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Structure of theForce

USAFAlmanac■ The Air Force in Facts and Figures

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How the Air Force Is Organized

There is considerable variation in how themajor commands and subordinate units ofthe Air Force are organized. This overviewdescribes the typical organization chain.

The Department of Defense (DOD) is aCabinet agency headed by the Secretary ofDefense. It was created in 1947 to consoli-date pre-existing military agencies—the WarDepartment and the Navy Department. Sub-ordinate to DOD are the three military de-partments (Army, Navy, and Air Force),each headed by a civilian secretary.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) consti-tute the corporate military leadership ofDOD. The chairman and vice chairman ofthe JCS serve full-time in their positions.The service chiefs are the military heads

of their respective services, although JCSresponsibilities take precedence.

The Department of the Air Force isheaded by the Secretary of the Air Force,who is supported by a staff called theSecretariat. The Chief of Staff, USAF,heads the Air Staff, and the military headsof the major commands report to the Chiefof Staff.

Most units of the Air Force are assignedto one of the major commands. Majorcommands are headed by general officersand have broad functional responsibili-ties. Commands may be divided into num-bered air forces.

The fundamental unit of the workingAir Force is the wing. The typical air force

base is built around a wing. Until recently,most wings were headed by colonels butnow are usually under the command of ageneral officer. An objective wing typi-cally contains an operations group, whichincludes aircrews, intelligence units, andothers; a logistics group, which can in-clude maintenance and supply squadrons;a support group, which can include suchfunctions as security forces and civil en-gineers; and a medical group.

Most individual officers and airmen areassigned to a squadron, which may becomposed of several flights.

In addition to these, there are numer-ous others, including centers, field oper-ating agencies, and direct reporting units.

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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.

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

The Nation’s Air Arm and Its Early Leaders

A trio of legendary leaders: Gen.H.H. “Hap” Arnold, Commanding

General of the Army Air Forces, isjoined at a ceremony in Luxembourg

in 1945 by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz(center) and Maj. Gen. Hoyt

Vandenberg (right). Spaatz went onto become the first Chief of Staff of

the US Air Force. Vandenbergsucceeded him in 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. Ryan

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

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, 1990

Oct. 29, 1990Oct. 25, 1994Sept. 1, 1997Oct. 5, 1997

Air Combat Command

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

April 5, 1996June 11, 1999

Feb. 8, 2000

Gen. John Michael LohGen. Joseph W. RalstonLt. Gen. Brett M. Dula (acting)Gen. Richard E. HawleyGen. Ralph E. EberhartGen. John P. Jumper

June 22, 1995Feb. 27, 1996

April 4, 1996June 11, 1999

Feb. 8, 2000

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)

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, 2001

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, 2001

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, 1969April 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

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

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. Handy

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. Finch

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, 1999

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, 1999


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, 1962Aug. 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. Lyles

June 30, 1995May 9, 1997

May 29, 1997April 20, 2000

July 1, 1992June 30, 1995

May 9, 1997May 29, 1997April 20, 2000

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, 1998

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, 1998

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)Maj. Gen. James E. Sherrard III

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

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

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

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

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. Eberhart

July 30, 1984Oct. 1, 1986

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


Air Force Space Command

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. Hornburg

Oct. 13, 1948June 30, 1954July 25, 1954July 31, 1958July 31, 1959July 31, 1963

Aug. 10, 1964June 30, 1966Aug. 30, 1970Sept. 9, 1972

Aug. 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, 2000

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, 1974

Aug. 29, 1975April 1, 1979

July 29, 1981June 23, 1983Aug. 28, 1986June 6, 1988

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

March 17, 1997June 22, 2000

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 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. Bailey

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

July 9, 1997Aug. 5, 1999

June 30, 1991July 22, 1994

July 9, 1997Aug. 5, 1999

Air Mobility Command

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

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

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

October 1948Sept. 25, 1950

Jan. 4, 1954Aug. 5, 1962

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

Jan. 28, 1994Jan. 28, 1998

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

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

Jan. 28, 1994Jan. 28, 1998

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.

Air National Guard

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 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 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

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


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, 1983

April 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

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

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


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. William 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. Martin

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, 2000

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

July 1, 1957Aug. 1, 1959July 1, 1961Aug. 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, 1982Nov. 1, 1984May 1, 1987

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

Jan. 13, 2000

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.

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

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.

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)

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, 2001

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, 2001

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.


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

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, USA

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, 1997

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, 1997

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, USAF

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

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

US Central Command

Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 23, 1988

Aug. 9, 1991Aug. 5, 1994

Aug. 13, 1997July 6, 2000

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

Aug. 9, 1991Aug. 5, 1994

Aug. 13, 1997July 6, 2000

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, USA

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

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, USAF

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

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. Dallager

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, 2000

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, 2000

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 Special Operations Command

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

Sept. 25, 1997Oct. 27, 2000

Gen. James J. Lindsay, USAGen. Carl W. Stiner, USAGen. Wayne A. Downing, USAGen. Henry H. Shelton, USAGen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USAGen. Charles R. Holland, USAF

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

Nov. 5, 1997Oct. 27, 2000

US Strategic Command

Feb. 13, 1994Feb. 21, 1996June 25, 1998

Gen. G. Lee Butler, USAFAdm. Henry G. Chiles Jr., USNGen. Eugene E. Habiger, USAFAdm. Richard W. Mies, USN

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

US Transportation Command

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

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

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

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, 2000

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, USAF

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


NORADLeaders Through the Years

US Pacific Command

Feb. 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

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, USN

Jan. 1, 1947Feb. 28, 1947

Dec. 3, 1947April 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

US Space Command

Feb. 5, 1987March 30, 1990


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


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, 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

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, USA

Feb. 3, 1947Feb. 1, 1950

Aug. 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

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, 2000

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, 2000

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, USMCFormerly US Caribbean Command (1947). Activated in 1963.


PeopleUSAF Total Force

(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Numbers are rounded and may not sum to totals. FYs 1995–2000 are actual figures; FY 2001 is an estimate.

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)ANGTechnicians: AFRCIndirect hire—foreign nationals

Total civilian personnel

Guard and Reserve

Air National Guard, Selected ReserveAFRC, paidAFRC, nonpaid

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

FY97

73,983299,373

4,029

377,385

34,90086%

12,30056%

139,51723,404

9,4226,841

179,184

110,02373,31166,827

250,161

14,500

264,661

FY00

69,023282,356

4,275

355,654

32,04284%

9,91752%

122,31222,781

9,5836,508

161,184

106,36671,35750,307

228,030

16,470

244,500

FY01

70,200282,800

4,000

357,000

31,32785%

9,69653%

118,68723,472

9,6006,129

157,888

108,02274,47050,542

233,034

16,725

249,759

FY95

78,444317,938

4,027

400,409

37,20088%

13,50065%

146,18024,174

9,4326,643

186,429

109,82678,70699,000

287,532

14,435

301,967

FY96

76,388308,608

4,005

389,001

37,20087%

12,90059%

143,66223,931

9,4366,695

183,724

110,47176,13871,910

258,519

14,437

272,956

FY98

71,892291,590

3,988

367,470

31,30085%

10,40054%

133,33223,388

9,3766,749

172,845

108,09871,97056,459

236,527

16,042

252,569

USAF Marital Status(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

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

625973

15,884

1,216

Numbers are rounded. Does not include 4,275cadets.

