jack G. MerrellGen. Jack J. CattonGen. William V. McBrideGen. F. Michael RogersGen. Bryce Poe IIGen. James P. MullinsGen. Earl T. O’LoughlinGen. Alfred G. HansenGen. Charles C. McDonald

Oct. 13, 1947Aug. 31, 1949Aug. 20, 1951Feb. 28, 1959

March 14, 1959July 31, 1961

June 30, 1962July 31, 1965July 31, 1967Feb. 24, 1968

March 28, 1968Sept. 11, 1972Aug. 31, 1974Aug. 31, 1975Jan. 31, 1978July 31, 1981Nov. 1, 1984

July 31, 1987Oct. 31, 1989

July 1, 1992

March 9, 1946Oct. 14, 1947Sept. 1, 1949

Aug. 21, 1951March 1, 1959

March 15, 1959Aug. 1, 1961July 1, 1962

Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1967

Feb. 24, 1968March 29, 1968Sept. 12, 1972

Sept. 1, 1974Sept. 1, 1975Feb. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1981Nov. 1, 1984

July 31, 1987Oct. 31, 1989

Air Force Materiel Command

Gen. Ronald W. YatesGen. Henry Viccellio Jr.Lt. Gen. Kenneth E. Eickmann (acting)Gen. George T. Babbitt Jr.Gen. Lester L. LylesGen. Gregory S. Martin

June 30, 1995May 9, 1997

May 29, 1997April 20, 2000Aug. 22, 2003

July 1, 1992June 30, 1995

May 9, 1997May 29, 1997April 20, 2000Aug. 22, 2003

Established as Army Air Corps Flying Training Command Jan. 23, 1942.Redesignated AAF Flying Training Command March 1942, then AAFTraining Command July 31, 1943. Redesignated ATC July 1, 1946.Redesignated AETC July 1, 1993.

Air Education and Training Command

Lt. Gen. John K. CannonLt. Gen. Robert W. HarperMaj. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus (acting)Lt. Gen. Charles T. MyersLt. Gen. Frederic H. Smith Jr.Lt. Gen. James E. BriggsLt. Gen. Robert W. BurnsLt. Gen. William W. MomyerLt. Gen. Sam Maddux Jr.Lt. Gen. George B. SimlerLt. Gen. William V. McBrideLt. Gen. George H. McKeeGen. John W. RobertsGen. Bennie L. DavisGen. Thomas M. Ryan Jr.Gen. Andrew P. IosueLt. Gen. John A. ShaudLt. Gen. Robert C. OaksLt. Gen. Joseph W. AshyGen. Henry Viccellio Jr.Gen. Billy J. BolesGen. Lloyd W. NewtonGen. Hal M. HornburgLt. Gen. John D. Hopper Jr. (acting)Gen. Donald G. Cook

Oct. 13, 1948June 30, 1954July 25, 1954July 31, 1958July 31, 1959July 31, 1963Aug. 10, 1964June 30, 1966Aug. 30, 1970Sept. 9, 1972Aug. 31, 1974Aug. 28, 1975

April 1, 1979July 28, 1981

June 22, 1983Aug. 27, 1986June 5, 1988

June 24, 1990Dec. 9, 1992

June 19, 1995March 17, 1997

June 22, 2000Nov. 14, 2001Dec. 17, 2001

April 13, 1946Oct. 14, 1948

July 1, 1954July 26, 1954Aug. 1, 1958Aug. 1, 1959Aug. 1, 1963

Aug. 11, 1964July 1, 1966

Sept. 1, 1970Sept. 9, 1972Sept. 1, 1974Aug. 29, 1975

April 1, 1979July 29, 1981

June 23, 1983Aug. 28, 1986June 6, 1988

June 25, 1990Dec. 10, 1992June 20, 1995

March 17, 1997June 22, 2000Nov. 14, 2001Dec. 17, 2001


Sept. 1, 1982July 30, 1984Oct. 1, 1986

Oct. 29, 1987March 29, 1990March 23, 1992

June 30, 1992Sept. 13, 1994Aug. 26, 1996Aug. 14, 1998Feb. 22, 2000April 19, 2002

Gen. James V. HartingerGen. Robert T. HerresMaj. Gen. Maurice C. PaddenLt. Gen. Donald J. KutynaLt. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Jr.Gen. Donald J. KutynaGen. Charles A. HornerGen. Joseph W. AshyGen. Howell M. Estes IIIGen. Richard B. MyersGen. Ralph E. EberhartGen. Lance W. Lord

July 30, 1984Oct. 1, 1986

Oct. 29, 1987March 29, 1990March 23, 1992

June 30, 1992Sept. 13, 1994Aug. 26, 1996Aug. 14, 1998Feb. 22, 2000April 19, 2002

Air Force Space Command

Air Force Special Operations Command

Maj. Gen. Thomas E. EggersMaj. Gen. Bruce L. FisterMaj. Gen. James L. Hobson Jr.Maj. Gen. Charles R. HollandLt. Gen. Maxwell C. BaileyLt. Gen. Paul V. HesterLt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley

May 22, 1990June 30, 1991July 22, 1994

July 9, 1997Aug. 5, 1999

Jan. 16, 2002July 1, 2004

June 30, 1991July 22, 1994

July 9, 1997Aug. 5, 1999

Jan. 16, 2002July 1, 2004

Air Force Systems Command

Formerly Air Research and Development Command. Redesignated Air ForceSystems Command April 1, 1961. Inactivated July 1, 1992.

Maj. Gen. David M. SchlatterLt. Gen. Earle E. PartridgeLt. Gen. Donald L. PuttLt. Gen. Thomas S. PowerMaj. Gen. John W. Sessums (acting)Lt. Gen. Samuel E. AndersonMaj. Gen. John W. Sessums (acting)Gen. Bernard A. SchrieverGen. James FergusonGen. George S. BrownGen. Samuel C. PhillipsGen. William J. EvansGen. Lew Allen Jr.Gen. Alton D. SlayGen. Robert T. MarshGen. Lawrence A. SkantzeGen. Bernard P. RandolphGen. Ronald W. Yates

Feb. 1, 1950June 24, 1951June 30, 1953April 15, 1954

July 1, 1957Aug. 1, 1957

March 10, 1959April 25, 1959Sept. 1, 1966Sept. 1, 1970Aug. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975Aug. 1, 1977

March 14, 1978Feb. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1984

July 17, 1987April 1, 1990

June 24, 1951June 20, 1953April 14, 1954June 30, 1957July 31, 1957

March 9, 1959April 24, 1959Aug. 31, 1966Aug. 30, 1970July 31, 1973

Aug. 31, 1975July 31, 1977

March 13, 1978Feb. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1984

July 17, 1987April 1, 1990July 1, 1992

Air Force Reserve Command

Jan. 26, 1972March 15, 1972

April 8, 1975April 16, 1979Oct. 31, 1982Oct. 31, 1986Oct. 31, 1990Oct. 31, 1994June 9, 1998

Sept. 25, 1998June 1, 2004

June 24, 2004

Aug. 1, 1968Jan. 27, 1972

March 16, 1972April 16, 1975April 17, 1979

Nov. 1, 1982Nov. 1, 1986Nov. 1, 1990Nov. 1, 1994June 9, 1998

Sept. 25, 1998June 1, 2004

June 24, 2004

Maj. Gen. Rollin B. Moore Jr.Brig. Gen. Alfred Verhulst (acting)Maj. Gen. Homer I. LewisMaj. Gen. William LyonMaj. Gen. Richard BodycombeMaj. Gen. Sloan R. GillMaj. Gen. Roger P. ScheerMaj. Gen. John J. Closner IIIMaj. Gen. Robert A. McIntoshMaj. Gen. David R. Smith (acting)Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard IIIMaj. Gen. J.J. Batbie Jr. (acting)Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley

Formerly Air Force Reserve, AFRC became a major command Feb. 17, 1997.

Air University

May 17, 1948Oct. 15, 1948July 27, 1951Feb. 28, 1953April 14, 1953May 31, 1955

June 30, 1958July 31, 1961Dec. 31, 1963July 31, 1965July 31, 1968July 31, 1970Oct. 31, 1973Aug. 31, 1975

July 1, 1979July 24, 1981Aug. 1, 1984Nov. 6, 1986

July 12, 1988Oct. 6, 1989Jan. 4, 1990

Oct. 26, 1992June 30, 1993

March 15, 1946May 17, 1948Oct. 16, 1948July 28, 1951

March 1, 1953April 15, 1953June 1, 1955July 15, 1958Aug. 1, 1961Jan. 1, 1964Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1968Aug. 1, 1970Nov. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975July 1, 1979

July 24, 1981Aug. 1, 1984Nov. 6, 1986

July 12, 1988Oct. 6, 1989Jan. 4, 1990

Oct. 27, 1992

Maj. Gen. Muir S. FairchildMaj. Gen. Robert W. HarperGen. George C. KenneyLt. Gen. Idwal H. EdwardsMaj. Gen. John DeF. Barker (acting)Lt. Gen. Laurence S. KuterLt. Gen. Dean C. StrotherLt. Gen. Walter E. ToddLt. Gen. Troup Miller Jr.Lt. Gen. Ralph P. Swofford Jr.Lt. Gen. John W. Carpenter IIILt. Gen. Albert P. ClarkLt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem IILt. Gen. F. Michael RogersLt. Gen. Raymond B. FurlongLt. Gen. Stanley M. UmsteadLt. Gen. Charles G. ClevelandLt. Gen. Thomas C. RichardsLt. Gen. Truman SpangrudLt. Gen. Ralph E. HavensMaj. Gen. David C. ReedLt. Gen. Charles G. BoydLt. Gen. Jay W. Kelley

Established as AAF School of Applied Tactics Oct. 16, 1943 (assumedhistory of Air Services School, dating from 1920). Redesignated AAF SchoolJune 1, 1945. Given Majcom status Nov. 29, 1945. Redesignated AU May12, 1946. Part of ATC between May 1978 and July 1983. Ceased to be aMajcom and was assigned to AETC July 1, 1993.

Air Proving Ground Command

Designated a center December 1957.

August 1948June 1950July 1952April 1955July 1957

Maj. Gen. Carl A. BrandtMaj. Gen. William E. KepnerMaj. Gen. Bryant L. BoatnerMaj. Gen. Patrick W. TimberlakeMaj. Gen. Robert W. Burns

October 1946August 1948

July 1950July 1952

August 1955

Air National GuardOctober 1948

Sept. 25, 1950Jan. 4, 1954Aug. 5, 1962

April 19, 1974Jan. 31, 1977April 1, 1981Nov. 1, 1988

Jan. 28, 1994Jan. 28, 1998Dec. 3, 2001June 3, 2002

Nov. 28, 1945October 1948Oct. 13, 1950Jan. 26, 1954Aug. 6, 1962

April 20, 1974Feb. 1, 1977April 1, 1981Nov. 1, 1988

Jan. 28, 1994Jan. 28, 1998Dec. 3, 2001June 3, 2002

Col. William A.R. RobertsonMaj. Gen. George G. FinchMaj. Gen. Earl T. RicksMaj. Gen. Winston P. WilsonMaj. Gen. I.G. BrownMaj. Gen. John J. PeschMaj. Gen. John T. GuiceMaj. Gen. John B. ConawayMaj. Gen. Philip G. KilleyMaj. Gen. Donald W. ShepperdMaj. Gen. Paul A. Weaver Jr.Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker (acting)Lt. Gen. Daniel James III

Air Mobility Command

Gen. Hansford T. JohnsonGen. Ronald R. FoglemanGen. Robert L. RutherfordGen. Walter KrossGen. Charles T. Robertson Jr.Gen. John W. Handy

Aug. 22, 1992Oct. 17, 1994July 15, 1996Aug. 3, 1998Nov. 5, 2001

June 1, 1992Aug. 23, 1992Oct. 18, 1994July 15, 1996Aug. 3, 1998Nov. 5, 2001


Activated as Alaskan Air Force (1942). Redesignated Eleventh Air Force(1942). Redesignated Alaskan Air Command (1945). Redesignated 11th AirForce Aug. 9, 1990, under PACAF.

