Back Air Force Special Operations Command German Comando de Operaciones Especiales de la Fuerza Aérea Spanish ستاد فرماندهی عملیات‌های ویژه نیروی هوایی Persian Air Force Special Operations Command French פיקוד המבצעים המיוחדים של חיל האוויר של ארצות הברית HE Air Force Special Operations Command Italian アメリカ空軍特殊作戦コマンド Japanese 공군특수작전사령부 Korean Air Force Special Operations Command NB Командование специальных операций ВВС США Russian

Air Force Special Operations Command

Air Force Special Operations Command
Air Force Special Operations Command emblem
Active10 February 1983 – present
(41 years, 3 months)
Detailed
  • 22 May 1990 – present (as Air Force Special Operations Command)
    10 February 1983 – 22 May 1990 (as 23d Air Force)[1]
Country United States of America
Branch United States Air Force
TypeMajor Command
Role"Provide our Nation’s specialized airpower, capable across the spectrum of conflict … Any Place, Any Time, Anywhere"[2]
Size17,967 personnel authorized:[3]
  • 15,724 military personnel
  • 2,243 civilian personnel
Part of United States Special Operations Command
HeadquartersHurlburt Field, Florida, U.S.
Nickname(s)"Air Commandos"[4]
Motto(s)"Any place. Any time. Anywhere"[5]
Decorations
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[6]
Websitewww.afsoc.af.mil
Commanders
CommanderLt Gen Tony D. Bauernfeind[7]
Deputy CommanderMaj Gen Rebecca J. Sonkiss
Command Chief Master SergeantCCM Anthony W. Green[8]
Insignia
Twenty-Third Air Force shield (former) (approved May 1983)[9]
Aircraft flown
AttackAC-130W/J, MQ-9
ReconnaissanceU-28A
TransportC-145A, C-146A, CV-22B
TankerMC-130H/P/J

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force. An Air Force major command (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. Air Force component command to United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), a unified combatant command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. AFSOC provides all Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) for worldwide deployment and assignment to regional unified combatant commands.

Before 1983, Air Force special operations forces were primarily assigned to the Tactical Air Command (TAC) and were generally deployed under the control of U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) or, as had been the case during the Vietnam War, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). Just as it had relinquished control of the C-130 theater airlift fleet to Military Airlift Command (MAC) in 1975, TAC relinquished control of Air Force SOF to MAC in December 1982.

AFSOC was initially established on 10 February 1983 as Twenty-Third Air Force (23 AF), a subordinate numbered air force of MAC, with 23 AF headquarters initially established at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. On 1 August 1987, 23 AF headquarters moved to Hurlburt Field, Florida. AFSOC elements include Combat Controllers (CCT), Pararescuemen (PJ), Special Reconnaissance (SR), and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP).

  1. ^ "Air Force Special Operations Command (USAF)". af.mil. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. ^ "AFSOC "About Us"". afsoc.af.mil. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Air Commandos". af.mil. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. ^ "United States Air Force". m.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  6. ^ Bailey, Carl E. (9 November 2010). "Factsheet Air Force Special Operations Command (USAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. ^ Saphore, Cassandra (9 December 2022). "Bauernfeind new leader of Air Commandos". Air Force Special Operations Command. Hurlburt Field, Florida: AFSOC Public Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ "Chief Master Sergeant Anthony W. Green". Air Force Special Operations Command. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  9. ^ Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Imaging Command. 1988-ca. 1993 (Predecessor); Department of Defense. Defense Audiovisual Agency (Predecessor); Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994– (12 May 1983). Approved insignia for: 23rd Air Force. Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1921–2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via US National Archives Research Catalog.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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