Air Combat Command Mission
The Virtual Military Command U.S. Air Force's Air Combat Command, with headquarters at
Langley AFB, Va., is the primary provider of air combat forces to VMC America's Unified Combatant Commands. ACC
operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, rescue and theater airlift
aircraft, as well as command, control, communications and intelligence systems.
As a force provider, ACC organizes, trains, equips, and maintains combat-ready forces
for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready
to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime air defense. ACC provides
nuclear forces for U.S. Strategic Command,
theater air forces for the five geographical, unified commands -- U.S. Atlantic Command, U.S.
Central Command, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. European
Command -- and air defense forces for the North
American Aerospace Defense Command. ACC also operates certain air mobility forces in
support of U.S. Transportation Command. ACC
prepares combat air forces to globally implement national policy.
Air Combat Command resources include three
numbered air forces: 1st Air Force, 8th
Air Force, and 9th Air Force, and one direct reporting unit.
Air Combat Command
Resources
1st Air Force
Headquarters at Tyndall AFB, Fla. Oversees air defense forces and is a geographic
component of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Tyndall AFB, Fla. (non-ACC base) -- Headquarters 1st AF (ANG). CONUS Regional Operations
Control Center, and Southeast Air Defense Sector (ANG).
Other 1st AF units include: Northeast Air Defense Sector (ANG), Rome, N.Y.; Western Air
Defense Sector (ANG), McChord AFB, Wash.
8th Air Force
Headquarters at Barksdale AFB, La. Oversees ACC forces based in the central
United States, has the warfighting responsibility for U. S. Atlantic Command and is the
Joint Task Force/Bomber for U.S. Strategic Command.
Barksdale AFB, La. -- Headquarters 8th AF. 2nd Bomb Wing: B-52.
Cannon AFB, N.M. -- 27th Fighter Wing: EF-111 and F-16.
Dyess AFB, Texas -- 7th Wing: B-1 and C-130H.
Ellsworth AFB, S.D. -- 28th Bomb Wing: B-1.
Lajes Field, Azores -- 65th Air Base Wing.
Little Rock AFB, Ark. -- 314th Airlift Wing: C-130E/H.
Minot AFB, N.D. -- 5th Bomb Wing: B-52.
Whiteman AFB, Mo. -- 509th Bomb Wing: B-2, T-38.
Other 8th AF units include: 85th Group at Keflavik NAS, Iceland: HH-60, (TDY F-15); and
the 3rd Air Support Operations Group, Fort Hood, Texas.
9th Air Force
Headquarters at Shaw AFB, S.C. Controls ACC forces based in the eastern United
States and is the air component of U.S. Central Command.
Langley AFB, Va. -- Headquarters ACC. 1st Fighter Wing: C-21A, and F-15C/D. 41st RQS
(HH-60) and 71st RQS (HC-130) at Patrick AFB, Fla., are assigned to 1st FW.
Moody AFB, Ga. -- 347th Wing. Composite wing includes F-16, C-130E and A-10.
Pope AFB, N.C. -- 23rd Wing. Composite wing includes A-10, F-16C/D and C-130E. .
Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. -- 4th Fighter Wing: F-15E.
Shaw AFB, S.C. -- Headquarters 9th AF. 20th Fighter Wing: A-10 and F-16C/D.
Other 9th AF units include: 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla. (F-15C); 93rd Air
Control Wing (E-8 Joint STARS) and 5th Combat Communications Group at Robins AFB, Ga.;
823rd Red Horse Civil Engineering Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla.; and the 18th Air
Support Operations Group at Pope AFB.
12th Air Force
Headquarters at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. Controls ACC forces based in the western
United States and Panama and is the air component for U.S. Southern Command and U.S.
Strategic Command (battle management). It also has Joint Task Force/Battle Management
responsibilities for U.S. Strategic Command.
Beale AFB, Calif. -- 9th Reconnaissance Wing: U-2R/S and T-38.
Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. -- Headquarters 12th AF. 355th Wing: A-10 and EC-130H/E.
Holloman AFB, N.M. -- 49th Fighter Wing: F-117A, T-38, HH-60 and German F-4E.
Howard AFB, Panama -- 24th Wing: C-21, C-27 and CT-43.
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho -- 366th Wing. Composite wing includes F-15C/D/E, F-16, KC-135R
and B-1.
Offutt AFB, Neb. -- 55th Wing: C-21, E-4, RC-135 S/U/V/W, EC-135, KC-135, TC-135 S/W,
WC-135, and OC-135.
Other 12th AF units include: 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah (F-16C); and 820th
Red Horse Civil Engineering Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev.; 552nd Air Control Wing (E-3B/C)
and 3rd Combat Communications Group at Tinker AFB, Okla.; and 1st Air Support Operations
Group, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Direct Reporting Unit
Nellis AFB, Nev. -- Air Warfare Center. 57th Wing: A-10A, F-15 C/D/E, F-16, HH-60
and Predator unmanned aerial vehicles. U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron
(Thunderbirds). 99th Air Base Wing. U.S. Air Force Weapons School.
The 53rd Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., is assigned to the Air Warfare Center. The 53rd Wing
subordinate units are the 68th Electronic Combat Group at Eglin AFB; the 79th Test and
Evaluation Group at Eglin AFB, with F-15A/C/E, F-16A/C and EF-111A aircraft; the 505th
Command and Control Evaluation Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla.; and the 475th Weapons
Evaluation Group at Tyndall AFB, Fla., with E-9, QF-106 and QF-4 aircraft.