USAF Educational Levels(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

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

OfficersBachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeDoctoral degreeProfessional degreeTotal

Percent

10

71.3

144

0.7100

4444

210

100

Number

28,236

201,319

39,53011,294

1,977282,356

30,37030,370

1,3816,902

69,023

Armed Forces Manpower Trends, End Strength in Thousands(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Active duty military

Air ForceArmyMarine CorpsNavy

Total

Selected Guard and Reserve

Air National GuardAFRCArmy National GuardArmy ReserveMarine Corps ReserveNaval Reserve

Total

Direct-hire civiliana

Air Forceb

Armyb

Navy/Marine CorpsDefense agencies

Totalc

Numbers are rounded and may not sum to totals.

FY02 numbers are programmed manpower.aFull-time equivalents.bIncludes Army and Air National Guard technicians, who were converted from state to federal employees in FY 1969.

FY00

360480173372

1,384

10473

329192

3987

824

156202188116

661

FY01

358480173372

1,383

10574

327190

3987

821

154197182112

645

FY02

360482173372

1,387

10774

326191

3885

821

152195171

99

617

FY95

400509175435

1,519

11078

375241

41101

946

249249182142

822

FY96

389491175417

1,472

11074

370226

4298

920

238229176135

779

FY97

377492174396

1,439

11072

370213

4295

902

237214175135

760

FY98

367484173382

1,407

10872

362205

4193

881

174237211126

748

FY99

361479173373

1,386

10371

344222

3989

869

162209193117

681


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

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

aScientific and Technical.

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

The Civilian Force(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Wage Grade

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Force

132359422223

1,6961,0641,7473,0702,928

12,4453,3191,597

19052

2000

29,246

Wage GradeLeader

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Force

0952

16363884

204586110

53400000

1,147

Wage GradeSupervisory

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Force

1837203966

112161201856

1,011396233115186

95392512

3,622

GeneralSchedule/

Other

Force

191298

1,0423,3359,7266,1188,8341,197

11,767731

14,97116,85610,396

3,1521,243

000

45164309

90,375

Grade

123456789101112131415161718STa

SESb

Other

Total

Air Force Personnel Strength(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

2001 number is programmed.

Year

1971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001

Year

19391940194119421943194419451946194719481949195019511952195319541955195619571958195919601961196219631964196519661967196819691970

Year

19071908190919101911191219131914191519161917191819191920192119221923192419251926192719281929193019311932193319341935193619371938

Strength

31327112351

114122208311

1,218195,023

25,6039,050

11,6499,6429,441

10,5479,6709,674

10,07810,54912,13113,53114,78015,02815,09915,86116,24717,23319,14721,089

Strength

23,45551,165

152,125764,415

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

455,515305,827387,730419,347411,277788,381973,474977,593947,918959,946909,958919,835871,156840,028814,213820,490883,330868,644855,802823,633886,350897,426904,759862,062791,078

Strength

755,107725,635690,999643,795612,551585,207570,479569,491559,450557,969570,302582,845592,044597,125601,515608,199607,035576,446570,880535,233510,432470,315444,351426,327400,409389,001377,385367,470360,590355,654357,000

Air Force Civilian Personnel:Average Age and Length of Service

Average length of service(overall)General scheduleFederal wage systemAverage age

16 years47 years46 years46 years

Oth

er

Min

ori

ties

Gra

de

To

tal

Bla

ck

s

Wo

me

n

Active Duty Force Demographics(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

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

2713,756

10,17115,24824,136

6,9578,484

69,023

12,8725,693

28,80641,93868,35556,17752,61610,21515,683

282,356

351,379

9173689875

1,590524625

4,485

5401,0856,0168,304

11,51310,200

9,6522,1602,897

52,367

56,852

10315

1,2982,2644,6631,5051,764

11,819

317683

3,0514,978

11,49914,10412,631

3,3203,770

54,353

66,172

066

227629

1,759715949

4,345

71188

1,2812,2583,9676,1155,7261,0571,180

21,843

26,188

Average ages of military personnel: Officers 35, Enlisted 28Total does not include 4,275 cadets.


Active Duty Force by Grade(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

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

113587

1383,756

10,17115,24824,136

6,9578,484

69,0234,275

12,8725,693

28,80641,93868,35556,17752,61610,21515,683

282,356

355,654

USAF Personnel byGeographic Area

(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Total militarypersonnel

US territory andspecial locations

Total in foreigncountries

Western and southernEuropeGermanyUKTurkeyItalySpainAll other countries

East Asia and PacificJapan/OkinawaSouth KoreaGuamAll other countries

Africa, Near East,South AsiaSaudi ArabiaEgyptAll other countries

Western hemispherePanamaCanadaAll other countries

Other areas

355,654

289,529

66,125

32,82614,661

9,4101,7594,026

2602,710

23,75913,194

8,6691,731

165

8,9735,895

703,008

3230

83240

244

USAF Personnel Strength by Commands, FOAs, and DRUs(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Major commands

Air 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 Base Conversion AgencyAir Force Center for Environmental ExcellenceAir Force Civil Engineer Support AgencyAir Force Communications AgencyAir Force Cost Analysis AgencyAir Force Flight Standards AgencyAir Force Frequency Management AgencyAir Force Historical Research AgencyAir Force History Support OfficeAir Force Inspection AgencyAir Force Legal Services AgencyAir Force Logistics Management AgencyAir Force Manpower & Innovation AgencyAir Force Medical Operations AgencyAir Force Medical Support AgencyAir Force News AgencyAir 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 Estate AgencyAir Force Review Boards AgencyAir Force Safety CenterAir Force Security Forces CenterAir Force Services AgencyAir Force Studies and Analyses AgencyAir Force Technical Applications CenterAir Force Weather AgencyAir Intelligence Agency*Air National Guard Readiness CenterTotal FOAs

Direct Reporting Units (DRUs)

Air Force Doctrine CenterAir Force Operational Test and Evaluation CenterUnited States Air Force Academy11th WingTotal DRUs

Other

Other active dutyUSAFA cadets

Total for all categories

Military

84,47368,45226,115

41017,347

8,96549,93032,01925,724

313,435

2100

4483

30020

11420

94

110400

49115

8148

3091,435

219452968

4433

01166

4328164

532622

10,735111

17,532

66510

2,5011,5824,659

15,7534,275

355,654

Civilian

10,07514,12258,28614,519

4,350585

7,7988,3584,864

122,957

13822261375115349

263031632521

1111885602193

45911

283965

221211435014

17417

0190

2,043457

7,270

13204

1,972811

3,000

27,9570

161,184

Total

94,54882,57484,40114,92921,697

9,55057,72840,37730,588

436,392

34822261419198649

46144

517229

131511

67200141

69402

1,894230735

1,93366451154

116446255

81532812

12,778568

24,802

79714

4,4732,3937,659

43,7104,275

516,838

*Air Intelligence Agency now falls under Air Combat Command.