Alaskan Air Command

Feb. 25, 1949Dec. 27, 1950Oct. 14, 1952Feb. 26, 1953

Feb. 1, 1956Feb. 24, 1956July 16, 1956Oct. 23, 1956

June 27, 1957Aug. 18, 1957Aug. 13, 1958July 19, 1961July 25, 1961Aug. 8, 1963

Aug. 14, 1963Nov. 14, 1966July 24, 1969July 31, 1972June 5, 1973

March 2, 1974March 18, 1974

June 30, 1975Oct. 14, 1976

June 30, 1978April 1, 1981

Aug. 31, 1983Sept. 26, 1985May 22, 1988Aug. 9, 1990

Brig. Gen. Joseph H. AtkinsonBrig. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong Jr.Maj. Gen. William D. OldBrig. Gen. W.R. AgeeMaj. Gen. George R. AchesonBrig. Gen. T. Alan Bennett (acting)Lt. Gen. Joseph H. AtkinsonMaj. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong Jr.Maj. Gen. James H. DaviesLt. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong Jr.Brig. Gen. Kenneth H. GibsonMaj. Gen. C.F. NecrasonBrig. Gen. Jack A. Gibbs (acting)Maj. Gen. Wendell W. BowmanCol. Alfred Walton (acting)Maj. Gen. James C. JensenMaj. Gen. Thomas E. MooreMaj. Gen. Joseph A. CunninghamMaj. Gen. Donavon F. SmithMaj. Gen. Charles W. Carson Jr.Col. David T. Stockman (acting)Maj. Gen. Jack K. GambleLt. Gen. James E. HillLt. Gen. M.L. BoswellLt. Gen. Winfield W. Scott Jr.Lt. Gen. Lynwood E. ClarkLt. Gen. Bruce K. BrownLt. Gen. David L. NicholsLt. Gen. Thomas G. McInerney

Oct. 1, 1946Feb. 26, 1949Dec. 27, 1950Oct. 27, 1952Feb. 26, 1953

Feb. 1, 1956Feb. 24, 1956July 17, 1956Oct. 24, 1956

June 28, 1957Aug. 19, 1957Aug. 14, 1958July 20, 1961July 26, 1961Aug. 9, 1963

Aug. 15, 1963Nov. 15, 1966July 25, 1969Aug. 1, 1972

June 18, l973March 3, 1974

March 19, 1974July 1, 1975

Oct. 15, 1976July 1, 1978April 1, 1981

Sept. 1, 1983Sept. 27, 1985May 22, 1988

Continental Air Command

Established Dec. 1, 1948. Inactivated Aug. 1, 1968.

Lt. Gen. George E. StratemeyerLt. Gen. Ennis C. WhiteheadMaj. Gen. Willis H. HaleLt. Gen. Leon W. JohnsonLt. Gen. Charles B. Stone IIILt. Gen. William E. HallLt. Gen. Gordon A. BlakeLt. Gen. Edward J. TimberlakeLt. Gen. Henry Viccellio Sr.

Dec. 1, 1948April 15, 1949Dec. 14, 1950Feb. 18, 1952Dec. 15, 1955

July 1, 1957Sept. 30, 1961

July 1, 1962Aug. 1, 1966

April 15, 1949Dec. 14, 1950Feb. 18, 1952Dec. 14, 1955June 30, 1957Sept. 30, 1961June 30, 1962

July 1966Aug. 1, 1968

Electronic Security Command

Formerly USAF Security Service. Redesignated: Electronic Security Com-mand Aug. 1, 1979; Air Force Intelligence Command Oct. 1, 1991; Air In-telligence Agency, Oct. 1, 1993.

July 5, 1949Feb. 21, 1951Feb. 13, 1953

Jan. 3, 1957Aug. 5, 1959

Sept. 20, 1959Aug. 31, 1962Oct. 15, 1965July 18, 1969Feb. 23, 1973May 16, 1974July 31, 1975Jan. 18, 1979July 31, 1983April 16, 1985Aug. 14, 1989

Oct. 1, 1991

Oct. 26, 1948July 6, 1949

Feb. 22, 1951Feb. 14, 1953

Jan. 4, 1957Aug. 6, 1959

Sept. 21, 1959Sept. 1, 1962Oct. 16, 1965July 19, 1969Feb. 24, 1973May 17, 1974Aug. 1, 1975

Jan. 19, 1979Aug. 1, 1983

April 17, 1985Aug. 15, 1989

Col. Roy H. LynnCol. Travis M. HetheringtonMaj. Gen. Roy H. LynnMaj. Gen. Harold H. BassettMaj. Gen. Gordon L. BlakeMaj. Gen. John B. AckermanMaj. Gen. Millard LewisMaj. Gen. Richard P. KlockoMaj. Gen. Louis E. CoiraMaj. Gen. Carl W. StapletonMaj. Gen. Walter T. GalliganMaj. Gen. Howard P. SmithMaj. Gen. Kenneth D. BurnsMaj. Gen. Doyle E. LarsonMaj. Gen. John B. MarksMaj. Gen. Paul H. MartinMaj. Gen. Gary W. O’Shaughnessy

Pacific Air Command/Seventh Air Force

Formerly Seventh Air Force. Redesignated Pacific Air Command Dec. 15,1947. Discontinued June 1, 1949.

Maj. Gen. Ralph H. WootenBrig. Gen. Robert F. Travis

Aug. 31, 1948June 1, 1949

April 1947Sept. 1, 1948

Northeast Air Command

Maj. Gen. Lyman P. WhittenMaj. Gen. Charles T. MyersLt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus

Oct. 6, 1950March 14, 1952

July 26, 1954

March 14, 1952July 26, 1954

March 31, 1957

Newfoundland Base Command, part of Military Air Transport Service,reorganized and redesignated Northeast Air Command, a new majorcommand, Oct. 1, 1950. Inactivated March 31, 1957.

Military Airlift Command

Maj. Gen. Robert W. HarperLt. Gen. Laurence S. KuterLt. Gen. Joseph SmithLt. Gen. William H. TunnerGen. Joe W. Kelly Jr.Gen. Howell M. Estes Jr.Gen. Jack J. CattonLt. Gen. Jay T. Robbins (acting)Gen. Paul K. CarltonGen. William G. Moore Jr.Gen. Robert E. HuyserGen. James R. AllenGen. Thomas M. Ryan Jr.Gen. Duane H. CassidyGen. Hansford T. Johnson

June 1, 1948Oct. 28, 1951

June 30, 1958May 31, 1960July 18, 1964July 31, 1969

Sept. 12, 1972Sept. 25, 1972

March 31, 1977June 30, 1979June 26, 1981June 30, 1983Sept. 19, 1985Sept. 20, 1989

June 1, 1992

July 1, 1947June 1, 1948

Nov. 15, 1951July 1, 1958

June 1, 1960July 19, 1964Aug. 1, 1969

Sept. 12, 1972Sept. 26, 1972

April 1, 1977July 1, 1979

June 26, 1981July 1, 1983

Sept. 20, 1985Sept. 20, 1989

Antecedents: AAC Ferrying Command (1941); AAF Ferrying Command(1942); Air Transport Command (1942, inactivated June 1, 1948). MilitaryAir Transport Service established June 1, 1948. Redesignated Military AirliftCommand Jan. 1, 1966. In 1982, the inactivated Air Transport Commandwas consolidated with MAC. Inactivated June 1, 1992.

Headquarters Command

Established as Bolling Field Command (1946). Redesignated HeadquartersCommand, USAF, March 17, 1958. Inactivated in 1976.

Brig. Gen. Burton M. HoveyBrig. Gen. Sydney D. GrubbsBrig. Gen. Morris J. LeeBrig. Gen. Stoyte O. RossMaj. Gen. Reuben C. Hood Jr.Maj. Gen. Brooke E. AllenMaj. Gen. Rollen H. AnthisMaj. Gen. Milton B. AdamsMaj. Gen. Nils O. OhmanMaj. Gen. John L. LockeMaj. Gen. Maurice R. ReillyMaj. Gen. William C. Norris

Jan. 3, 1946Dec. 14, 1948

Oct. 2, 1950June 14, 1952

Aug. 1, 1956Aug. 3, 1959

Jan. 10, 1966Dec. 1, 1967July 5, 1968May 1, 1972

Feb. 26, 1974Sept. 1, 1975

Dec. 13, 1948Oct. 1, 1950

June 13, 1952July 4, 1956

June 30, 1959Dec. 31, 1965Nov. 30, 1967June 30, 1968April 30, 1972Feb. 25, 1974

August 1975June 30, 1976


Strategic Air Command

Gen. George C. KenneyGen. Curtis E. LeMayGen. Thomas S. PowerGen. John D. RyanGen. Joseph J. NazzaroGen. Bruce K. HollowayGen. John C. MeyerGen. Russell E. DoughertyGen. Richard H. EllisGen. Bennie L. DavisGen. Larry D. WelchGen. John T. ChainGen. George L. Butler

Oct. 18, 1948June 30, 1957Nov. 30, 1964Jan. 31, 1967July 28, 1968April 30, 1972July 31, 1974July 31, 1977July 31, 1981July 31, 1985

June 30, 1986Jan. 31, 1991June 1, 1992

March 21, 1946Oct. 19, 1948

July 1, 1957Dec. 1, 1964Feb. 1, 1967

July 29, 1968May 1, 1972Aug. 1, 1974Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1985July 1, 1986Feb. 1, 1991

Established as Continental Air Forces Dec. 13, 1944. RedesignatedStrategic Air Command March 21, 1946. Inactivated June 1, 1992.

Tactical Air Command

Established March 21, 1946. Reassigned to Continental Air Command(1948). Removed from CAC and returned to major command status Dec. 1,1950. Inactivated June 1, 1992.

Lt. Gen. Elwood R. QuesadaMaj. Gen. Robert M. LeeMaj. Gen. Glenn O. BarcusGen. John K. CannonGen. Otto P. WeylandGen. Frank F. EverestGen. Walter C. Sweeney Jr.Gen. Gabriel P. DisoswayGen. William W. MomyerGen. Robert J. DixonGen. W.L. CreechGen. Jerome F. O’MalleyGen. Robert D. RussGen. John Michael Loh

March 21, 1946Dec. 24, 1948July 17, 1950Jan. 25, 1951April 1, 1954Aug. 1, 1959Oct. 1, 1961Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1968Oct. 1, 1973May 1, 1978Nov. 1, 1984

May 22, 1985March 27, 1991

Nov. 23, 1948June 20, 1950Jan. 25, 1951

March 31, 1954July 31, 1959

Sept. 30, 1961July 31, 1965July 31, 1968

Sept. 30, 1973April 30, 1978

Nov. 1, 1984April 20, 1985

March 26, 1991June 1, 1992

Activated as 8th Air Force (1942). Redesignated Eighth Air Force Sept. 18,1942. Redesignated US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (1944). Redesig-nated USAFE Aug. 7, 1945.

US Air Forces in Europe

Brig. Gen. John F. McBlain (acting)Lt. Gen. Curtis E. LeMayLt. Gen. John K. CannonGen. Lauris NorstadLt. Gen. William H. TunnerGen. Frank F. EverestGen. Frederic H. Smith Jr.Gen. Truman H. LandonGen. Gabriel P. DisoswayGen. Bruce K. HollowayGen. Maurice A. PrestonGen. Horace M. WadeGen. Joseph R. HolzappleGen. David C. JonesGen. John W. VogtGen. Richard H. EllisGen. William J. EvansGen. John W. PaulyGen. Charles A. GabrielGen. Billy M. MinterGen. Charles L. Donnelly Jr.Gen. William L. KirkGen. Michael J. DuganGen. Robert C. OaksGen. James L. JamersonGen. Richard E. HawleyGen. Michael E. RyanLt. Gen. William J. Begert (acting)Gen. John P. JumperGen. Gregory S. MartinGen. Robert H. Foglesong

Oct. 20, 1947Oct. 15, 1948Jan. 20, 1951July 26, 1953

June 30, 1957July 31, 1959

June 30, 1961July 31, 1963July 31, 1965July 31, 1966July 31, 1968Jan. 31, 1969Aug. 31, 1971June 30, 1974Aug. 31, 1975July 31, 1977Aug. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1980

June 30, 1982Nov. 1, 1984May 1, 1987

April 12, 1989June 26, 1990July 29, 1994July 16, 1995April 4, 1996Oct. 5, 1997Dec. 5, 1997

Jan. 13, 2000Aug. 12, 2003

Aug. 14, 1947Oct. 20, 1947Oct. 16, 1948Jan. 21, 1951July 27, 1953

July 1, 1957Aug. 1, 1959July 1, 1961

Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1966Aug. 1, 1968Feb. 1, 1969

Sept. 1, 1971July 1, 1974

Sept. 1, 1975Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1980July 1, 1982

Nov. 1, 1984May 1, 1987

April 12, 1989June 26, 1990July 29, 1994July 17, 1995April 4, 1996Oct. 6, 1997Dec. 5, 1997

Jan. 13, 2000Aug. 12, 2003

Activated as Panama Canal Air Force (1940). Redesignated Caribbean Air Force(1941). Redesignated 6th Air Force Feb. 5, 1942, then Sixth Air Force Sept. 18,1942. Redesignated Caribbean Air Command July 31, 1946. Redesignated US AirForces Southern Command July 8, 1963. Inactivated Jan. 1, 1976.

