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Fact Sheets

Aircraft Factsheets

Aircraft Factsheets

  • U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is a major command of the U.S. Air Force. It is the air component for two Department of Defense unified commands - U.S. European Command, and U.S. Africa Command. 

  • National Museum of the United States Air Force

    The National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the Department of the Air Force’s national institution for preserving and presenting its story.

  • United States Air Forces in Europe

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA), with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is a major command of the U.S. Air Force. It is the air component for two Department of Defense unified commands - U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), and U.S. Africa Command.

  • United States Air Force Academy

    The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience designed to provide cadets the knowledge and character essential for leadership, and the motivation to serve as Air Force career officers.

  • Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force

    Civil Air Patrol–United States Air Force, or CAP-USAF, is headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. CAP-USAF provides day-to-day support, advice and liaison to the Civil Air Patrol and provides oversight for CAP programs, with particular emphasis on safety and programmatic requirements.

  • Air National Guard

    The Air National Guard has both a federal and state mission. The dual mission, a provision of the U. S. Constitution, results in each guardsman holding membership in the National Guard of his or her state and in the National Guard of the United States.

  • Air Force Materiel Command

    Headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Air Force Materiel Command is a major command created July 1, 1992.

  • Air Force Inspection Agency

    The Air Force Inspection Agency, headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is a Field Operating Agency that reports to the Secretary of the Air Force Inspector General.

  • Air Force Logistics Management Agency

    The Air Force Logistics Management Agency, with headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex, Ala., is a field operating agency that reports to the Director of Transformation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Joint Base Andrews, Md.

  • Security Forces - 3P0X1

    Security Forces personnel are the Air Force's first line of defense and it is their job to maintain the rule of law on all Air Force bases and installations. All police activities associated with an Air Force base fall under this career field.

  • Air Force Reserve Command

    The Air Force Reserve Command, with headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., became the ninth major command of the Air Force on Feb. 17, 1997, as a result of Title XII - Reserve Forces Revitalization - in Public Law 104-201, the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1997.

  • The U.S. Air Force

    The Air Force ended a 40-year association with the U.S. Army to become a separate service. The U.S. Air Force thus entered a new era in which airpower became firmly established as a major element of the nation's defense and one of its chief hopes for deterring war.

  • Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

    The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center serves as the single agency responsible for coordinating on-land federal SAR activities in the 48 contiguous United States, Mexico and Canada.

  • Air Force Civil Engineer Center

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is responsible for providing responsive, flexible full-spectrum installation engineering services.

  • U.S. Air Force Special Operations School

    The U.S. Air Force Special Operations School is a primary support unit of the Air Force Special Operations Command, the Air Force component of the U.S. Special Operations Command.  The school is collocated with and directly supports USSOCOM's Joint Special Operations University.