Firefighters are in the Air Force’scivil engineering career field. Here,

two firefighters from Osan AB, SouthKorea, work on an injured teammateduring a simulated fire in a Restora-tion of Operations exercise at Osan

in February.

Specialties in the Enlisted Force(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Code

1A1C1N1S1T1W2A2E2F2G2M2P2R2S2T2W3A3C3E3H3M3N3P3R3S3U3V4A–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 ForcesPrinting ManagementMission SupportManpowerVisual InformationMedicalDentalParalegalChapel Service SupportContractingFinancialSpecial InvestigationSpecial Duty IdentifiersReporting IdentifiersUnassignedTotal

Percentages have been rounded.

US

AF

ph

oto

by

SS

gt .

Ge

org

e F

. T

ho

mp

son

Jr.

Assigned

6,25311,97411,396

4112,6722,458

60,71013,026

3,565769

2,4831,1661,721

11,09912,29214,67111,56213,29017,834

1064,7851,511

22,3900

9,952791

1,40720,255

2,550979420

1,2943,794

7366,5375,493

4282,356

Percent

2.24.24.00.10.90.9

21.54.61.30.30.90.40.63.94.45.24.14.76.30.01.70.57.90.03.50.30.57.20.90.30.10.51.30.32.31.9

0100

Specialties in the Officer Force(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Total does not include 4,275 cadets. Percentages have been rounded.

Code

X011121314151621313233343536384X51526162636465718X9X

Utilization Field Title

Commander & DirectorPilotNavigatorSpace, Missile, Command & ControlIntelligenceWeatherOperations SupportAircraft Maintenance & MunitionsSecurity ForcesCivil EngineeringCommunications–Computer SystemsMWR & ServicesPublic AffairsPersonnelManpowerMedicalLawChaplainScientific/ResearchDevelopmental EngineeringAcquisitionContractingFinancialSpecial InvestigationsSpecial Duty IdentifiersReporting IdentifiersOtherTotal

Assigned

88211,800

4,4374,7472,711

6991,5833,920

7501,4024,090

348368

1,585319

12,4561,302

588911

2,3302,351

954922367

1,8575,341

369,023

Percent

1.317.1

6.46.93.91.02.35.71.12.05.90.50.52.30.5

18.01.90.91.33.43.41.41.30.52.77.7

0100


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

Air Force Budget—A 10-Year Perspective(Budget authority in current and FY02 constant $ millions)

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

Constant FY02 dollarsMilitary personnelOperations & maintenanceProcurementRDT&EMilitary constructionFamily housingRev. & mgmt. fundsTrust & receiptsTotal

Percentage real growthMilitary personnelOperations & maintenanceProcurementRDT&EMilitary constructionFamily housingTotal

FY9221,38122,81623,24912,867

1,2001,112

n/a-286

82,340

29,04628,67926,97215,128

1,4101,299

n/a-334

103,054

-8.7-18.7

-5.62.75.0

22.6-10.6

FY9320,14122,17921,80312,979

1,0531,212

n/a-221

79,146

26,21327,20024,80014,991

1,2151,386

n/a-252

96,285

-9.8-5.7-8.1-1.3

-13.96.5

-6.8

FY9418,16824,52517,71612,021

1,554923n/a

-33274,575

23,07229,27719,79513,596

1,7551,033

n/a-371

88,738

-12.08.1

-20.2-9.044.8

-25.3-7.5

FY9519,60224,56116,52911,787

8161,106

n/a-470

73,932

24,29828,76418,16713,087

9071,218

n/a-515

86,248

5.3-0.9-8.4-3.8

-48.417.9-2.3

FY9619,30923,51915,55812,427

1,2851,124

n/a-231

72,992

23,40426,92416,85213,540

1,4041,215

n/a-248

83,381

-3.7-6.5-7.33.4

55.3-0.2-3.4

FY9719,18622,72814,24714,017

1,5671,135

790-453

73,216

22,59725,48315,25715,050

1,6941,211

846-478

81,879

-3.4-5.8-9.511.120.7-0.4-1.9

FY9819,11125,17415,25814,265

1,5371,114

234-409

76,284

21,81627,52216,18915,153

1,6441,177

253-429

83,553

-3.57.06.20.8

-2.8-2.81.8

FY9919,35727,10718,43413,807

8621,0821,510-248

81,914

21,45029,11119,32114,510

9101,1321,573-258

87,938

-1.75.9

19.5-4.3

-44.6-3.75.4

FY0020,23525,83018,33014,487

1,4241,162

28-289

81,207

21,56127,27318,94114,991

1,4781,201

0-298

85,319

0.5-5.5-1.93.5

62.86.2

-2.7

FY0120,89228,05620,93913,686

9661,050

0-289

85,298

21,56528,57221,29713,920

9851,066

0-293

87,137

03.3

12.5-7.1

-33.2-11.3

1.8Numbers do not add due to rounding.

Air Force Major Force Programs(Total Obligation Authority in FY02 constant $ billions)

ForcesStrategic ForcesGeneral-Purpose ForcesAirlift ForcesGuard and Reserve ForcesSpecial Operations ForcesTotal

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

FY01

4.020.810.3

8.20.5

43.7

20.96.74.89.01.8

43.1

FY92

13.021.5

7.27.50.4

49.6

22.19.27.5

10.21.8

50.9

FY93

10.219.4

8.57.80.4

46.2

21.98.66.79.91.7

48.9

FY94

6.618.6

9.07.80.4

42.5

21.27.74.79.11.7

44.6

FY95

5.417.9

9.58.10.5

41.3

18.68.64.79.51.8

42.9

FY96

5.417.9

9.17.80.5

40.5

19.08.74.49.31.6

43.0

FY97

4.117.5

9.07.60.5

38.7

18.88.34.28.81.7

41.8

FY98

4.617.8

9.47.90.5

40.2

19.58.34.28.91.8

42.6

FY99

4.519.211.0

8.30.4

43.2

20.37.44.68.91.8

42.9

FY00

4.319.510.5

8.40.5

43.0

19.87.54.99.01.8

43.0


USAF

Service Shares

Per

cen

t o

f D

oD

Bu

dg

et

98969492908886848280787674727068

Fiscal Year

040200

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

-5

Army

Navy

DoD Agencies

06

Note: At press time, DOD had provided no FY2006 service amounts or percentages. Outyear data are those contained in the most recent 2001–05 FYDP, converted to2002 dollars. Numbers have been rounded.