US Air Forces Southern Command/Caribbean

Maj. Gen. Hubert R. HarmonBrig. Gen. Glen C. Jamison (acting)Maj. Gen. Willis H. HaleBrig. Gen. Rosenham BeamBrig. Gen. Emil C. KielMaj. Gen. Reuben C. Hood Jr.Maj. Gen. Truman H. LandonMaj. Gen. Leland S. StranathanMaj. Gen. Robert A. BreitweiserMaj. Gen. Reginald J. ClizbeMaj. Gen. Kenneth O. SanbornMaj. Gen. Arthur G. SalisburyMaj. Gen. James M. Breedlove

Oct. 3, 1947Nov. 12, 1947Oct. 19, 1949Nov. 5, 1950

June 10, 1953June 16, 1956

June 1, 1959Sept. 8, 1963

July 9, 1966June 14, 1968

April 7, 1972October 1974

Jan. 1, 1976

July 31, 1946Oct. 4, 1947

Nov. 13, 1947Oct. 20, 1949Nov. 6, 1950

June 11, 1953June 20, 1956

Aug. 3, 1959Sept. 11, 1963

Aug. 6, 1966June 14, 1968

April 7, 1972October 1974

USAF Academy Superintendents

Lt. Gen. Hubert R. HarmonMaj. Gen. James E. BriggsMaj. Gen. William S. StoneMaj. Gen. Robert H. WarrenLt. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Sr.Lt. Gen. Albert P. ClarkLt. Gen. James R. AllenLt. Gen. Kenneth L. TallmanMaj. Gen. Robert E. KelleyLt. Gen. Winfield W. Scott Jr.Lt. Gen. Charles R. HammLt. Gen. Bradley C. HosmerLt. Gen. Paul E. SteinLt. Gen. Tad J. OelstromLt. Gen. John R. DallagerLt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr.

July 27, 1954July 28, 1956

Aug. 17, 1959July 1, 1962July 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1970Aug. 1, 1974

June 28, 1977June 16, 1981June 16, 1983June 26, 1987

July 1, 1991July 8, 1994Aug. 1, 1997June 9, 2000June 1, 2003

July 27, 1956Aug. 16, 1959June 30, 1962June 30, 1965July 31, 1970July 31, 1974

June 27, 1977June 15, 1981June 15, 1983June 25, 1987

July 1, 1991July 7, 1994

July 31, 1997June 9, 2000June 1, 2003

Pacific Air Forces

Lt. Gen. Ennis C. WhiteheadLt. Gen. George E. StratemeyerLt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge (acting)Gen. Otto P. WeylandGen. Earle E. PartridgeGen. Laurence S. KuterGen. Emmett O’Donnell Jr.Gen. Jacob E. SmartGen. Hunter Harris Jr.Gen. John D. RyanGen. Joseph J. NazzaroGen. Lucius D. Clay Jr.Gen. John W. VogtGen. Louis L. Wilson Jr.Lt. Gen. James A. HillLt. Gen. James D. HughesLt. Gen. Arnold W. BraswellGen. Jerome F. O’MalleyGen. Robert W. BazleyGen. Jack I. GregoryGen. Merrill A. McPeakLt. Gen. James B. DavisGen. Jimmie V. AdamsGen. Robert L. RutherfordGen. John G. LorberGen. Richard B. MyersGen. Patrick K. GambleLt. Gen. Lansford E. Trapp (acting)Gen. William J. BegertGen. Paul V. Hester

April 25, 1949May 20, 1951June 9, 1951

March 25, 1954May 31, 1955July 31, 1959July 31, 1963July 31, 1964Jan. 31, 1967July 31, 1968July 31, 1971

Sept. 30, 1973June 30, 1974May 31, 1977

June 14, 1978July 1, 1981

Sept. 30, 1983Nov. 1, 1984

Dec. 16, 1986July 22, 1988Oct. 30, 1990Feb. 19, 1991Jan. 25, 1993Oct. 12, 1994

July 7, 1997July 23, 1998April 9, 2001May 4, 2001July 2, 2004

Dec. 30, 1945April 26, 1949May 21, 1951

June 10, 1951March 26, 1954

June 1, 1955Aug. 1, 1959Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1964Feb. 1, 1967Aug. 1, 1968Aug. 1, 1971Oct. 1, 1973July 1, 1974

June 1, 1977June 15, 1978

July 1, 1981Oct. 8, 1983Nov. 1, 1984

Dec. 16, 1986July 22, 1988Nov. 5, 1990

Feb. 19, 1991Jan. 26, 1993Oct. 12, 1994

July 7, 1997July 23, 1998April 9, 2001May 4, 2001July 2, 2004

Activated as Far East Air Forces Aug. 3, 1944. Redesignated Pacific AirCommand, US Army, Dec. 6, 1945. Redesignated FEAF Jan. 1, 1947.Redesignated Pacific Air Forces July 1, 1957.


DODLeaders Through the Years

Secretaries of Defense

James V. ForrestalLouis A. JohnsonGeorge C. MarshallRobert A. LovettCharles E. WilsonNeil H. McElroyThomas S. GatesRobert S. McNamaraClark M. CliffordMelvin R. LairdElliot L. RichardsonJames R. SchlesingerDonald H. RumsfeldHarold BrownCaspar W. WeinbergerFrank C. CarlucciRichard B. CheneyLes AspinWilliam J. PerryWilliam S. CohenDonald H. Rumsfeld

March 28, 1949Sept. 19, 1950Sept. 12, 1951Jan. 20, 1953

Oct. 8, 1957Dec. 1, 1959

Jan. 20, 1961Feb. 29, 1968Jan. 20, 1969Jan. 29, 1973May 24, 1973Nov. 19, 1975Jan. 20, 1977Jan. 20, 1981Nov. 23, 1987Jan. 20, 1989Jan. 20, 1993Feb. 3, 1994

Jan. 23, 1997Jan. 20, 2001

Sept. 17, 1947March 28, 1949Sept. 21, 1950Sept. 17, 1951Jan. 28, 1953

Oct. 9, 1957Dec. 2, 1959

Jan. 21, 1961March 1, 1968Jan. 22, 1969Jan. 30, 1973

July 2, 1973Nov. 20, 1975Jan. 21, 1977Jan. 21, 1981Nov. 23, 1987

March 21, 1989Jan. 21, 1993Feb. 3, 1994

Jan. 24, 1997Jan. 20, 2001

US European Command

July 11, 1953Nov. 20, 1956

Nov. 1, 1962May 5, 1969Nov. 1, 1974

June 27, 1979June 25, 1987June 23, 1992Oct. 21, 1993July 10, 1997May 2, 2000

Jan. 16, 2003

Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, USAGen. Alfred M. Gruenther, USAGen. Lauris Norstad, USAFGen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, USAGen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, USAGen. Alexander M. Haig Jr., USAGen. Bernard W. Rogers, USAGen. John R. Galvin, USAGen. John M. Shalikashvili, USAGen. George A. Joulwan, USAGen. Wesley K. Clark, USAGen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAFGen. James L. Jones, USMC

Aug. 1, 1952July 11, 1953

Nov. 20, 1956Nov. 1, 1962May 5, 1969Nov. 1, 1974

June 27, 1979June 25, 1987June 23, 1992Oct. 21, 1993July 10, 1997May 2, 2000

Jan. 16, 2003

Formerly US Atlantic Command, established Dec. 1, 1947, redesignatedOct. 7, 1999.

US Joint Forces Command

Feb. 1, 1950Aug. 15, 1951April 12, 1954Feb. 28, 1960April 30, 1963April 30, 1965June 17, 1967Sept. 30, 1970Oct. 31, 1972May 30, 1975

Sept. 30, 1978Sept. 30, 1982Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 22, 1988May 18, 1990July 13, 1992Oct. 31, 1994

Sept. 24, 1997Sept. 5, 2000

Oct. 2, 2002

Adm. William H.P. Blandy, USNAdm. William M. Fechteler, USNAdm. Lynde D. McCormick, USNAdm. Jerauld Wright, USNAdm. Robert L. Dennison, USNAdm. Harold P. Smith, USNAdm. Thomas H. Moorer, USNAdm. Ephraim P. Holmes, USNAdm. Charles K. Duncan, USNAdm. Ralph W. Cousins, USNAdm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USNAdm. Harry D. Train II, USNAdm. Wesley D. McDonald, USNAdm. Lee Baggett Jr., USNAdm. Frank B. Kelso II, USNAdm. Leon A. Edney, USNAdm. Paul D. Miller, USNGen. John J. Sheehan, USMCAdm. Harold W. Gehman Jr., USNGen. William F. Kernan, USAAdm. Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., USN

Feb. 3, 1947Feb. 1, 1950

Aug. 15, 1951April 12, 1954Feb. 28, 1960April 30, 1963April 30, 1965June 17, 1967Sept. 30, 1970

Oct. 31, 1972May 30, 1975

Sept. 30, 1978Sept. 30, 1982Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 22, 1988May 18, 1990July 13, 1992Oct. 31, 1994

Sept. 24, 1997Sept. 5, 2000

Oct. 2, 2002

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen. of the Army Omar N. BradleyAdm. Arthur W. Radford, USNGen. Nathan F. Twining, USAFGen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, USAGen. Maxwell D. Taylor, USAGen. Earle G. Wheeler, USAAdm. Thomas H. Moorer, USNGen. George S. Brown, USAFGen. David C. Jones, USAFGen. John W. Vessey Jr., USAAdm. William J. Crowe Jr., USNGen. Colin L. Powell, USAAdm. David Jeremiah, USN (acting)Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USAGen. Henry H. Shelton, USAGen. Richard B. Myers, USAF

Aug. 16, 1949Aug. 15, 1953Aug. 15, 1957

Oct. 1, 1960Oct. 1, 1962July 3, 1964July 2, 1970July 1, 1974

June 21, 1978June 18, 1982

Oct. 1, 1985Oct. 1, 1989Oct. 1, 1993

Oct. 25, 1993Oct. 1, 1997Oct. 1, 2001

Aug. 15, 1953Aug. 15, 1957

Sept. 30, 1960Sept. 30, 1962

July 1, 1964July 2, 1970July 1, 1974

June 20, 1978June 18, 1982Sept. 30, 1985Sept. 30, 1989Sept. 30, 1993Oct. 24, 1993

Sept. 30, 1997Oct. 1, 2001

Vice Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAFAdm. David E. Jeremiah, USNAdm. William A. Owens, USNGen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAFGen. Richard B. Myers, USAFGen. Peter Pace, USMC

Feb. 28, 1990Feb. 28, 1994Feb. 27, 1996Feb. 29, 2000

Oct. 1, 2001

Feb. 6, 1987March 1, 1990March 1, 1994March 1, 1996March 1, 2000

Oct. 1, 2001

US Central Command

Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 23, 1988

Aug. 9, 1991Aug. 5, 1994

Aug. 13, 1997July 6, 2000July 7, 2003

Jan. 1, 1983Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 23, 1988

Aug. 9, 1991Aug. 5, 1994

Aug. 13, 1997July 6, 2000July 7, 2003

Gen. Robert C. Kingston, USAGen. George B. Crist, USMCGen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USAGen. Joseph P. Hoar, USMCGen. J.H. Binford Peay III, USAGen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMCGen. Tommy R. Franks, USAGen. John Abizaid, USA

US Northern Command

Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAFAdm. Timothy J. Keating, USN

Oct. 1, 2002Nov. 5, 2004

Nov. 5, 2004

Feb. 28, 1947Dec. 3, 1947

April 30, 1949July 10, 1953July 31, 1958

June 30, 1964July 31, 1968Sept. 1, 1972Aug. 30, 1976Oct. 31, 1979

July 1, 1983Sept. 18, 1985Sept. 30, 1988March 1, 1991July 11, 1994July 19, 1994Jan. 31, 1996Feb. 20, 1999

May 2, 2002Feb. 26, 2005

Adm. John H. Towers, USNAdm. Louis E. Denfeld, USNAdm. Dewitt C. Ramsey, USNAdm. Arthur W. Radford, USNAdm. Felix B. Stump, USNAdm. Harry D. Felt, USNAdm. U.S. Grant Sharp, USNAdm. John S. McCain Jr., USNAdm. Noel A.M. Gayler, USNAdm. Maurice E. Weisner, USNAdm. Robert L.J. Long, USNAdm. William J. Crowe Jr., USNAdm. Ronald J. Hays Jr., USNAdm. Huntington Hardisty, USNAdm. Charles R. Larson, USNLt. Gen. Harold T. Fields, USAAdm. Richard C. Macke, USNAdm. Joseph W. Prueher, USNAdm. Dennis C. Blair, USNAdm. Thomas B. Fargo, USNAdm. William J. Fallon, USN

