Air Combat Command
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The U.S. Air Combat Command (ACC) "owns" the Air Force aircraft, personnel, and facilities assigned to the operational Unified Combatant Commands. Its responsibilities include training and readiness for forces to be assigned to the operational units, but, as is common in the modern U.S. military, the commanding general wears "multiple hats". In addition to the ACC responsibilities, he is also the Air Component Commander for two Unified Combatant Commands, United States Joint Forces Command and United States Strategic Command. ACC's forces are organized under a direct reporting unit, four numbered air forces and one Air Force Reserve numbered air force. The command operates 15 major bases, including tenant units on 13 non-ACC bases throughout the United States. ACC also has responsibility for inland search and rescue in the 48 contiguous states. Numbered Air ForcesFirst Air ForceWith headquarters at Tyndall AFB, FL, the First Air Force provides the Air Force resources for the North American Air Defense Command, and the overall defense of the continental United States. Its major units are:
Eighth Air ForceEighth Air Force is the air component of United States Strategic Command, including bomber aircraft and C3I-ISR|C3I-ISR aircraft. Other Eighth Air Force units include the 67th Information Operations Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas; the 70th Intelligence Wing, Fort Meade, Md.; the 116th Air Control Wing (E-8 Joint STARS|E-8C JSTARS), Robins AFB, Ga.; 552nd Air Control Wing (E-3 Sentry|E-3B/C), Tinker AFB, Okla.; the 819th RED HORSE Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; and the 3rd Air Support Operations Group, Fort Hood, Texas. BasesBarksdale AFB, La. -- 2nd Bomb Wing: B-52|B-52H Beale AFB, Calif. -- 9th Reconnaissance Wing: U-2 Dragon Lady|U-2, T-38. Selected as beddown base for MQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle Minot AFB, N.D. -- 5th Bomb Wing: B-52H Offutt AFB, Neb. -- 55th Wing: E-4|E-4B, RC-135 RIVET JOINT, RC-135 COBRA BALL, RC-135 COMBAT SENT, TC-135W, WC-135W, OC-135B Open Skies Whiteman AFB, Mo. -- 509th Bomb Wing: B-2 Spirit|B-2, T-38 Ninth Air ForceNinth Air Force is the air component for United States Central Command, as well as for active, reserve, and Air National Guard units on the east coast of the U.S. Tenth Air ForceWith headquarters at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas, directs the activities of more than 13,300 reservists and 900 civilians located at 28 installations throughout the United States. Twelfth Air ForceBased at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Twelfth Air Force controls ACC's conventional fighter and bomber forces based in the western United States and is the Air Component for United States Southern Command (AFSOUTH). Direct Reporting UnitU.S. Air Force Warfare Center, at Nellis AFB, Nev., conducts the Air Force's advanced weapons and tactics training, manages advanced pilot training and is responsible for the operational test and evaluation of ACC's combat weapons systems. The UAV Battlelab, and the Command and Control Training and Innovation Group located at Hurlburt Field, Fla. are assigned to the center. Under the Air Warfare Center:
Also assigned are the UAV Battlelab and the Command and Control Training and Innovation Group, located at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The 53rd Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla. is also assigned to the Air Warfare Center. Its units include
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