Service Shares(In FY02 constant $ billions)

FY05

94

78

97

44

313

30%

25%

31%

14%

FY04

94

78

97

44

312

30%

25%

31%

14%

FY03

93

78

96

44

311

30%

25%

31%

14%

FY01

87

72

96

45

301

29%

24%

32%

15%

FY02

93

77

96

43

309

30%

25%

31%

14%

FY00

89

77

95

46

306

29%

25%

31%

15%

FY06

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Budget authority

Air Force

Army

Navy

Defense agencies, DoD–wide

Total

Percent of budget authority

Air Force

Army

Navy

Defense agencies, DoD–wide

Defense Department Budget Topline(In current and FY02 constant $ billions)

FY06

346

—

338

—

FY00

291

306

281

295

FY01

295

301

284

290

FY02

309

309

304

304

FY03

318

311

306

300

FY04

327

312

317

303

FY05

336

313

331

309

Budget authority(current $)

Budget authority(constant FY02 $)

Outlays(current $)

Outlays(constant FY02 $)

Note: At press time, DOD had released no FY2006 deflator, preventing conversion of 2006 amounts into 2002 dollars. Numbers have been rounded.


Explanatory Note

Data for 1962–2000 are historical. Data for 2001–02 are pro-jections. These four tables are based on “The Economic andBudget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2002–11,” published by theCongressional Budget Office, January 2001. (Constant dollarfigures are derived.)

Federal Budget CategoriesConstant FY02 $ billions

Federal Budget CategoriesCurrent $ billions

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

301.0

319.0

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

Deficit/Surplus

$5.9

4.0

6.5

1.6

3.1

12.6

27.7

0.5

8.7

26.1

26.4

15.4

8.0

55.3

70.5

49.8

54.9

38.7

72.7

74.0

120.1

208.0

185.7

221.7

238.0

169.3

194.0

205.2

277.8

321.6

340.5

300.5

258.9

226.4

174.1

103.4

30.0

+0.7

+86.4

+125.0

+142.0

Entitlements

$34.7

36.2

38.9

39.7

43.4

50.9

59.7

64.7

72.5

86.9

100.8

116.0

130.9

169.5

189.2

203.8

227.5

247.1

291.4

339.4

370.8

410.6

405.6

448.3

461.8

474.2

505.1

549.6

627.0

702.3

716.1

736.5

783.6

817.7

856.9

896.3

938.6

976.8

1,029.0

1,089.0

1,157.0

TotalOutlays

$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

745.8

808.4

851.9

946.4

990.5

1,004.1

1,064.5

1,143.7

1,253.2

1,324.4

1,381.7

1,409.5

1,461.9

1,515.8

1,560.6

1,601.3

1,652.6

1,703.0

1,789.0

1,853.0

1,923.0

Year Total Deficit/ Entitlements DefenseOutlays Surplus

1962 647.0 35.7 210.2 318.7

1963 665.7 23.9 216.5 321.2

1964 699.6 38.4 229.7 324.7

1965 686.9 9.3 230.7 296.4

1966 759.6 17.5 245.1 333.2

1967 862.7 69.0 278.8 394.4

1968 936.2 145.6 313.8 432.1

1969 914.8 2.5 322.4 412.1

1970 922.0 41.0 341.8 386.1

1971 949.1 117.8 392.4 356.7

1972 1009.4 115.5 441.0 347.0

1973 1012.2 63.4 477.9 317.6

1974 999.9 29.7 485.8 299.5

1975 1130.5 188.1 576.6 298.0

1976 1195.5 226.7 608.4 289.1

1977 1235.5 150.4 615.3 294.4

1978 1287.1 154.0 638.4 293.5

1979 1270.6 97.6 623.0 294.5

1980 1312.5 161.5 647.3 299.0

1981 1365.8 149.0 683.5 318.2

1982 1414.2 227.7 703.1 352.5

1983 1485.4 382.2 754.5 385.7

1984 1500.8 327.1 714.5 401.7

1985 1609.3 377.0 762.3 430.4

1986 1652.9 397.2 770.6 456.9

1987 1617.4 272.7 763.8 455.0

1988 1647.1 300.2 781.6 450.1

1989 1688.6 303.0 811.5 448.8

1990 1755.5 389.1 878.3 420.4

1991 1780.5 432.3 944.1 429.8

1992 1801.6 444.0 933.7 394.6

1993 1784.4 380.4 932.4 370.2

1994 1802.0 319.1 965.9 348.0

1995 1822.9 272.3 983.4 329.0

1996 1823.9 203.5 1,001.5 310.9

1997 1827.6 118.0 1,023.0 310.1

1998 1845.5 33.5 1,048.2 301.7

1999 1860.9 +0.8 1,067.4 301

2000 1890.6 +91.3 1,088.3 311.8

2001 1904.9 +128.5 1,119.5 309.4

2002 1,923.0 +142.0 1,157.0 319.0


Federal Budget Outlay CategoriesPercentages of GDP

25

20

15

10

5

0

CP

I p

erc

en

tag

e c

ha

ng

e

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

CPI=Consumer Price Index

Inflation Rates

% change

1.01.31.31.62.93.14.25.55.74.43.26.2

11.09.15.86.57.6

11.313.510.3

6.23.24.33.61.93.64.14.85.44.23.13.02.72.52.92.42.22.23.42.82.8

Year

19621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002

Defense

Entitlements

Other

62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02

Year

19621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002

Defense

9.28.98.67.47.88.99.48.78.17.36.75.95.65.65.24.94.74.74.95.25.86.15.96.16.26.15.85.65.25.44.94.54.13.73.53.33.13.03.03.02.8

Deficit/Surplus

1.00.71.00.20.41.63.20.10.92.42.21.20.63.54.12.52.51.52.72.43.76.04.85.45.43.63.93.84.85.45.54.63.73.12.31.30.30.0

+0.9+1.2+1.3

Entitlements

6.16.06.15.85.76.36.96.87.18.08.68.89.1

10.910.910.310.3

9.910.711.111.511.910.510.810.510.210.110.210.911.811.511.211.311.211.111.010.910.710.510.510.6

TotalOutlays

18.818.518.517.217.819.420.519.319.319.419.618.718.721.321.420.720.720.121.622.223.123.522.122.922.521.621.221.221.822.322.221.521.020.720.319.619.118.718.218.017.7

62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02


Hazardous Duty Pay(Effective Jan. 1, 2001)

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

Monthly Rate$150$150$150$150$250$250$225$175$150$150$240$240$240$215$190$165$150$150$150

Provided to qualified rated officers and flight surgeons.

Officers in pay grade O-7 are paid $200 per month. Officers in pay grade O-8 or above are paid$206 per month.

Continuous pay ends following the 25th year of service. Grades O-6 and below with more than25 years of service may receive $250 per month for continued operational flying.

Aviation Career Incentive Pay(Effective Jan. 1, 2001)

MonthlyRate

$585 495 385 250

Years of Serviceas an Officer

more than 22more than 23more than 24

more than 25

MonthlyRate

$125 156 188 206 650

840

Years ofAviation Service

as an Officer

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

more than 14

Amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar.aBasic pay for pay grades 0-7 through 0-10 is limited to $10,850.10, regardless of cumulative years of service.bCommissioned officers with more than four years’ active service as enlisted members.Basic pay while serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Chief of Staff of the Air Force is $12,488.70, regardless of cumulative years of service, but the generalofficer cap of $10,850.10 applies, as well.Basic pay while serving as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is $4,719, regardless of cumulative years of service.