Jan. 1, 1947Feb. 28, 1947Dec. 3, 1947

April 30, 1949July 10, 1953July 31, 1958

June 30, 1964July 31, 1968Sept. 1, 1972

Aug. 30, 1976Oct. 31, 1979

July 1, 1983Sept. 18, 1985Sept. 30, 1988March 1, 1991July 11, 1994July 19, 1994Jan. 31, 1996Feb. 20, 1999

May 2, 2002Feb. 26, 2005

US Pacific Command


US Southern Command

June 1948October 1949

April 1952June 1954

January 1957February 1958

July 1960January 1961

June 1963February 1965February 1969

September 1971January 1973

July 1975September 1979

May 1983March 1985

June 1987July 1989

November 1990November 1993

January 1994February 1996

June 1996July 1997

Sept. 8, 2000Sept. 30, 2001Aug. 18, 2002

Nov. 9, 2004

November 1947June 1948

October 1949April 1952June 1954

January 1957April 1958July 1960

January 1961June 1963

February 1965February 1969

September 1971January 1973August 1975

October 1979May 1983

March 1985June 1987

September 1989November 1990December 1993

February 1994March 1996

July 1996August 1997

Sept. 8, 2000Sept. 30, 2001Aug. 18, 2002

Nov. 9, 2004

Lt. Gen. Willis Crittenberger, USALt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, USALt. Gen. William H.H. Morris, USALt. Gen. Horace L. McBride, USALt. Gen. William K. Harrison, USALt. Gen. Robert M. Montague, USALt. Gen. Ridgely Gaither, USALt. Gen. Robert F. Sink, USALt. Gen. Andrew P. O’Meara, USAGen. Andrew P. O’Meara, USAGen. Robert W. Porter, USAGen. George R. Mather, USAGen. George V. Underwood, USAGen. William B. Rosson, USALt. Gen. Dennis P. McAuliffe, USALt. Gen. Wallace H. Nutting, USAGen. Paul F. Gorman, USAGen. John R. Galvin, USAGen. Fred F. Woerner, USAGen. Maxwell R. Thurman, USAGen. George A. Joulwan, USAMaj. Gen. W.A. Worthington, USAGen. Barry McCaffrey, USARAdm. James Perkins, USNGen. Wesley K. Clark, USAGen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMCGen. Peter Pace, USMCMaj. Gen. G.D. Speer, USA (acting)Gen. James T. Hill, USAGen. B. John Craddock, USA

Formerly US Caribbean Command (1947). Activated in 1963.

NORADLeaders Through the Years

North American Aerospace Defense Command

July 30, 1959July 30, 1962

March 30, 1965July 29, 1966July 31, 1969

Sept. 30, 1973Aug. 29, 1975

Dec. 5, 1977Dec. 31, 1979July 30, 1984Feb. 5, 1987

March 30, 1990June 30, 1992Sept. 12, 1994Aug. 26, 1996Aug. 13, 1998Feb. 22, 2000Nov. 5, 2004

Gen. Earle E. Partridge, USAFGen. Laurence S. Kuter, USAFGen. John K. Gerhart, USAFGen. Dean C. Strother, USAFGen. Raymond J. Reeves, USAFGen. Seth J. McKee, USAFGen. Lucius D. Clay Jr., USAFGen. Daniel James Jr., USAFGen. James E. Hill, USAFGen. James V. Hartinger, USAFGen. Robert T. Herres, USAFGen. John L. Piotrowski, USAFGen. Donald J. Kutyna, USAFGen. Charles A. Horner, USAFGen. Joseph W. Ashy, USAFGen. Howell M. Estes III, USAFGen. Richard B. Myers, USAFGen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAFAdm. Timothy J. Keating, USN

Sept. 12, 1957Aug. 1, 1959Aug. 1, 1962April 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1966Aug. 1, 1969Oct. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975Dec. 6, 1977Jan. 1, 1980

July 30, 1984Feb. 6, 1987April 1, 1990

June 30, 1992Sept. 13, 1994Aug. 27, 1996Aug. 14, 1998Feb. 22, 2000

Nov. 5, 2004

US Space Command

Feb. 5, 1987March 30, 1990


Oct. 1, 2002

Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAFGen. John L. Piotrowski, USAFGen. Donald J. Kutyna, USAFGen. Charles A. Horner, USAFGen. Joseph W. Ashy, USAFGen. Howell M. Estes III, USAFGen. Richard B. Myers, USAFGen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF

Sept. 23, 1985Feb. 6, 1987April 1, 1990


Deactivated Oct. 1, 2002, when its functions merged with US StrategicCommand.

US Transportation Command

Sept. 21, 1989Aug. 24, 1992Oct. 17, 1994July 14, 1996Aug. 2, 1998Nov. 5, 2001

Gen. Duane H. Cassidy, USAFGen. H.T. Johnson, USAFGen. Ronald R. Fogleman, USAFGen. Robert L. Rutherford, USAFGen. Walter Kross, USAFGen. Charles T. Robertson Jr., USAFGen. John W. Handy, USAF

July 1, 1987Sept. 22, 1989Aug. 25, 1992Oct. 18, 1994July 15, 1996Aug. 3, 1998Nov. 5, 2001

US Special Operations Command

June 27, 1990May 20, 1993Feb. 29, 1996

Sept. 25, 1997Oct. 27, 2000Sept. 2, 2003

Gen. James J. Lindsay, USAGen. Carl W. Stiner, USAGen. Wayne A. Downing, USAGen. Henry H. Shelton, USAGen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USAGen. Charles R. Holland, USAFGen. Bryan D. Brown, USA

April 16, 1987June 27, 1990May 20, 1993Feb. 29, 1996

Nov. 5, 1997Oct. 27, 2000Sept. 2, 2003

US Strategic Command

Feb. 13, 1994Feb. 21, 1996June 25, 1998Nov. 30, 2001

July 9, 2004

Gen. G. Lee Butler, USAFAdm. Henry G. Chiles Jr., USNGen. Eugene E. Habiger, USAFAdm. Richard W. Mies, USNAdm. James O. Ellis Jr., USNGen. James E. Cartwright, USMC

June 1, 1992Feb. 14, 1994Feb. 22, 1996June 26, 1998Nov. 30, 2001

July 9, 2004

Merged the functions of US Space Command into STRATCOM Oct. 1, 2002.


USAF Total Force(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

FYs 1999-04 are actual figures; FY 2005 is an estimate. *FY02 and FY03 rates higher due to Stop-Loss.

Air Force active duty

OfficersEnlistedCadets

Total Air Force active duty

Career re-enlistments (second term)RateFirst-term re-enlistmentsRate

Civilian personnel

Direct hire (excluding technicians)ANG techniciansAFRC techniciansIndirect hire—foreign nationals

Total civilian personnel

Guard and Reserve

Air National Guard, Selected ReserveAFRC, Selected ReserveAFRC, Individual Ready Reserve

Total Ready Reserve

Standby

Total Guard and Reserve

FY99

70,318286,169

4,103

360,590

30,39284%

8,19649%

126,68522,892

9,4706,693

165,740

105,71571,77254,271

231,758

17,129

248,887

FY00

69,023282,356

4,275

355,654

32,04284%

9,91752%

122,61922,782

9,6626,122

161,185

106,36572,34050,304

229,009

16,429

245,438

FY01

68,862280,410

4,299

353,571

30,38084%

10,48556%

122,47422,987

9,9596,450

161,870

108,48574,86947,940

231,294

17,826

249,120

FY05

69,300286,400

4,000

359,700

27,64590%

12,44560%

125,11123,306

9,9396,156

164,512

106,70076,10038,500

221,300

18,500

239,800

FY02

72,032292,061

4,158

368,251

34,09388%*

10,66672%*

123,43921,246

8,8256,296

159,806

112,07576,63241,095

229,802

17,430

247,232

FY03

73,758297,219

4,085

375,062

31,02690%*8,23261%*

122,41920,718

8,1596,410

157,706

108,13774,75436,665

219,556

17,587

237,143

People 2005 USAF Almanac

FY04

74,109298,314

4,193

376,616

27,26691%

9,23263%

124,95922,416

9,2046,146

162,725

106,71575,32236,489

218,526

17,335

235,861

FY05 numbers are estimates.

Armed Forces Manpower Trends, End Strength in Thousands(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Active duty military

Air ForceArmyMarine CorpsNavy

Total

Selected Guard and Reserve

Air National GuardAFRCArmy National GuardArmy ReserveMarine Corps ReserveNaval Reserve

Total

Direct-hire civilian (full-time equivalents)

Air ForceArmyNavy/Marine CorpsDefense agencies

Total

FY00

356482173373

1,384

10672

353207

4087

865

155230185107

677

FY01

354481173378

1,386

10975

352206

4088

870

155229183104

671

FY02

368487174383

1,412

11277

351207

4088

875

154231185101

671

FY05

360482175366

1,383

10776

350205

4083

861

157214183108

662

FY99

361479173373

1,386

10672

358207

4089

872

160232190110

692

FY04

377500178373

1,427

10775

343204

4083

851

154209183105

651

FY03

375499178382

1,434

10875

351212

4188

875

149226182

86

643

USAF Marital Status(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Total percent marriedPercent of enlistedPercent of officersNumber of USAF couplesNumber married to members of other services

58.956.070.7

21,385

1,486

Does not include 4,193 cadets.

USAF Educational Levels(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

EnlistedHigh schoolSome college (< 2 years)AA/AS degree or equivalent hoursBachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeProfessional ordoctoral degreeTotal

OfficersBachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeDoctoral degreeProfessional degreeTotal

Percent

7.0

73.8

14.24.30.7

0.01100

51.339.2

1.48.1

100

Number

20,852

220,156

42,36112,828

2,088

30298,314

38,01829,051

1,0386,003

74,109


Oth

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Min

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ties

*

Gra

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To

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Bla

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s*

Wo

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n

Active Duty Force Demographics(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Officers

GeneralColonelLieutenant ColonelMajorCaptainFirst LieutenantSecond Lieutenant

Total

Enlisted

Chief Master Sergeantof the Air Force

Chief Master SergeantSenior Master SergeantMaster SergeantTechnical SergeantStaff SergeantSergeant/Senior AirmanAirman First ClassAirmanAirman Basic

Total

Total personnel

2713,706

10,52715,77623,68210,530

9,617

74,109

12,8365,822

29,14446,03576,98856,09158,25411,25911,884

298,314

372,423

12218617956

1,607770778

4,958

4941,1286,2288,499

13,10710,008

9,4201,8462,118

52,848

57,806

16446

1,3522,4034,9202,3212,138

13,596

343650

3,3846,897

17,01312,87212,764

3,1542,362

59,439

73,035

02094

276707268365

1,730

1957

397692

1,6781,3772,791

622715

8,348

10,078

Average ages of military personnel: Officers 35, Enlisted 28

Total does not include 4,193 cadets.* Data for 2003; USAF did not provide 2004 update.

Includes active Title 5 civilians with permanentappointments, US citizens only.

Excludes Title 32 technicians, temporary employees,and foreign/local nationals.

Does not include approx. 2,400 personnel in payband demonstration projects.

aScientific and Technical.

bSenior Executive Service (Includes ES, IE, and IP).

The Civilian Force(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Force

0954

18274997

259788179

69710000

1,512

Air Force Civilian Personnel:Average Age and Length of Service

General scheduleFederal wage systemAverage age

Average length of service(overall)

474647

17.5 years

Wage Grade

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Force

42276394179940

1,0141,7213,2902,925

12,0943,2671,488

22034

2000

27,886

Wage GradeLeader

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Wage GradeSupervisory

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Force

242122214984

104200762

1,030402205137178

87402917

3,412

GeneralSchedule/

Other

Force

62283818

2,7578,0395,3198,4981,289

12,186654

16,12617,151

9,9643,0631,071

0000

1570

87,437

Grade

123456789101112131415161718STa

SESb

Other

Total

Air Force Personnel Strength(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

2005 number is an estimate.

