WAPS SSGT- Military Org and Command- Air Force Structure questions and answers.

What U.S code provides specified duties, responsibilities, and legal obligations of the Department of the Air Force? Title 10 United States Code, Armed Forces. What comprises the Department of the Air Force? Headquarters Air Force and field units. What two major entities comprise the Headquarters Air Force? 1-Secretariat (including the secretary of the AF and the Secretary's principal staff) 2-Air Staff (Headed by the Chief of Staff of the AF.) What are the component organizations within the AF called? Field units. To achieve strategic, operational, and tactical objectives unhindered by time, distance and geography, the AF employs six distinctive capabilities. what are they? 1-Air and Space Superiority 2- Global Attack 3- Rapid Global Mobility 4- Precision Engagement 5- Information superiority 6-Agile Combat support In which agreement are the general and specific functions of the military branches outlined? The Key West Agreement Secretary of the AF is a civilian appointed by whom? The U.S President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The Secretary of the AF is the Head of the Department of the AF and is subject to the authority, control, and direction of whom? Secretary of Defense Who is an AF General Officer appointed for four years by the U.S President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate? Chief of Staff of the AF (CSAF) Who is subject to the authority, direction, and control of the secretary of the AF, and presides over the Air staff? Chief of Staff of the AF (CSAF) Whose function is to assist the Secretary of the AF in carrying out his or her responsibilities? Air Staff. How are Air Staff responsibilities organized? Based on function and identified with office symbol codes. What are the office symbol codes A1 through A4? A1- Manpower, Personnel, and Services A2- Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance A3- Operations. A4- Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection. What are AF subdivisions directly subordinate to a Headquarters AF functional manager? Field Operating Agencies. What type of subdivision are the AF personnel center and the AFOSI? Field Operating Agencies. What are AF subdivisions directly subordinate to the Chief of Staff of the AF called? Direct Reporting Units Who performs a mission that does not fit into any of the major commands but has many of the same administrative and organizational responsibilities? Direct Reporting Units. What type of units are the AF District of Washington and the U.S AF Acadmey? Direct Reporting Units Which direct reporting units was reactivated in 2005 to address three broad objectives; 1- align the AF command structure int he National Capital Region and abroad; 2-Improve AF support to the Joint Force HQ-national capital region: and 3- Designate a single voice for AF cross-service issues in the national capital region? AF district of Washington. How are major commands (MAJCOMS) organized in the US and overseas? Functionally in the US and Geographically overseas. Who represents a major AF subdivision having a specific portion of the AF mission? Major command (MAJCOM) Each MAJCOM is directly subordinate to whom? Headquarters Air Force MAJCOMS are interrelated and complementary, providing offensive, defensive and support elements. Which command consists (in whole or in part) of strategic, tactical, space, or defense forces, or of flying forces that directly support such forces? Operational command What are the two specialized types of MAJCOMS within the AF MAJCOM structure? Lead MAJCOMS and Component MAJCOMS Which type of MAJCOM consolidates responsibilities for a particular fucntion in a single MAJCOM, supporting the entire AF, as applicable? Lead MAJCOM. Which MAJCOM is the type of MAJCOM that is the U.S AF component to a unified combatant command? Component MAJCOM. Can a MAJCOM be both Lead MAJCOM and a Component MAJCOM? YES. Which command, activated as a MAJCOM on 1 JUNE 1992 and is headquartered at JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia, is the primary provider of air combat forces to America's warfighting commanders? Air Combat Command (ACC) Whose mission is to support global implementation of the national security strategy by operating fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management and electronic-combat aircraft? Air Combat Command (ACC) Which command, activated as a MAJCOM on 1 JUN 1992 and headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois is the AF Component to USTRANSCOM? Air Mobility Command (AMC) Whose mission is to provide global air mobility, the right effects, right place, right time? This command plays a crucial role in providing humanitarian support at home and around the world, and provides airlift and aerial refueling for all U.S Armed Forces. Air Mobility Command (AMC) Which command, activated as a MAJCOM on 1 SEPT 1982 and headquartered at Peterson AFB, Colorado, provides resilient and cost-effective space and cyberspace capabilities for the Joint Force and the Nation? Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) WHich command was activated as a MAJCOM on 3 Aug 1944 and is Headquartered at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii? Its area of responsibility is home to 60% of the world's population in 36 nations across 52% of the earth's surfacte. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)