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(Effective Jan. 1, 2001)

<2 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 268,519 8,819 — — — 9,157 — 9,664 — 10,356 — 11,049 11,104 11,335 11,7377,550 7,748 7,913 — — 8,114 — 8,452 — 9,157 — 9,664 9,803 10,005 10,3566,838 7,062 7,211 7,252 7,437 7,748 7,820 8,114 8,199 8,452 8,819 9,157 9,383 — —5,682 6,068 — 6,113 6,341 6,515 6,716 6,916 7,117 7,748 8,281 — — — 8,3234,211 4,627 4,930 — 4,949 5,161 5,189 — 5,361 6,005 6,311 6,617 6,791 6,968 7,3103,369 3,955 4,229 4,280 4,451 4,451 4,584 4,832 5,156 5,482 5,637 5,790 5,965 — —2,839 3,457 3,688 3,740 3,953 4,128 4,410 4,629 4,782 4,935 4,987 — — — —2,638 2,991 3,228 3,489 3,656 3,840 3,993 4,190 4,292 — — — — — —2,301 2,621 3,019 3,120 3,185 — — — — — — — — — —1,998 2,079 2,513 — — — — — — — — — — — —0 0 0 3,489 3,656 3,840 3,993 4,190 4,356 4,451 4,580 — — — —0 0 0 3,129 3,185 3,286 3,457 3,590 3,688 — — — — — —0 0 0 2,513 2,684 2,783 2,884 2,984 3,120 — — — — — —

— — — — — — 3,127 3,197 3,287 3,392 3,498 3,602 3,743 3,883 4,061— — — — — 2,622 2,698 2,768 2,853 2,945 3,041 3,138 3,278 3,417 3,6131,831 1,999 2,075 2,150 2,227 2,303 2,379 2,455 2,530 2,607 2,684 2,759 2,891 3,035 3,2511,575 1,740 1,817 1,892 1,970 2,046 2,123 2,197 2,273 2,328 2,368 — 2,370 — —1,382 1,549 1,624 1,701 1,778 1,856 1,931 2,008 — — — — — — —1,289 1,424 1,501 1,576 1,653 — — — — — — — — — —1,215 1,307 1,384 1,385 — — — — — — — — — — —1,169 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —1,043 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —964.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —


Housing Allowance(Effective Jan. 1, 2001)

WithDependents

$1,152.601,152.601,152.601,152.601,037.701,000.50

881.70729.30622.80557.10

783.90707.40653.70

748.80690.60641.10592.50532.80462.90431.10410.70410.70

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

$936.60936.60936.60936.60859.20827.40766.50614.70487.50410.70

663.60564.00485.40

568.20521.70445.50403.20372.00323.40317.40257.70230.10

Annual Pay for Federal Civilians(Effective Jan. 1, 2001)

General Schedule

NOTE: Since January 1994, locality-based comparability payments have been applied to General Schedule (GS) and Senior Executive Service (ES) positions in the continentalUnited States. In other words, pay is higher in areas of the US where nonfederal salaries are higher. Because there are 30 locality pay areas recognized by the Office of PersonnelManagement, there are in effect 30 different GS and ES pay schedules based on the schedule above. Locality pay adjustments do not apply to employees already receivingspecial salary rates that exceed the locality rate nor to overseas employees.

ES-6

$125,700

Senior Executive Service

ES-1

$109,100

ES-2

$114,200

ES-3

$119,400

ES-4

$125,500

ES-5

$125,700

Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10

GS-1 $14,244 $14,719 $15,193 $15,664 $16,139 $16,418 $16,884 $17,356 $17, 375 $17,819GS-2 16,015 16,395 16,926 17,375 17,571 18,088 18,605 19,122 19,639 20,156GS-3 17,474 18,056 18,638 19,220 19,802 20,384 20,966 21,548 22,130 22,712GS-4 19,616 20,270 20,924 21,578 22,232 22,886 23,540 24,194 24,848 25,502GS-5 21,947 22,679 23,411 24,143 24,875 25,607 26,339 27,071 27,803 28,535GS-6 24,463 25,278 26,093 26,908 27,723 28,538 29,353 30,168 30,983 31,798GS-7 27,185 28,091 28,997 29,903 30,809 31,715 32,621 33,527 34,433 35,339GS-8 30,107 31,111 32,115 33,119 34,123 35,127 36,131 37,135 38,139 39,143GS-9 33,254 34,362 35,470 36,578 37,686 38,794 39,902 41,010 42,118 43,226GS-10 36,621 37,842 39,063 40,284 41,505 42,726 43,947 45,168 46,389 47,610GS-11 40,236 41,577 42,918 44,259 45,600 46,941 48,282 49,623 50,964 52,305GS-12 48,223 49,830 51,437 53,044 54,651 56,258 57,865 59,472 61,079 62,686GS-13 57,345 59,257 61,169 63,081 64,993 66,905 68,817 70,729 72,641 74,553GS-14 67,765 70,024 72,283 74,542 76,801 79,060 81,319 83,578 85,837 88,096GS-15 79,710 82,367 85,024 87,681 90,338 92,995 95,652 98,309 100,966 103,623

Subsistence Allowance(Effective Jan. 1, 2001)

Officers

Enlisted Members

When on leave or authorized tomess separately

When rations in-kind are notavailable

When assigned to duty underemergency conditions where noUS mess facilities are available

E-1 <4 Months

$7.07/day

$7.97/day

$10.56/day

Cash/In-Kind

$160.42/month

All Other Enlisted

$7.66/day

$8.63/day

$11.43/day


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).

Type TAI PAI Type TAI PAI

Bomber

B-1B-2B-52Total

Fighter/Attack

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

Helicopter

HH-60TH-53UH-1Total

Reconnaissance/BM/C3I

E-3E-4E-8EC-18EC-130EC-135NC-135OC-135RC-135RQ-1U-2WC-135Total

Special Ops Forces

AC-130MC-130MH-53Total

Tanker

HC-130KC-10KC-135

Active Duty Inventory(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

752185

181

12984

614773

352

31,658

635

62130

32483

22312

218

312

137

214838

107

1259

254

631649

128

11466

514670

344

31,414

434

4794

24383

16102

165

290

107

16403591

1054

229

NKC-135Total

Trainer

AT-38T-1T-3T-6T-37T-38T-39T-41T-43TC-18TC-135TE-8TG-3TG-4TG-7TG-9TG-10TG-11TU-2UV-18Total

Transport

C-5C-9C-12C-17C-20C-21C-32C-37C-130C-135C-137C-141NC-130VC-25Total

Total Active

3328

93180110

13417416

33

114213

14941243

1,293

812330671375

43

19242

6922

567

4,401

3296

80152110

10352284

33

100202

10840242

1,038

702230551273

42

16442

5222

494

3,662

18

7626

126569797

18

8

4

10223233

1323

122

2341

17284

1,362

16

721893

460643

15

4

4

7204211

1222

112

2150

16260

1,153

Air National Guard Inventory(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Type TAI PAI