Year

197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005

Year

194019411942194319441945194619471948194919501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972

Year

190719081909191019111912191319141915191619171918191919201921192219231924192519261927192819291930193119321933193419351936193719381939

Strength

31327112351

114122208311

1,218195,023

25,6039,050

11,6499,6429,441

10,5479,6709,674

10,07810,54912,13113,53114,78015,02815,09915,86116,24717,23319,14721,08923,455

Strength

51,165152,125764,415

2,197,1142,372,2922,282,259

455,515305,827387,730419,347411,277788,381973,474977,593947,918959,946909,958919,835871,156840,028814,213820,490883,330868,644855,802823,633886,350897,426904,759862,062791,078755,107725,635

Strength

690,999643,795612,551585,207570,479569,491559,450557,969570,302582,845592,044597,125601,515608,199607,035576,446570,880535,233510,432470,315444,351426,327400,409389,001377,385367,470360,590355,654353,571368,251375,062376,616359,700


USAF Personnel byGeographic Area

(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Total militarypersonnel

US territory andspecial locations

Total in foreigncountries

Western and southernEuropeGermanyUKItalyTurkeySpainAll other countries

East Asia and PacificJapan/OkinawaSouth KoreaAll other countries

Africa, Near East,South AsiaKuwaitSaudi ArabiaEgyptAll other countries

Western hemisphereCanadaAll other countries

Other areas

376,616

299,627

76,989

35,59916,251

9,9324,7381,639

3062,733

23,42914,240

9,013176

2,1291,229

8450

766

38395

288

15,449

Active Duty Force by Grade(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Grade

Officers

GeneralLieutenant GeneralMajor GeneralBrigadier GeneralColonelLieutenant ColonelMajorCaptainFirst LieutenantSecond LieutenantTotalCadets

Enlisted

Chief Master Sergeantof the Air Force

Chief Master SergeantSenior Master SergeantMaster SergeantTechnical SergeantStaff SergeantSergeant/Senior AirmanAirman First ClassAirmanAirman BasicTotal

Total strength

Number

123983

1373,706

10,52715,77623,68210,530

9,61774,109

4,193

12,8365,822

29,14446,03576,98856,09158,25411,25911,884

298,314

376,616

USAF Personnel Strength by Commands, FOAs, and DRUs(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Military

101,61969,31923,358

38719,87613,43954,23034,10429,725

346,057

200

3593

278224

24115

102

111385

52103

80126

17312

161,525

71195725

2518

01167

38487

543626130

6,410

58577

692,2541,6994,657

15,2994,193

376,616

Civilian

11,37314,61256,31614,239

6,3981,0958,6788,0555,692

126,458

15742366112

55300

3540206120

10223144379

59321

6320

1851,000

47

198494814

1770

188467

5,115

16196

291,315

7862,342

28,8100

162,725

Total

112,99283,93179,67414,62626,27414,53462,90842,15935,417

472,515

35742401205333524

59155

3063

131487

75117123205

22405

372,157

71380

1,7252925

19860

115398264543814597

11,525

74773

983,5692,4856,999

44,1094,193

539,341

Major commandsAir Combat Command (ACC)Air Education and Training Command (AETC)Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)Air Mobility Command (AMC)Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)Total major commands

Field Operating Agencies (FOAs)Air Force Agency for Modeling and SimulationAir Force Audit AgencyAir Force Center for Environmental ExcellenceAir Force Civil Engineer Support AgencyAir Force C2ISR Center*Air Force Communications AgencyAir Force Cost Analysis AgencyAir Force Flight Standards AgencyAir Force Frequency Management AgencyAir Force Historical Research AgencyAir Force Inspection AgencyAir Force Legal Services AgencyAir Force Logistics Management AgencyAir Force Manpower AgencyAir Force Medical Operations AgencyAir Force Medical Support AgencyAFNSEPA*Air Force News AgencyAFNWCA*Air Force Office of Special InvestigationsAir Force Operations GroupAir Force Pentagon Communications AgencyAir Force Personnel CenterAir Force Personnel Operations AgencyAir Force Program Executive OfficeAir Force Real Property AgencyAir Force Review Boards AgencyAir Force Safety CenterAir Force Security Forces CenterAir Force Services AgencyAir Force Technical Applications CenterAir Force Weather AgencyAir National Guard Readiness CenterTotal FOA

Direct Reporting Units (DRUs)Air Force Doctrine CenterAir Force Operational Test and Evaluation CenterAir Force Studies and Analyses AgencyUnited States Air Force Academy11th WingTotal DRUs

OtherOther unitsUSAFA cadets

Total for all categories

*AFC2ISR Center is Air Force Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center;AFNSEPA is Air Force National Security Emergency Preparedness Agency; AFNWCA is Air Force NuclearWeapons & Counterproliferation Agency.


Specialties in the Enlisted Force(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Code

1A1C1N1S1T1W2A2E2F2G2M2P2R2S2T2W3A3C3E3H3M3N3P3S3U3V4A-V4Y5J5R6C6F7S89

Career Field

Aircrew OperationsCommand Control Systems OperationsIntelligenceSafetyAircrew ProtectionWeatherManned Aerospace MaintenanceCommunications-Electronics SystemsFuelsLogistics PlansMissile & Space Systems MaintenancePrecision MeasurementMaintenance Management SystemsSupplyTransportation & Vehicle MaintenanceMunitions & WeaponsInformation ManagementCommunications-Computer SystemsCivil EngineeringHistorianMorale, Welfare, Recreation, & ServicesPublic AffairsSecurity ForcesMission SupportManpowerVisual InformationMedicalDentalParalegalChapel Services SupportContractingFinancialSpecial InvestigationSpecial Duty IdentifiersReporting IdentifiersUnassignedTotal

Percentages have been rounded.

Assigned

8,39312,97310,806

3652,7282,603

66,11212,497

4,658717

2,651969

1,7949,334

13,45016,886

9,69015,96120,960

1034,2891,549

24,9128,186

6221,323

20,2342,710

966491

1,2973,428

8357,1086,371

343298,314

Percent

2.84.33.60.10.90.9

22.24.21.60.20.90.30.63.14.55.73.25.47.00.01.40.58.42.70.20.46.80.90.30.20.41.10.32.42.10.1100

Specialties in the Officer Force(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Total does not include 4,193 cadets. Percentages have been rounded.

Code

X011121314151621313233343536384X51526162636465718X9X

Utilization Field Title

Commander & DirectorPilotNavigatorSpace, Missile, Command & ControlIntelligenceWeatherOperations SupportLogisticsSecurity ForcesCivil EngineeringCommunications-Computer SystemsMWR & ServicesPublic AffairsPersonnelManpowerMedicalLawChaplainScientific/ResearchDevelopmental EngineeringAcquisitionContractingFinancialSpecial InvestigationsSpecial Duty IdentifiersReporting IdentifiersOtherTotal

Assigned

77612,466

3,8225,2623,016

6821,3214,432

9501,4454,513

605492

1,791364

11,9331,303

613932

2,5932,956

987978397

1,6427,220

61874,109

Percent

1.016.8

5.27.14.10.91.86.01.31.96.10.80.72.40.5

16.11.80.81.33.54.01.31.30.52.29.70.8

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Terms ExplainedFunding levels can be expressed in sev-eral ways. Budget authority is the valueof new obligations that the federal gov-ernment is authorized to incur. Theseinclude some obligations to be met inlater years. Figures can also be expressedin outlays (actual expenditures, some ofwhich are covered by amounts that wereauthorized in previous years).

Another difference concerns the valueof money. When funding is in current orthen-year dollars, no adjustment for in-flation has taken place. This is the actualamount of dollars that has been or is to bespent, budgeted, or forecast. When fund-ing is expressed in constant dollars, orreal dollars, the effect of inflation hasbeen factored out to make direct compari-sons between budget years possible. A

specific year, often the present one, ischosen as a baseline for constant dollars.

Normally, Congress first authorizes pay-ment, then appropriates it. Authoriza-tion is an act of Congress that estab-lishes or continues a federal program oragency and sets forth guidelines to whichit must adhere. Appropriation is an act ofCongress that enables federal agenciesto spend money for specific purposes.

Budgets 2005 USAF Almanac

Air Force Budget—A 10-Year Perspective(Budget authority in millions of current and constant FY06 dollars)

Current dollarsMilitary personnelOperation & maintenanceProcurementRDT&EMilitary constructionFamily housingRev. & mgmt. fundsTrust & receiptsTotal

Constant FY06 dollarsMilitary personnelOperation & maintenanceProcurementRDT&EMilitary constructionFamily housingRev. & mgmt. fundsTrust & receiptsTotal

Percentage real growthMilitary personnelOperation & maintenanceProcurementRDT&EMilitary constructionFamily housingTotal

FY03$28,73243,25431,38018,8251,6341,53631-147$125,245

$30,79046,35233,62820,1731,7511,64633-158$134,216

13.5-23.032.126.7-11.69.322.2

FY96$19,30923,51915,55812,4271,2851,124n/a-231$72,992

$24,28329,57819,56615,6281,6161,414n/a-291$91,796

-4.4-7.0-8.62.452.9-1.3-4.1

FY97$19,18622,72814,24714,0171,5671,135790-453$73,216

$23,58627,94017,51417,2321,9261,395971-557$90,007

-2.9-5.5-10.510.319.2-1.3-1.9

FY98$19,11125,17415,25814,2651,5371,114234-409$76,284

$23,12430,46018,46217,2601,8601,348283-495$92,302

-2.09.05.40.2-3.5-3.42.5

FY99$19,35727,10718,43413,8078621,0821,510-246$81,914

$22,91732,09321,82516,3471,0211,2811,788-291$96,981

-0.95.418.2-5.3-45.1-5.05.1

FY00$20,21727,25418,75514,5111,1741,158434-453$83,050

$23,14931,20621,47516,6151,3441,326497-519$95,093

1.0-2.8-1.61.631.73.5-1.9

FY01$20,95629,32822,05414,2971,4101,084515-95$89,549

$23,34132,66624,56415,9241,5701,207574-106$99,741

0.84.714.4-4.216.8-8.94.9

Numbers do not add due to rounding.

FY02$24,75134,36423,22914,5191,8061,374292-108$100,228

$27,13437,67225,46515,9171,9801,506320-118$109,878

16.215.33.70.026.124.810.2

FY04$29,84438,40632,33520,2941,8211,4550-120$124,034

$31,14140,07533,74021,1761,9001,5180-125$129,424

1.1-13.50.35.08.5-7.8-3.6

FY05$28,52135,53132,56221,1151,0221,71181-121$120,421

$29,06336,20633,18121,5161,0411,74483-123$122,709

-6.7-9.7-1.71.6-45.214.8-5.2

Air Force Major Force Programs(Total obligation authority in billions of constant FY06 dollars)

ForcesStrategic ForcesGeneral-Purpose ForcesAirlift ForcesGuard and Reserve ForcesSpecial Operations ForcesTotal

SupportIntelligence & CommunicationsResearch & DevelopmentCentral Supply & MaintenanceTraining, Medical, & PersonnelAdministration & OtherTotal

FY01

$4.525.411.99.70.5$52.0

$24.58.15.610.41.9$50.6

FY03

$5.838.616.611.00.5$72.5

$33.49.56.613.02.4$65.0

FY05

$5.630.313.611.60.6$61.7

$33.39.15.212.92.4$62.9

FY96

$6.220.510.58.50.5$46.2

$22.410.44.910.41.7$49.7

FY97

$4.719.910.38.40.5$43.8

$21.99.84.79.81.8$47.9

FY98

$5.220.210.88.90.5$45.5

$22.59.64.79.81.7$48.3

FY99

$5.120.612.39.20.5$47.7

$23.28.65.19.91.8$48.6

FY00

$4.722.512.29.40.5$49.3

$22.79.05.310.11.9$49.0

FY02

$5.129.713.610.00.6$59.0

$25.57.75.611.62.1$52.5

FY04

$6.035.014.611.40.6$67.6

$34.110.45.813.32.6$66.1


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Fiscal Year

040200

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

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0

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DOD Agencies

06 08Service Shares

10

Defense Department Budget Topline*(In billions of current and constant FY06 dollars)

Budget authority(current $)

Budget authority(constant FY06 $)

Outlays(current $)

Outlays(constant FY06 $)

Numbers have been rounded.*Does not include supplemental appropriations to cover costs of the war in Iraq.