Bomber

B-1

Fighter/Attack

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

Helicopter

HH-60G


EC-130

Special Ops Forces

MC-130

Tanker

HC-130KC-135Total

Transport

C-5C-21C-22C-26C-38C-130C-135C-141Total

Total ANG

Bomber

B-52

Fighter/Attack

A-10OA-10F-16Total

Helicopter

HH-60


WC-130

Special Ops Forces

MC-130

Tanker

HC-130KC-135Total

Transport

C-5C-130C-141Total

Total AFRC

9

448

70122

23

14

14

86977

32107

44183

442

8

396

55100

21

10

12

86472

289940

167

390

Air Force Reserve CommandInventory

(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Type TAI PAI


Age of the Active Duty Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Age in Years

A/OA-10B-1B-2B-52C-5C-9KC-10C-12C-17C-18a

C-20C-21C-25C-32C-37C-130b

C-135b

C-137b

C-141b

E-3E-4E-8F-15F-16F-22F-117c

G-3G-4G-7G-9G-10G-11H-1b

H-53b

H-60b

RQ-1T-1T-3T-6T-37T-38T-39T-41T-43U-2UV-18Total

Percentd

0–3

1

31

43

617

82

761

13

99

2%

3–6

11

20

1

3

2

401

4

12

29078

1256

6%

6–9

6

1521

15

1

72222

14

8932

469

11%

9–12

3

11

1

1

2

15

1132314

5531

123

2

565

13%

12–15

73

39

234

84

18

95126

144

49

12

424

10%

15–1850

2

248

371

1

5

10148

15

10

14

343

8%

21–244

4

8

14

316

4

273

2%

24+

853123

14

237293

169

44

1

6238

417509

33

114

1,809

41%

Average18.813.3

6.138.818.829.515.720.5

3.615.012.915.7

9.92.01.4

28.038.718.333.920.826.3

2.814.410.1

2.09.49.6

15.015.013.6

5.65.2

29.728.110.4

2.15.95.60.3

37.233.539.630.526.517.016.521.2

aIncludes EC-18. bIncludes all types. cIncludes YF-117. dPercentages are rounded.

18–21159

11

5

9

1659

3

3

364

8%

Total213

7521858123593067

71375

243

297293

26932

49

614773

355

314

9412

624363

8180110

13417509

33

1135

34,402

Total Number of USAF Aircraft in Service Over Time(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Type of aircraft

BomberTankerFighter/interceptor/attackReconnaissance/electronic warfareTransportSearch & rescue (fixed wing)Helicopter (includes rescue)TrainerUtility/observation/other

Total active dutyAir National GuardAFRC

Total active duty, ANG, and AFRCTotal aircraft, including

foreign-government-owned

FY98

179317

1,613211610

9165

1,24796

4,4471,351

430

6,228

6,327

FY00

181316

1,595209570

12168

1,26189

4,4011,362

442

6,205

6,304

FY94

178326

1,781225733

34189

1,188107

4,7611,586

468

6,815

7,028

FY95

183325

1,750318690

12123

1,205104

4,7101,461

462

6,633

6,725

FY96

185314

1,637257654

9174

1,19398

4,5211,426

447

6,394

6,476

FY97

177310

1,631252612

9178

1,23498

4,5011,375

454

6,330

6,412

FY99

179317

1,594211592

10165

1,24798

4,4131,360

430

6,203

6,302


Age of the Air National Guard Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Age in Years

A-10B-1C-5C-21C-22C-26C-38C-130C-135C-141F-15F-16H-60TotalPercent

0–3

29

111%


21–2423

8

1092

14210%

3–6

6

27

12

453%

6–9

5

34

127

584%

9–12

1

34

13311

17913%

12–15

18

2

24

251

29522%

15–1811

3

17

3126

16012%

18–2168

15

533

1219%

Average19.813.329.413.015.7

6.62.5

19.740.434.222.313.5

9.920.6

24+

13

88223

179

35026%

Total102

1813

23

122

256223

17126569

181,361

Age of the Air Force Reserve Command Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Age in Years

0–3

7

72%

3–6

15

153%

6–9

17

174%

9–12

15

172355

12%

12–15

24

51

7517%

15–181

7

2

102%

18–2148

1

4911%

21–243

30.7%

24+

932576944

21148%

Average20.038.529.319.939.733.912.810.123.8


A-10B-52C-5C-130C-135C-141F-16H-60TotalPercent

Total52

932

14369447023

442

DMSP: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DSCS: Defense Satellite Communications System DSP: Defense Support Program GPS: Global Positioning SystemAs of FY00, satellite data show the number of satellites that are primary mission capable.

ICBMs and Spacecraft in Service(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Type of system

Minuteman II ICBMMinuteman III ICBMPeacekeeper ICBM

Total ICBMs

DMSP satelliteDSCS satelliteDSP satellite (data classified)GPS satelliteMilstar

Total satellites

FY98

0530

50

580

25

—26

2

35

FY97

0530

50

580

25

—26

2

35

FY00

0500

50

550

25

—24

2

33

FY94

0500

50

550

25

—24

1

32

FY95

0530

50

580

35

—25

2

35

FY96

0530

50

580

25

—26

2

35

FY99

0500

50

550

25

—26

2

35


USAF Squadrons by Mission Type(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Active forcesBomberAir refuelingStrategic command & controlFighterReconnaissanceElectronic warfareSpecial Operations ForcesGround theater air controlAirborne theater air controlWeatherRescueTheater airliftLong-range airliftSpecial missionAeromedical airliftICBMSpace operationsSpace communicationsSpace warningSpace surveillanceSpace launchRange

Total

Reserve forcesANG Selected ReserveAFRCSpace operationsSpace warning

Total

Grand total

FY99

1024

246

03

138807

1220

23

1410

18652

204

8862

30

153

357

FY97

1023

154

43

165907

1317

23

1410

18652

213

8860

10

149

362

FY00

1026

246

13

147807

1220

23

14817632

202

8868

42

162

364

FY96

1023

154

43

165717

1215

23

1410

29752

212

8748

10

136

348

FY98

1025

247

03

138807

1120

23

1410

18652

205

8862

30

153

358

Description

Minuteman over MassachusettsRed stripe with “Happy Hooligans” logoDark gray bison’s skull against prairie/mountain profileSubdued hawk with banner in talonsGray lightning boltBlack falcon with talons extended and “California” logoTexas star on subdued jagged stripes with “Houston” logoStars of Little Dipper constellation and “Duluth” logoSubdued “Vermont” on top of tail with figure of Ethan AllenSubdued “Atlantic City” at top of tailSubdued eagle and “Oregon” logoStarburst state flag and “Arizona” logo

Air National Guard Air Defense Unit Fin Flashes

Aircraft

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

Unit and Location

102nd FW, Otis ANGB, Mass.119th FW, Hector IAP, N.D.120th FW, Great Falls IAP, Mont.a

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

148th FW, Duluth IAP, Minn.158th FW, Burlington IAP, Vt.a

177th FW, Atlantic City IAP, N.J.a

114th FS (173rd FW), Klamath Falls IAP, Ore.b

162nd FW, Tucson IAP, Ariz.b

aGeneral-purpose units (no longer air defense only).bANG training units.

Aircraft per Active DutyUSAF Squadron

(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

Aircraft

A/OA-10B-1BB-2B-52C-5C-9AC-17C-130AC-130EC-130HHC-130P/NMC-130MH-53JMH-60GKC-10AKC-135C-141BE-3E-8F-15F-15EF-16F-117AU-2HH-60G

Number

1216102016

65

151211

89

188

152711

53

21102815

211

USAF Aircraft Flying Hours(In thousands, as of Sept. 30, 2000)

Active duty

ANG

AFRC

Total

FY00

1,555

342

139

2,036

FY94

1,750

412

155

2,317

FY95

1,709

403

141

2,253

FY96

1,657

380

144

2,181

FY97

1,680

375

150

2,205

FY98

1,644

361

149

2,154

FY99

1,633

357

142

2,132


Ph

ot o

by

Eri

k H

ilde

bra

nd

t

Among the Air National Guard aircraftfin flashes are the subdued-eagle

emblems displayed on these F-15sfrom the Oregon ANG.

Class A Aircraft Mishaps(As of Sept. 30, 2000)

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

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0

Fiscal Year

Mis

hap

s p

er 1

00,0

00 f

lyin

g h

ou

rs

10-year average: 1.37

Data provided by USAF.

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

fatalities destroyed aircraft

Tota

l nu

mb

er p

er y

ear

91

Fiscal Year

92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 10-yearaverage

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00


Source: USAF

USAF Aircraft Tail Markings

Code

ACAF

AK

AKALAN

AVAZBBBCBDCA

CBCCCICOCTDCDEDM

DR

DYEDEFEGELENET

FCFEFFFL

FMFSFTFWGAGAHA

HDHH

HIHLHOHOHTHVIDILISJZKCLALILNLRMAMAMDMIMK

MM

Unit and Location

177th FW (ANG), Atlantic City IAP, N.J.34th OG, USAF Academy, Colo.

3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

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

31st FW, Aviano AB, Italy162nd FW (ANG), Tucson IAP, 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, Buckley AFB, Colo.103rd FW (ANG), Bradley IAP, Conn.113th Wing (ANG), Andrews AFB, Md.166th AW (ANG), New Castle Co. Arpt, Del.355th 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 TG, Fairchild AFB, Wash.90th SPW, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.1st FW, Langley AFB, Va.920th RQG (AFRC), Patrick AFB, Fla.

482nd FW (AFRC), Homestead ARS, Fla.188th FW (ANG), Fort Smith MAP, Ark.23rd FG, Pope AFB, N.C.122nd FW (ANG), Fort Wayne IAP, Ind.116th BW (ANG), Robins AFB, Ga.165th AW (ANG), Savannah IAP, Ga.185th FW (ANG), Sioux Gateway Airport,Iowa53rd WEG, Holloman AFB, N.M.154th Wing, Hickam AFB, Hawaii

419th FW (AFRC), Hill AFB, Utah388th FW, Hill AFB, Utah49th FW, Holloman AFB, N.M.Luftwaffe RTU, Holloman AFB, N.M.46th TG, Holloman AFB, N.M.30th SPW, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.124th Wing (ANG), Boise Air Term., Idaho182nd AW (ANG), Greater Peoria RAP, Ill.85th Group (ACC), NAS Keflavik, Iceland159th FW (ANG), NAS New Orleans JRB442nd FW (AFRC), Whiteman AFB, Mo.2nd BW, Barksdale AFB, La.106th RW (ANG), F.S. Gabreski IAP, N.Y.48th FW, RAF Lakenheath, UK944th FW (AFRC), Luke AFB, Ariz.102nd FW (ANG), Otis ANGB, Mass.104th FW (ANG), Barnes MAP, Mass.175th Wing (ANG), Martin State Arpt, Md.127th Wing (ANG), Selfridge ANGB, Mich.440th AW (AFRC), Gen. Mitchell IAP/ARS, Wis.341st SPW, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.

Aircraft

F-16C-150, gliders, T-41,UV-18C-12, C-130H,F-15C/D/EA/OA-10A, F-16C/DF-16C/DC-130H, HC-130N,HH-60GF-16C/DF-16A/B/C/DT-38A, U-2A/OA-10AB-52H, A/OA-10AHC-130P, HH-60G

T-1, T-37B, T-38AF-16C/DC-130EF-16C/DA/OA-10AF-16C/DC-130HA/OA-10A,EC-130E/HHH-60G

B-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/DC-130E, HC-130P/N,HH-60GF-16C/DF-16A/BA/OA-10AF-16C/DB-1BC-130HF-16C/D

QF-4C-130H, F-15A/B,KC-135RF-16C/DF-16C/DF-117A, T-38AF-4FAT-38B, C-12, F-15AUH-1NA/OA-10A, C-130EC-130EHH-60GF-15A/BA/OA-10B-52HHC-130P, HH-60GF-15C/D/EF-16C/DF-15A/BA/OA-10AA/OA-10A, C-130JF-16C/D, C-130EC-130H

UH-1N

Code

MNMNMO

MTMTMYMYNC

NMNONVNYOFOH

OHOHOK

OKOKOS

OTOT

OTPAPD

PR

RA

RIRSSASCSDSISJSLSPSTSWTDTHTXTXTYVAVNWA

WEWIWMWPWRWVWVWWWYXLXPYJ

ZZ

Unit and Location

133rd AW (ANG), Minn.–St. Paul IAP/ARS148th FW (ANG), Duluth IAP, Minn.366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

5th BW, Minot AFB, N.D.91st SPW, Minot AFB, N.D.347th Rescue Wing, Moody AFB, Ga.479th FTG (AETC), Moody AFB, Ga.145th AW (ANG), Charlotte/Douglas IAP,N.C.150th FW (ANG), Kirtland AFB, N.M.926th FW (AFRC), NAS New Orleans JRB152nd AW (ANG), Reno/Tahoe IAP, Nev.174th FW (ANG), Syracuse Hancock IAP, N.Y.55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.178th FW (ANG), Springfield–Beckley MAP,Ohio179th AG (ANG), Mansfield Lahm Arpt, Ohio180th FW (ANG), Toledo Exp Arpt, Ohio137th AW (ANG), Will Rogers World Arpt,Okla.138th FW (ANG), Tulsa IAP, 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), Willow Grove ARS, Pa.939th RW (AFRC), Portland IAP, Ore.