FY10

$492.1

$451.6

$485.1

$445.2

FY06

$419.3

$419.3

$424.4

$424.4

FY07

$443.1

$434.7

$428.0

$419.9

FY08

$462.4

$443.6

$446.5

$428.4

FY09

$482.0

$452.3

$468.1

$439.2

FY05

$400.1

$407.7

$443.2

$451.6

FY04

$375.7

$392.0

$436.9

$455.9

Service Shares(In billions of constant FY06 dollars)

Budget authority

Air Force

Army

Navy

Defense agencies, DOD-wide

Total

Percent of budget authority

Air Force

Army

Navy

Defense agencies, DOD-wide

FY10

$130.5

114.0

135.4

71.8

$451.6

28.9%

25.2%

30.0%

15.9%

FY04

$104.4

127.5

103.4

56.6

$392.0

26.6%

32.5%

26.4%

14.4%

FY05

$120.0

102.2

121.5

64.0

$407.7

29.4%

25.1%

29.8%

15.7%

FY06

$127.5

100.0

125.6

66.2

$419.3

30.4%

23.8%

30.0%

15.8%

FY07

$130.8

109.4

126.5

68.0

$434.7

30.1%

25.2%

29.1%

15.6%

FY08

$133.6

112.7

129.1

68.2

$443.6

30.1%

25.4%

29.1%

15.4%

FY09

$130.1

114.0

134.5

73.7

$452.3

28.8%

25.2%

29.7%

16.3%

NavyUSAF

Army


Amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar.aBasic pay for pay grades O-7 through O-10 is limited to $12,433.20. Basic pay for O-6 and below is limited to $10,950.00.bCommissioned officers with more than four years’ active service as enlisted members.While serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Chief of Staff of the Air Force, basic pay is $15,146.40.For the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, basic pay is $6,304.20.

E-9E-8E-7E-6E-5E-4E-3E-2E-1 4 mos.+E-1<4 mos.

Enlisted Members

Pay GradeO-10a

O-9a

O-8a

O-7a

O-6O-5O-4O-3O-2O-1O-3Eb

O-2Eb

O-1Eb

Commissioned OfficersYears of Service

Monthly Military Basic Rates of Pay in Dollars(Effective Jan. 1, 2005)

<2 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 2612,963 13,027 13,29813,76911,338 11,501 11,73712,149

8,022 8,285 8,459 8,508 8,726 9,089 9,174 9,519 9,618 9,915 10,346 10,742 11,0086,666 6,976 7,119 7,233 7,439 7,643 7,878 8,114 8,349 9,089 9,715 9,715 9,715 9,715 9,7644,941 5,428 5,784 5,784 5,806 6,055 6,088 6,088 6,434 7,046 7,405 7,763 7,968 8,174 8,5764,119 4,640 4,961 5,021 5,222 5,342 5,606 5,799 6,049 6,431 6,613 6,793 6,9983,554 4,114 4,388 4,450 4,704 4,978 5,318 5,583 5,767 5,872 5,9343,125 3,542 3,823 4,168 4,368 4,587 4,729 4,962 5,0832,669 3,075 3,541 3,661 3,7362,344 2,439 2,948

4,168 4,368 4,587 4,729 4,962 5,159 5,271 5,4253,661 3,736 3,855 4,056 4,211 4,3272,948 3,149 3,265 3,384 3,501 3,661

3,901 3,990 4,101 4,232 4,364 4,576 4,755 4,944 5,2323,194 3,335 3,422 3,527 3,641 3,845 3,949 4,126 4,224 4,465

2,220 2,423 2,516 2,639 2,735 2,890 2,992 3,085 3,250 3,332 3,411 3,459 3,620 3,725 3,9901,920 2,113 2,206 2,297 2,391 2,604 2,687 2,779 2,860 2,889 2,9081,760 1,877 1,968 2,061 2,205 2,330 2,422 2,4511,613 1,696 1,787 1,878 1,9581,456 1,548 1,6411,3851,2351,143

Hazardous Duty Pay(Effective Jan. 1, 2005)

Pay GradeO-10O-9O-8O-7O-6O-5O-4O-3O-2O-1E-9E-8E-7E-6E-5E-4E-3E-2E-1

Monthly Rate150150150150250250225175150150240240240215190165150150150

$

Provided to qualified rated officers.

Continuous pay ends following the 25th year of service.

Aviation Career Incentive Pay(Effective Jan. 1, 2005)

MonthlyRate

$585 495 385 250

Years ofAviation Serviceas an Officer

more than 22more than 23more than 24 more than 25

MonthlyRate

$125 156 188 206 650840

Years ofAviation Serviceas an Officer

2 or fewer more than 2more than 3more than 4more than 6more than 14


Housing Allowance(Effective Jan. 1, 2005)

WithDependents

$1,349.701,349.701,349.701,349.701,215.001,171.201,032.30854.10729.00652.50

918.00828.30765.60

876.90808.80750.60693.60624.00542.10504.60480.90447.60

PayGrade

O-10O-9O-8O-7O-6O-5O-4O-3O-2O-1

O-3EO-2EO-1E

E-9E-8E-7E-6E-5E-4E-3E-2E-1

WithoutDependents

$1,096.801,096.801,096.801,096.801,006.20968.70897.60719.70570.60480.90

777.00660.30568.20

665.10610.80521.40471.90435.30378.60371.40301.80250.80

As part of the 2004 defense budget, Congress authorized DOD to implement a new performance-based pay system for SESmembers. On Jan. 1, 2004, a new SES pay scale reflecting only the minimum and maximum levels of pay replaced the old fixedSES pay levels (ES-1 through ES-6). The pay scale does not include locality pay.

Senior Executive Service

SES Pay System Structure Minimum Maximum

Certified SES performance appraisal system $107,550 $162,100Noncertified SES performance appraisal system $107,550 $149,200

Annual Pay for Federal Civilians(Effective Jan. 1, 2005)

General Schedule

Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10GS-1 $16,016 $16,550 $17,083 $17,613 $18,146 $18,459 $18,984 $19,515 $19,537 $20,036GS-2 18,007 18,435 19,031 19,537 19,755 20,336 20,917 21,498 22,079 22,660GS-3 19,647 20,302 20,957 21,612 22,267 22,922 23,577 24,232 24,887 25,542GS-4 22,056 22,791 23,526 24,261 24,996 25,731 26,466 27,201 27,936 28,671GS-5 24,677 25,500 26,323 27,146 27,969 28,792 29,615 30,438 31,261 32,084GS-6 27,507 28,424 29,341 30,258 31,175 32,092 33,009 33,926 34,843 35,760GS-7 30,567 31,586 32,605 33,624 34,643 35,662 36,681 37,700 38,719 39,738GS-8 33,852 34,980 36,108 37,236 38,364 39,492 40,620 41,748 42,876 44,004GS-9 37,390 38,636 39,882 41,128 42,374 43,620 44,866 46,112 47,358 48,604GS-10 41,175 42,548 43,921 45,294 46,667 48,040 49,413 50,786 52,159 53,532GS-11 45,239 46,747 48,255 49,763 51,271 52,779 54,287 55,795 57,303 58,811GS-12 54,221 56,028 57,835 59,642 61,449 63,256 65,063 66,870 68,677 70,484GS-13 64,478 66,627 68,776 70,925 73,074 75,223 77,372 79,521 81,670 83,819GS-14 76,193 78,733 81,273 83,813 86,353 88,893 91,433 93,973 96,513 99,053GS-15 89,625 92,613 95,601 98,589 101,577 104,565 107,553 110,541 113,529 116,517

Subsistence Allowance(Effective Jan. 1, 2005)

Officers $183.99/month

Enlisted Members $267.18/month


Source: “The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2006-15,”published by the Congressional Budget Office, January 2004; Budget ofthe United States Government Historical Tables, Fiscal Year 2006.(Constant dollar figures are derived.)

Historical Federal Budget Data

Current dollars

Defense

$52.6

53.7

55.0

51.0

59.0

72.0

82.2

82.7

81.9

79.0

79.3

77.1

80.7

87.6

89.9

97.5

104.6

116.8

134.6

158.0

185.9

209.9

228.0

253.1

273.8

282.5

290.9

304.0

300.1

319.7

302.6

292.4

282.3

273.6

266.0

271.7

270.2

275.5

295.0

306.1

348.9

404.9

454.1

Year

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Deficit/

Surplus

$5.9

4.0

6.5

1.6

3.1

12.6

27.7

0.5

8.7

26.1

26.1

15.2

7.2

54.1

69.4

49.9

55.4

39.6

73.1

73.9

120.6

207.7

185.3

221.5

237.9

168.4

192.3

205.4

277.7

321.5

340.4

300.4

258.9

226.4

174.1

103.3

30.0

1.9

86.3

32.5

317.5

538.4

567.4

Entitlements

$34.7

36.2

38.9

39.7

43.4

50.9

59.7

64.6

72.5

86.9

100.8

116.0

130.9

169.4

189.1

203.7

227.4

247.0

291.2

339.4

370.8

410.6

405.6

448.2

461.8

474.2

505.1

549.8

626.8

702.3

716.8

738.0

786.0

818.5

858.7

896.3

938.6

976.8

1,029.8

1,094.4

1,196.7

1,281.6

1,345.7

Total

Outlays

$106.8

111.3

118.5

118.2

134.5

157.5

178.1

183.6

195.6

210.2

230.7

245.7

269.4

332.3

371.8

409.2

458.7

504.0

590.9

678.2

745.7

808.4

851.9

946.4

990.4

1,004.1

1,064.5

1,143.8

1,253.1

1,324.3

1,381.6

1,409.5

1,461.9

1,515.8

1,560.5

1,601.2

1,652.6

1,701.9

1,789.1

1,863.0

2,011.0

2,159.9

2,292.2

Constant FY06 dollars

Year

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Total

Outlays

$697.6

717.7

754.3

740.6

818.9

930.1

1,009.4

986.3

994.1

1,023.3

1,088.3

1,091.4

1,078.1

1,218.8

1,289.0

1,332.0

1,387.7

1,369.9

1,415.1

1,472.5

1,524.6

1,601.5

1,618.1

1,735.1

1,781.9

1,743.8

1,775.9

1,820.8

1,892.6

1,919.5

1,944.2

1,925.7

1,946.7

1,963.5

1,962.5

1,968.4

1,999.6

2,014.9

2,048.5

2,075.0

2,204.6

2,314.6

2,391.8

Deficit/

Surplus

$38.5

25.8

41.4

10.0

18.9

74.4

157.0

2.7

44.2

127.1

123.1

67.5

28.8

198.4

240.6

162.4

167.6

107.6

175.1

160.5

246.6

411.5

352.0

406.1

428.0

292.5

320.8

327.0

419.4

466.0

479.0

410.4

344.8

293.3

219.0

127.0

36.3

2.2

98.8

36.2

348.1

577.0

592.1

Entitlements

$226.7

233.4

247.6

248.7

264.2

300.6

338.4

347.0

368.5

423.0

475.5

515.3

523.8

621.3

655.6

663.1

688.0

671.4

697.4

736.9

758.1

813.4

770.4

821.7

830.9

823.5

842.6

875.2

946.7

1,017.9

1,008.7

1,008.3

1,046.6

1,060.2

1,079.9

1,101.9

1,135.7

1,156.5

1,179.1

1,219.0

1,311.9

1,373.4

1,404.2

Defense

$343.6

346.3

350.1

319.5

359.2

425.2

465.9

444.3

416.2

384.6

374.1

342.5

322.9

321.3

311.7

317.4

316.4

317.5

322.3

343.1

380.1

415.8

433.1

464.0

492.6

490.6

485.3

483.9

453.2

463.4

425.8

399.5

375.9

354.4

334.5

334.0

326.9

326.2

337.8

340.9

382.5

433.9

473.8

(In billions) (In billions)


25

20

15

10

5

062 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 04

Entitlements

Defense

Other

Year

1962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004

Defense

9.39.08.67.47.88.99.58.78.17.36.75.95.65.65.24.94.74.74.95.25.86.15.96.16.26.15.85.65.25.44.84.44.13.73.53.33.13.03.03.03.43.73.9

Deficit/Surplus

1.00.71.00.20.41.63.20.10.92.42.21.20.53.54.02.52.51.62.72.43.76.04.85.35.43.63.83.84.85.45.54.63.73.12.31.30.30.00.90.33.15.04.9

Entitlements

6.16.06.15.85.76.36.96.87.28.08.68.89.110.910.910.310.39.910.711.111.511.910.510.810.510.210.110.210.911.811.511.211.311.211.210.910.910.710.610.911.511.811.6

TotalOutlays

18.818.618.517.217.819.420.519.419.319.519.618.718.721.321.420.720.720.121.722.223.123.522.122.822.521.621.221.221.822.322.121.421.020.720.319.619.218.618.418.519.419.919.8

Percentages of GDP

CPI=Consumer Price Index

CP

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Inflation Rates

62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 04

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

% change

1.01.31.31.62.93.14.25.55.74.43.26.211.09.15.86.57.611.313.510.36.23.24.33.61.93.64.14.85.44.23.03.02.62.83.02.31.62.23.42.81.62.32.7

Year

1962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004


Bomber

B-52

Fighter/Attack

A-10OA-10F-16Total

Helicopter

HH-60

Reconnaissance/BM/C3I

WC-130

Special Ops Forces

MC-130

Tanker

HC-130KC-135Total

Transport

C-5C-9C-130C-141Total

Total AFRC

9

447

69120

15

20

14

57681

324

9320

149

408

8

273

6090

13

10

12

57277

283

9016

137

347

Air Force Reserve CommandInventory

(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Type TAI PAI

Type TAI PAI Type TAI PAI

Bomber

B-1B-2B-52Total

Fighter/Attack

A-10OA-10F-15F-16F/A-22F-117Total

Helicopter

HH-60UH-1Total


E-3E-4E-9EC-130MQ-9M/RQ-1NC-135OC-135RC-135RQ-4U-2WC-135Total

Special Ops Forces

AC-130MC-130MH-53Total

672184

172

12975

604737

2755

1,627

7189

160

3242

175612

216

342

132

21453399

521653

121

10854

524638

2747

1,398

6268

130

2632

100402

160

330

96

19413090

Tanker

HC-130KC-10KC-135Total

Trainer

T-1T-3T-6T-37T-38T-41T-43TC-135GlidersUV-18Total

Transport

C-5C-9C-12C-17C-20C-21C-32C-37C-40C-130C-135VC-25Total

Total Active

1859

224301

179110159283484

493

433

1,277

734

28118

1075

492

18922

516

4,284

1854

185257

1490

113227347

492

412

894

623

24108

968

492

16522

458

3,444

EquipmentTotal active inventory (TAI): aircraft assigned to operating forces for mission,training, test, or maintenance. Includes primary, backup, and attrition aircraft.Primary aircraft inventory (PAI): aircraft assigned to meet primary aircraftauthorization (PAA).