156th AW (ANG), Luis Munoz Marin IAP,Puerto Rico12th FTW, Randolph AFB, Hondo Arpt,Tex.143rd AW (ANG), Quonset State Arpt, R.I.86th AW, Ramstein AB, Germany149th FW (ANG), Kelly AFB, Tex.169th FW (ANG), McEntire ANGS, S.C.114th FW (ANG), Joe Foss Fld, S.D.183rd FW (ANG), Capital MAP, Ill.4th FW, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.131st FW (ANG), Lambert–St. Louis IAP, Mo.52nd FW, Spangdahlem AB, Germany82nd TW, Sheppard AFB, Tex.20th FW, Shaw AFB, S.C.53rd Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla.181st FW (ANG), Hulman RAP, Ind.136th AW (ANG), NAS F.W. JRB, Tex.301st FW (AFRC), NAS F.W. JRB, Tex.325th FW, Tyndall AFB, Fla.192nd FW (ANG), Richmond IAP, 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 Korea93rd ACW, Robins AFB, Ga.130th AW (ANG), Yeager Arpt, W. Va.167th AW (ANG), E. W. Va. RAP, W. Va.35th FW, Misawa AB, Japan153rd AW (ANG), Cheyenne MAP, Wyo.47th FTW, Laughlin AFB, Tex.139th AW (ANG), Rosecrans Mem Arpt, Mo.374th AW, Yokota AB, Japan

18th Wing, Kadena AB, Japan

Aircraft

C-130HF-16A/BB-1B, F-15C/D/E,F-16C/D, KC-135RB-52HUH-1NHC-130P, HH-60GAT-38B, T-6AC-130H

F-16C/DA/OA-10AC-130EF-16C/DVariousF-16C/D

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

F-16C/DE-3B/C, TC-18EA/OA-10A, C-12,F-16C/DF-15C/D/E, F-16C/DA-10A, F-15C/D/E,F-16C/D, HH-60GF-117A/OA-10AHC-130P, HH-60G,C-130EC-130E

AT-38B, T-1A, T-6A,T-37B, T-38A, T-43AC-130EC-130EF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16C/DF-15EF-15A/BA/OA-10A, F-16C/DVariousF-16C/DQF-4F-16C/DC-130HF-16CF-15C/DF-16C/DT-1A, T-37B, T-38AA-10, F-15C/D/E,F-16C/D, HH-60,RQ-1E-9AF-16C/DB-2A, T-38AF-16C/DE-8C, TE-8AC-130HC-130EF-16C/DC-130HT-1A, T-37B, T-38AC-130HC-21A, C-130E/H,UH-1NE-3B, F-15C/D,KC-135R, HH-60G


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.

EnlistedOfficer

Command Chief MasterSergeant

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

as a senior enlisted advisor.

62 AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2001

Awards and DecorationsThis display represents, in correct order of precedence, selected ribbons from World War II to present day. For information regarding ribbons not depicted, refer to AFI 36-2803.


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

Medal of Honor Air Force Cross Defense DistinguishedService Medal

Distinguished ServiceMedal (AF)

Silver Star

Bronze Star MedalAirman’s MedalDistinguished FlyingCross

Legion of MeritDefense SuperiorService Medal

Purple Heart Defense MeritoriousService Medal

Meritorious ServiceMedal (AF)

Air Medal Aerial AchievementMedal

Joint ServiceCommendation Medal

Air ForceCommendation Medal

Joint ServiceAchievement Medal

Air ForceAchievement Medal

Presidential UnitCitation

Joint MeritoriousUnit Award

AF Outstanding UnitAward

AF OrganizationalExcellence Award

Prisoner of War Medal Combat ReadinessMedal

Air Force GoodConduct Medal

Good Conduct Medal Air Reserve ForcesMeritorious Service Medal

Outstanding Airmanof the Year

Air Force RecognitionRibbon

American DefenseService Medal

American CampaignMedal

Asiatic–PacificCampaign Medal

European–African–MiddleEastern Campaign Medal

World War IIVictory Medal

Army of OccupationMedal

Medal for HumaneAction

National DefenseService Medal

Korean Service Medal Antarctica ServiceMedal

Armed ForcesExpeditionary Medal

Vietnam Service Medal Southwest AsiaService Medal

Armed ForcesService Medal

HumanitarianService Medal

Military OutstandingVolunteer Service Medal

Air Force OverseasRibbon–Short

Air Force OverseasRibbon–Long

AF LongevityService Award Ribbon

USAF Basic MilitaryTraining Instructor

Ribbon

Armed Forces ReserveMedal

USAF NCO PMEGraduate Ribbon

USAF Basic MilitaryTraining Honor

Graduate Ribbon

Small Arms ExpertMarksmanship Ribbon

Air Force TrainingRibbon

Philippine DefenseRibbon

Philippine LiberationRibbon

Philippine IndependenceRibbon

Philippine PresidentialUnit Citation

ROK Presidential UnitCitation

RVN Gallantry Crosswith Palm*

United NationsService Medal

United NationsMedal

NATO Medal Republic of VietnamCampaign Medal

Kuwait Liberation Medal,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kuwait Liberation Medal,Government of Kuwait

Republic of Korea WarService Medal

Air Force RecruiterRibbon

Kosovo CampaignMedal


Wings and Badges

Silver and Bronze StarsWhen worn together on a single

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

Silver Staris worn in the same manner as the

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

Bronze Starrepresents participation in

campaigns or operations, multiplequalifications, or an additional award

to any of the various ribbons onwhich it is authorized.

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.

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.

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.

Mobility Deviceis worn with the Armed Forces

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

contingency.

Pilot

Navigator/Observer

Enlisted Aircrew

Astronaut

Flight Surgeon

Flight Nurse

Officer Aircrew Member

Missile withOperationsDesignator

Missile

The astronaut designator indicates a USAF ratedofficer qualified to perform duties in space (50 milesand up) and who has completed at least oneoperational mission. Pilot wings are used here toillustrate the position of the designator on the wings.

Shown here and on p. 74 are current wings andbadges. The basic level of wings or badges isillustrated. Most wings and badges have two othercategories of accomplishment—senior and eithercommander, master, or chief. A star centered abovethe badge indicates the senior level, while a starsurrounded by a wreath above the badge representsthe master level.

Devices

Five USAF career fields are authorized to wear acolored beret along with the crest of that particular

field. Below are those badges on their particular beretcolor.

Berets

Combat ControlTeam

CombatWeather

The parachutist badgeindicates the wearer is

at the master level.

Tactical AirControl Party

Pararescue

ForceProtection

Officers display theirrank in a plain blue

shield above the motto“Defensor Fortis.”

Hourglass Deviceis issued for the Armed Forces

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

30 years.


Badges, continued

Biomedical Science Dental CorpsCorps

Buddhist Christian

Jewish Muslim

Medical

Chaplain

Enlisted Medical Medical Corps

Medical Service Nurse CorpsCorps

Acquisition and FinancialManagement

Communications and Information Explosive Ordnance Disposal Force Protection

Chaplain Service Support Civil Engineer Command and Control

Band Air Traffic Control

Historian IntelligenceInformation Management

Public AffairsParalegalParachutist

Operations SupportMeteorologistManpower and Personnel

MaintenanceLogisticsJudge Advocate

Weapons DirectorTransportation

Supply/FuelsSpace/MissileServices

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