2005 USAF Almanac7626

129540771

18

71724

4

9234243

1382

11223

21510

266

1,326

7218

103452645

15

61420

4

7188195

1282

11020

20310

248

1,127

Air National Guard Inventory(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Type TAI PAI

Fighter/Attack

A-10OA-10F-15F-16Total

Helicopter

HH-60G


EC-130E-8Total

Special Ops Forces

MC-130

Tanker

HC-130KC-135Total

Transport

C-5C-17C-21C-26C-32C-38C-40C-130LC-130Total

Total ANG

Active Duty Inventory(As of Sept. 30, 2004)


0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21 21-24 24+ Total Average

A-10 12 167 25 204 22.8B-1B 65 2 67 17.1B-2 7 10 3 1 21 10.1B-52 84 84 42.8C-5 43 7 23 73 21.7C-9 4 4 30.3C-10 1 11 30 17 59 19.7C-12 4 8 16 28 24.3C-17 42 33 20 19 4 118 5.1C-20 1 1 8 10 15.8C-21 75 75 19.7C-25 2 2 13.9C-32 2 2 4 6C-37 3 6 9 3.7C-40 2 2 1.7C-130 1 15 16 13 6 239 290 32C-135 255 255 42.6E-3 3 8 21 32 24.8E-4 4 4 30.3E-9 2 2 11F-15 10 16 34 115 113 98 126 92 604 18.1F-16 13 16 22 193 303 102 86 2 737 13.3F/A-22 22 4 1 27 1.7F-117 8 15 24 8 55 18.2H-1 89 89 33.3H-53 33 33 34.2H-60 3 4 5 38 11 2 8 71 14.4Q-1 3 3 6 3.5Q-4 4 1 1 6 3Q-9 5 5 1.3T-1 57 101 21 179 8.9T-3 14 96 110 9.6T-6 125 34 159 1.9T-37 283 283 40.8T-38 484 484 37.4T-41 4 4 35.1T-43 9 9 30.4U-2 1 8 13 8 4 34 21.2UV-18 1 2 3 20.5Gliders 40 1 1 1 43 4.2Total 270 119 130 477 513 394 366 344 1,671 4,284 22.8Percent 6% 3% 3% 11% 12% 9% 9% 8% 39%

Age of the Active Duty Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Age in Years

Type of aircraft

BomberFighter/attackHelicopterReconnaissance/BM/C3ISpecial Ops ForcesTankerTrainerTransport

Total active dutyAir National GuardAFRC

Total active duty, ANG, and AFRCTotal aircraft, including

foreign-government-owned

FY03

1731,628

129135101325

1,308529

4,3281,312

433

6,073

6,167

FY99

1791,666

123138118327

1,274588

4,4131,360

430

6,203

6,302

FY01

1811,619

126140107330

1,289546

4,3381,361

445

6,144

6,245

FY98

1791,683

116140123326

1,272608

4,4471,381

446

6,274

6,373

FY00

1811,658

130141107328

1,289567

4,4011,362

442

6,205

6,304

FY02

1831,631

126143102322

1,342538

4,3871,350

446

6,183

6,286

Total Number of USAF Aircraft in Service Over Time(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

FY04

1721,627

160132

99301

1,277516

4,2841,326

408

6,018

6,107


Age of the Air Force Reserve Command Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Age in Years

0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21 21-24 24+ Total AverageA-10 1 22 28 51 24B-52 9 9 42.5C-5 32 32 33.1C-9 4 4 33.3C-130 7 7 6 21 12 25 8 6 40 132 20.8C-135 76 76 43.4C-141 20 20 37.9F-16 1 63 5 69 16.7H-60 15 15 13.7Total 7 7 6 21 28 88 14 28 209 408 26.8Percent 2% 2% 1% 5% 7% 22% 3% 7% 51%

Age of the Air National Guard Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Age in Years

0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21 21-24 24+ Total AverageA-10 1 42 59 102 23.8C-5 13 13 33.2C-17 8 8 0.5C-21 2 2 17C-26 9 2 11 10.3C-32 2 2 1.2C-38 2 2 6.5C-40 3 3 1.3C-130 9 12 22 31 34 17 26 13 81 245 20.9C-135 234 234 44.2E-8 5 7 4 1 17 4.8F-15 2 10 117 129 26.1F-16 1 17 72 270 140 40 540 17H-60 7 11 18 13.9Total 27 19 29 64 109 300 169 105 504 1,326 23.7Percent 2% 1% 2% 5% 8% 23% 13% 8% 38%

DMSP: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DSCS: Defense Satellite Communications System DSP: Defense S upport Program GPS: Global Positioning SystemAs of FY02, satellite data show the number of satellites that are primary mission capable.*Number changes as Peacekeepers are deactivated.

Type of system

Minuteman III ICBMPeacekeeper ICBM*

Total ICBMs

DMSP satelliteDSCS satelliteDSP satellite (data classified)GPS satelliteMilstar satellite

Total satellites

FY00

50050

550

25

—24

2

33

FY03

50023

523

210—28

5

45

FY01

50050

550

25

—27

3

37

FY98

53050

580

25

—26

2

35

FY99

50050

550

25

—26

2

35

FY02

50050

550

25

—28

4

39

ICBMs and Spacecraft in Service(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

FY04

5006

506

211—30

5

48


Air National Guard Air Defense Unit Fin Flashes

aANG training units.bGeneral-purpose units (no longer air defense only).

Aircraft per Active DutyUSAF Squadron

(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

Aircraft

A/OA-10AC-130HAC-130UB-1BB-2B-52C-5C-17C-130C-141BE-3E-8EC-130F-15F-15EF-16F-117AHC-130HH-60KC-10KC-135MC-130EMC-130H/PMH-53U-2

Number

18/248

1312/18

81214121410

2/58

6/1018/2418/2418/24

183/4

12/14151214

10/1216/17

29

Description

Minuteman over MassachusettsSubdued eagle and “Oregon” logoRed stripe with “Happy Hooligans” logoDark gray bison’s skull against prairie/mountain profileSubdued hawk with banner in talonsBlue lightning bolt, blue stripe with “Florida” logoBlack falcon with talons extended and “California” logoTexas star on subdued jagged stripes with “Houston” logoBlue stripe and “Duluth” logoGreen stripe with “Vermont” on top of tail with figure of Ethan AllenStarburst state flag and AZRed stripe with “New Jersey” logo and AC above it

Aircraft

F-15A/BF-15A/BF-16A/BF-16C/DF-15A/BF-15A/BF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16CF-16C/DF-16A/B/C/DF-16C/D

Unit and Location

102nd FW, Otis ANGB, Mass.114th FS (173rd FW), Klamath Falls Arpt., Ore.a

119th FW, Hector Arpt., N.D.120th FW, Great Falls Arpt., Mont.b

123rd FS (142nd FW), Portland Arpt., Ore.125th FW, Jacksonville Arpt., Fla.144th FW, Fresno Yosemite Arpt., Calif.147th FW, Ellington Field, Tex.b

148th FW, Duluth Arpt., Minn.158th FW, Burlington Arpt., Vt.b

162nd FW, Tucson Arpt., Ariz.a

177th FW, Atlantic City Arpt., N.J.b

USAF Aircraft Flying Hours*(In thousands, as of Sept. 30, 2004)

Active duty

ANG

AFRC

Total

FY04

1,648

393

177

2,218

FY00

1,555

342

139

2,036

FY98

1,644

361

149

2,154

FY99

1,633

357

142

2,132

FY01

1,579

341

146

2,066

FY02

1,768

410

186

2,364

FY03

1,700

426

193

2,319

*Includes contingency support hours but not AFSOC or RDT&E flying hours.

Active forcesBomberAir refuelingStrategic command & controlFighterReconnaissanceElectronic warfareSpecial operationsGround theater air controlAirborne theater air controlRescueTheater airliftLong-range airliftAeromedical airliftICBMSpace operationsSpace communicationsSpace warningSpace surveillanceSpace launchRangeSpace controlSpace aggressorTotal

Reserve forcesANG Selected Reserve Flying Space operations Space warningAFRC Flying Space operations Space warning Space aggressorTotalGrand total

FY03

926

246

92

21288

1218

011

80834231

203

10131

61411

172392

FY00

1026

246

13

14787

1220

314

81763220

202

10100

60410

166368

FY01

926

246

42

14786

1218

314

81743230

199

10111

60410

168367

FY02

926

246

42

21286

1218

314

80833230

200

10111

60410

168368

USAF Squadrons by Mission Type(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

FY04

917

24510

221

2886

130

1196634231

188

10242

61411

175363


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Class A Aircraft Mishaps(As of Sept. 30, 2004)

(Loss of life, permanent total disability, destroyed aircraft, or more than $1 million in property damage)

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60

50

40

30

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10

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fatalities destroyed aircraft

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 10-yearaverage

04

1.50

1.45

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.10

10-year average: 1.30

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04


USAF Aircraft Tail Markings

ACAF

AK

AKALALAN

AVAZBBBCBDCACBCCCICOCRCTDCDEDMDMDRDYEDEFEGELENET

FCFEFFFLFMFSFTFWGAGAHA

HDHH

HIHLHOHTHVIAIDILISJZKCKSLALFLILNLRMAMAMDMIMI

F-16C/DC-150, DA-20, gliders,T-41, UV-18C-12, C-130H, E-3B/C,F-15C/D/EA/OA-10A, F-16C/DF-16C/DKC-135C-130H, HC-130N,HH-60GF-16C/DF-16A/B/C/DT-38A, U-2A/OA-10AB-52H, A/OA-10AHC-130P, HH-60GT-1A, T-37B, T-38CF-16C/DC-130EF-16C/DC-130HA/OA-10AF-16C/DC-130HA/OA-10AEC-130E/HHH-60GB-1BVariousF-16C/DF-15C/DB-1BAT-38B, T-37B, T-38AA-10A, F-15A/B/C/D/E,F-16A/B/C/D, UH-1NUH-1NUH-1NF-15C/DHC-130P/N, HH-60GF-16C/DF-16C/DA/OA-10AF-16C/DE-8C, TE-8AC-130HKC-135

QF-4C-130H, F-15A/B,KC-135RF-16C/DF-16C/DF-117A, T-38AAT-38B, C-12, F-15AUH-1NF-16C/DA/OA-10A, C-130EC-130EHH-60GF-15A/BA/OA-10C-21AB-52HF-16HC-130P, HH-60GF-15C/EF-16C/DF-15A/BA/OA-10AA/OA-10A, C-130JF-16C/D, C-130EKC-135

177th FW (ANG), Atlantic City Arpt., N.J.USAF Academy, Colo.

3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

354th FW, Eielson AFB, Alaska187th FW (ANG), Dannelly Fld., Ala.117th ARW (ANG), Birmingham Arpt., Ala.176th Wing (ANG), Kulis ANGB, Alaska

31st FW, Aviano AB, Italy162nd FW (ANG), Tucson Arpt., Ariz.9th RW, Beale AFB, Calif.110th FW (ANG), W.K. Kellogg Arpt., Mich.917th Wing (AFRC), Barksdale AFB, La.129th RQW (ANG), Moffett Fed. Afld., Calif.14th FTW, Columbus AFB, Miss.27th FW, Cannon AFB, N.M.146th AW, Channel Islands ANGS, Calif.140th Wing (ANG), Buckley AFB, Colo.302nd AW (AFRC), Peterson AFB, Colo.103rd FW (ANG), Bradley Arpt., Conn.113th Wing (ANG), Andrews AFB, Md.166th AW (ANG), New Castle Co. Arpt., Del.355th Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.55th Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.305th RQS (AFRC), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.7th BW, Dyess AFB, Tex.412th TW, Edwards AFB, Calif.147th FW (ANG), Ellington Fld., Tex.33rd FW, Eglin AFB, Fla.28th BW, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.80th FTW, Sheppard AFB, Tex.46th TW, Eglin AFB, Fla.

336th TRG, Fairchild AFB, Wash.90th SW, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.1st FW, Langley AFB, Va.920th RQG (AFRC), Patrick AFB, Fla.482nd FW (AFRC), Homestead ARB, Fla.188th FW (ANG), Fort Smith Arpt., Ark.23rd FG, Pope AFB, N.C.122nd FW (ANG), Fort Wayne Arpt., Ind.116th ACW (ACC, ANG), Robins AFB, Ga.165th AW (ANG), Savannah Arpt., Ga.185th ARW (ANG), Sioux Gateway Arpt.,Iowa53rd WEG, Holloman AFB, N.M.154th Wing (ANG), Hickam AFB, Hawaii

419th FW (AFRC), Hill AFB, Utah388th FW, Hill AFB, Utah49th FW, Holloman AFB, N.M.46th TG, Holloman AFB, N.M.30th SW, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.132nd FW (ANG), Des Moines Arpt., Iowa124th Wing (ANG), Boise Air Term., Idaho182nd AW (ANG), Greater Peoria Arpt., Ill.85th Group, NAS Keflavik, Iceland159th FW (ANG), NAS JRB New Orleans442nd FW, Whiteman AFB, Mo.45th Airlift Flight, Keesler AFB, Miss.2nd BW, Barksdale AFB, La.56th FW, Luke AFB, Ariz.106th RQW (ANG), F.S. Gabreski Arpt., N.Y.48th FW, RAF Lakenheath, UK944th FW (AFRC), Luke AFB, Ariz.102nd FW (ANG), Otis ANGB, Mass.104th FW (ANG), Barnes Arpt., Mass.175th Wing (ANG), Martin State Arpt., Md.127th Wing (ANG), Selfridge ANGB, Mich.927th ARW (AFRC), Selfridge ANGB, Mich.

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UH-1NC-130HF-16CF-15C/D/E, F-16CJ/DB-52HUH-1NHC-130P, HH-60GT-6A, T-38CC-130HF-16C/DA/OA-10AC-130EF-16C/DVariousF-16C/D

C-130HF-16C/DC-130H

F-16C/DE-3B/CA/OA-10A, C-12,F-16C/DB-1, B-2, B-52, F-15A/C/D/E, F-16C/D, RQ-1A, RQ-4AF/A-22, F-15, F-16A/CF-117A/OA-10AKC-135C-130E

T-1A, T-6A, T-37B,T-38A/C, T-43AC-130E, C-130J-30

C-130EF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16C/DF-15EF-15A/B

A/OA-10A, F-16CJF-16C/CJ/DQF-4F-16C/DC-130HF-16C/DF-15C/D, F/A-22F-16C/DT-1A, T-37B, T-38CA-10, F-15C/D/E,F-16C/D, F/A-22, HH-60, RQ-1/MQ-1E-9AF-16C/DB-2A, T-38AF-16C/DC-130HC-130EF-16C/DC-130HT-1A, T-6A, T-37B,T-38A/CC-130HC-21A, C-130E/H,UH-1NE-3B/C, F-15C/D,KC-135R, HH-60G

341st SW, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.133rd AW (ANG), Minn.-St. Paul Arpt./ARS148th FW (ANG), Duluth Arpt., Minn.366th FW, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho5th BW, Minot AFB, N.D.91st SW, Minot AFB, N.D.347th Rescue Wing, Moody AFB, Ga.479th FTG, Moody AFB, Ga.145th AW, Charlotte Arpt., N.C.150th FW (ANG), Kirtland AFB, N.M.926th FW (AFRC), NAS JRB New Orleans152nd AW (ANG), Reno/Tahoe Arpt., Nev.174th FW (ANG), Hancock Fld., N.Y.55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.178th FW (ANG), Springfield-Beckley Arpt.,Ohio179th AW (ANG), Mansfield Lahm Arpt., Ohio180th FW (ANG), Toledo Exp. Arpt., Ohio137th AW (ANG), Will Rogers World Arpt.,Okla.138th FW (ANG), Tulsa Arpt., Okla.552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, Okla.51st FW, Osan AB, South Korea

85th TES, 53rd Wing (ACC), Eglin AFB,Fla.

422nd TES, 53rd Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.Det. 1, 53rd WEG, Holloman AFB, N.M.111th FW (ANG), NAS JRB Willow Grove, Pa.939th ARW (AFRC), Portland Arpt., Ore.156th AW (ANG), Luis Munoz Marin Arpt.,Puerto Rico12th FTW, Randolph AFB, Tex.

143rd AW (ANG), Quonset State Arpt.,R.I.86th AW, Ramstein AB, Germany149th FW (ANG), Lackland AFB, Tex.169th FW (ANG), McEntire ANGS, S.C.114th FW (ANG), Joe Foss Fld., S.D.183rd FW (ANG), Capital Arpt., Ill.4th FW, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.131st FW (ANG), Lambert-St. Louis Arpt.,Mo.52nd FW, Spangdahlem AB, Germany20th FW, Shaw AFB, S.C.53rd Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla.181st FW (ANG), Hulman Arpt., Ind.136th AW (ANG), NAS JRB F.W., Tex.301st FW (AFRC), NAS JRB F.W., Tex.325th FW, Tyndall AFB, Fla.192nd FW (ANG), Richmond Arpt., Va.71st FTW, Vance AFB, Okla.57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.

53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, Fla.115th FW (ANG), Truax Fld., Wis.509th BW, Whiteman AFB, Mo.8th FW, Kunsan AB, South Korea130th AW (ANG), Yeager Arpt., W.Va.167th AW (ANG), East. W.Va. Arpt., W.Va.35th FW, Misawa AB, Japan153rd AW (ANG), Cheyenne Arpt., Wyo.47th FTW, Laughlin AFB, Tex.

139th AW (ANG), Rosecrans Arpt., Mo.374th AW, Yokota AB, Japan

18th Wing, Kadena AB, Japan

Code Aircraft Unit and Location Code Aircraft Unit and Location


Airman Basic(E-1)

No insignia

Airman(E-2)

Airman First Class(E-3)

Senior Airman(E-4)

Staff Sergeant(E-5)

Technical Sergeant(E-6)

USAF Grades and Insignia

Second Lieutenant(O-1)

First Lieutenant(O-2)

Captain(O-3)

Major(O-4)

Lieutenant Colonel(O-5)

Colonel(O-6)

Brigadier General(O-7)

Major General(O-8)

Lieutenant General(O-9)

General(O-10)

Master Sergeant(E-7)

Senior Master Sergeant(E-8)

Chief Master Sergeant(E-9)

Chief Master Sergeant ofthe Air Force

First SergeantThe diamond device, shown

here on senior master sergeantstripes, denotes an E-7 throughE-9 who advises and assists a

squadron commander inmanaging unit activities.

Officer

Command Chief MasterSergeant

The star device shown heredenotes an E-9 who serves in a9E000 position, formerly known

as a senior enlisted advisor.

Enlisted

80 AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2005

*Also awarded with gold, silver, or bronze devices. The gold frame on the ribbon denotes a unit citation; without, an individual citation.

NATO MedalYugoslavia

Kosovo CampaignMedal

Joint MeritoriousUnit Citation

Joint ServiceCommendation Medal

Air ForceCommendation Medal

Purple Heart

Joint ServiceAchievement Medal

Air ForceAchievement Medal

Air Force OrganizationalExcellence Award

Aerial AchievementMedal

Air MedalMeritorious ServiceMedal (AF)

Defense MeritoriousService Medal

Defense SuperiorService Medal

Legion of Merit Distinguished FlyingCross

Airman’s Medal Bronze Star Medal

Distinguished ServiceMedal (AF)

Defense DistinguishedService Medal

Air Force CrossMedal of Honor

Awards and Decorations—Currently Awarded Ribbons

Military OutstandingVolunteer Service Medal

Silver Star

Good Conduct Medal

Presidential UnitCitation

Air Force GallantUnit Award

Air Force MeritoriousUnit Award

Air Force OutstandingUnit Award

Combat ReadinessMedal

Prisoner of War Medal Air Force GoodConduct Medal

Air Reserve ForcesMeritorious Service Medal

Outstanding Airmanof the Year Ribbon

Air Force RecognitionRibbon

National DefenseService Medal

Antarctica ServiceMedal

Armed ForcesExpeditionary Medal

Vietnam Service Medal Southwest AsiaService Medal

Global War on TerrorismService Medal

Global War on TerrorismExpeditionary Medal

Korea Defense ServiceMedal

Armed ForcesService Medal

HumanitarianService Medal

Air & Space CampaignMedal

Air Force OverseasRibbon-Short

Air Force OverseasRibbon-Long

Air Force LongevityService Award Ribbon

USAF Basic MilitaryTraining Instructor

Ribbon

Air Force RecruiterRibbon

Armed Forces ReserveMedal

USAF NCO PMEGraduate Ribbon

USAF Basic MilitaryTraining Honor

Graduate Ribbon

Small Arms ExpertMarksmanship Ribbon

Air Force TrainingRibbon

RVN Gallantry Crosswith Palm*

United NationsMedal

NATO MedalKosovo

Republic of VietnamCampaign Medal

Kuwait Liberation Medal,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kuwait Liberation Medal,Government of Kuwait

Air ForceExpeditionary Service

Ribbon


Mexican ServiceMedal

Pre-World War I World War II Through Korean War (in order of precedence)

Women’s Army CorpsService Medal

World War I

Victory Medal

Awards and Decorations—Previously Awarded Ribbons

American DefenseService Medal

Korean Service Medal

European–African–MiddleEastern Campaign Medal

World War IIVictory Medal

Army of OccupationMedal

Medal for HumaneAction

Asiatic–PacificCampaign Medal

American CampaignMedal

Philippine DefenseRibbon

Philippine LiberationRibbon

Philippine IndependenceRibbon

Republic of KoreaKorean War Service

Medal

United NationsService Medal

ROK Presidential UnitCitation

Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation

Currently Awarded Devices

Previously Awarded Devices

Silver Staris worn in the same manner as the

bronze star, but each is worn in lieuof five bronze service stars.

Silver and Bronze StarsWhen worn together on a single

ribbon, silver stars will be worn to thewearer’s right of any bronze star.

Bronze Oak Leaf Clusterrepresents second and subsequent

entitlements of awards.

Silver Oak Leaf Clusterrepresents the sixth, 11th, etc.,

entitlements or is worn in lieu of fivebronze OLCs.

Silver/Bronze Oak Leaf ClustersSilver OLCs are worn to the wearer’s rightof the bronze OLCs on the same ribbon.

Hourglass Deviceis issued for the Armed Forces

Reserve Medal in bronze for 10 yearsof service, silver for 20, and gold for

30 years.

Berlin Airlift Deviceis worn with the Army of Occupation

Medal to denote service of 90consecutive days in direct support of

the Berlin Airlift, June 26, 1948, toSept. 30, 1949.

Valor Devicerepresents valor and does not denotean additional award. Only one may be

earned on any ribbon. It is worn tothe wearer’s right of any clusters on

the same ribbon.

A Deviceis worn with the Overseas Ribbon

Short to denote service north of theArctic Circle. Only one is worn on theribbon. It is worn to the wearer’s rightof any clusters on the same ribbon.

BeretsFive USAF career fields are authorized to wear a colored beret along with the crest of that particular field. Below are those badges on their particular beret color.

Combat ControlTeam

CombatWeather

ForceProtection

Pararescue Tactical AirControl Party

Bronze Starrepresents participation in

campaigns or operations, multiplequalifications, or an additional award

to any of the various ribbons onwhich it is authorized.

Arrowhead Deviceis worn with Army and Air Force

campaign medals to denoteparticipation in combat parachute,

glider, or amphibious assault landing.

Disk “Wintered Over” Deviceis worn with the Antarctica ServiceMedal to denote multiple “winters

over”—bronze for one winter; gold,two; silver, three.

Mobility Deviceis worn with the Armed Forces

Reserve Medal to denote active dutyfor at least one day during a

contingency. A number to the right ofthe device denotes the total number

of mobilizations.

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