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United States Air Force

Who we are What we do

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United States Air Force

ď ŽMission ď ŽOrganization/structure

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United States Air Force ď ŽMission:

The mission of the U.S. Air Force is to fly, fight and win‌in air, space and cyberspace.

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United States Air Force  Organization 9

Major Commands (MAJCOMs)

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Direct Reporting Units (DRUs)

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Field Operating Agencies (FOAs)

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United States Air Force 

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Air Mobility Command Air Combat Command Air Education and Training Air Force Space Command Air Force Material Command Air Force Special Operations Command Air Force Reserve Command Pacific Air Forces Command United States Air Forces Europe

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United States Air Force 

DRUs 

Air Force District of Washington

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United States Air Force Academy

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Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center

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United States Air Force ď Ž Field

Operating Agencies are too numerous to list! ď ŽLocated

predominantly on Air Force installations

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United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) Headquarters – Scott AFB, IL Mission: To provide global air mobility. The command also plays a crucial role in providing humanitarian support at home and around the world. AMC Airmen--active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Civil Reserve Air Fleet - provide airlift and aerial refueling for all of America's armed forces. Many special duty and operational support aircraft and stateside aero-medical evacuation missions are also assigned to AMC.

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United States Air Force AMC Installation Locations MacDill AFB, FL

McConnell AFB, KS

Travis AFB, CA

Fairchild AFB, WA

McGuire AFB, NJ

Grand Forks AFB, ND

Little Rock AFB, AR

Charleston AFB, SC

Pope AFB, NC McChord AFB, WA Scott AFB, IL Dover AFB, DE Integrity - Service - Excellence

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United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) Headquarters – Langley AFB, VA Mission: To support global implementation of national security strategy. Air Combat Command operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and electronic-combat aircraft. It also provides command, control, communications and intelligence systems, and conducts global information operations.

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United States Air Force ACC Installation Locations DYESS AFB, TX

NELLIS AFB, NV

MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, ID

BARKSDALE AFB, LA

BEALE AFB, CA

MINOT AFB, ND

SHAW AFB, SC

DAVIS MONTHAN AFB, MT

SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AFB, NC WHITEMAN AFB, MO LANGLEY AFB, VA ELLSWORTH AFB, AK Integrity - Service - Excellence

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United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Headquarters – Randolph AFB, TX Mission: To "develop America's Airmen today... for tomorrow." The command recruits, trains, and educates Airmen for the United States Air Force.

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United States Air Force AETC Installation Locations RANDOLPH AFB, TX TYNDALL AFB, FL LUKE AFB, AZ

VANCE AFB, OK

COLUMBUS AFB, SC

ALTUS AFB, OK

MAXWELL AFB, AL

SHEPPARD AFB, TX

GOODFELLOW AFB, TX LAUGHLIN AFB, TX KEESLER AFB, MS

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United States Air Force Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Headquarters – Peterson AFB, CO Mission: To Deliver Space and Missile capabilities to America and its warfighting Commands.

AFSPC has four primary mission areas: 

Space forces support involves launching satellites and other high-value payloads into space using a variety of expendable launch vehicles and operating those satellites once in the medium of space.

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Space control ensures friendly use of space through the conduct of counterspace operations encompassing surveillance, negation, and protection.

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United States Air Force AFSPC Command mission continued: ď Ž

Force enhancement provides weather, communications, intelligence, missile warning, and navigation. Force enhancement is support to the warfighter.

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Force application involves maintaining and operating a rapid response, land-based ICBM force as the Air Force's only on-alert strategic deterrent.

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United States Air Force AFSPC Installation Locations PETERSON AFB, CO

VANDENBERG AFB, CA

PATRICK AFB, FL

MALMSTROM AFB, MT

SCHRIEVER AFB, CO

MINOT AFB, ND

BUCKLEY AFB, CO F.E. WARREN AFB, WY LOS ANGELES AFB, CA

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United States Air Force Air Force Material Command (AFMC) Headquarters – Wright Patterson AFB, OH Mission: To conduct research, development, testing and evaluation, and provide the acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. The command develops, acquires and sustains the aerospace power needed to defend the United States and its interests for today and tomorrow.

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United States Air Force AFMC Installation Locations WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OH

HILL AFB, UT

ROBINS AFB, GA

BROOKS CITY-BASE,TX

TINKER AFB, OK

EDWARDS AFB, CA

HANSCOM AFB, MA KIRTLAND AFB, NM EGLIN AFB, FL ROME AFB, NY ARNOLD AFB, TN Integrity - Service - Excellence

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United States Air Force Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Headquarters – Hurlburt Field, FL Mission: AFSOC is the Air Force component to the United States Specials Operations Command (USSOCOM), a unified command located at MacDill AFB, Florida. These special operations forces SOF) conduct global special operations missions ranging from precision application of firepower, to infiltration, aviation foreign internal defense, exfiltration, resupply and refueling of special operations forces operational elements.

The command's SOF are composed of highly trained, rapidly deployable Airmen who are equipped with specialized aircraft.

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United States Air Force AFSOC Installation Locations Hurlburt Field, FL Cannon AFB. NM

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United States Air Force Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Headquarters – Robins AFB, GA Mission: Provide combat-ready units and individuals for active duty whenever there are not enough trained units and people in the Regular component of the Air Force to perform any national security mission.

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United States Air Force AFRC Installations Locations CARSWELL ARB, TX

DOBBINS AFB, GA

HOMESTEAD ARS, FL

PITTSBURGH IAP-ARS, PA

MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL ARS, MN

YOUNGSTOWN ARS, OH

ROBINS AFB, GA MARCH AFB, CA GRISSOM ARB, IN WESTOVER ARB, MI NIAGARA FALLS IAP-ARS, NY Integrity - Service - Excellence

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United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces Command (PACAF) Headquarters – Hickham AFB, HI Mission: To provide ready air and space power to promote U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region during peacetime, through crisis, and in war.

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United States Air Force PACAF Installation Locations ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM

OSAN AB, SOUTH KOREA

ELMENDORF AFB, AK

KUNSAN AB, SOUTH KOREA

EIELSON AFB, AK HICKAM AFB, HI YOKOTA AB, JAPAN KADENA AB, JAPAN MISAWA AB, JAPAN

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United States Air Force United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) Ramstein AB, Germany Mission: To be the air component for the U.S. European Command, directing air operations in a theater spanning three continents.

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United States Air Force United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) Locations 

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UNITED KINGDOM 

RAF LAKENHEATH

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RAF MILDENHALL

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AVIANO AB

GERMANY 

SPANDAHLEM AB

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United States Air Force DRU Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) Washington D.C. Mission: To handle operations in the Washington DC region (also known as the “National Capital Region" or "NCR") that include: 

Being the single manager for all Air Force activities supporting Headquarters, United States Air Force (Bolling AFB 11 th Wing)

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Supporting the Air Force component of Joint Task Force – NCR (Bolling AFB 320th Air Expeditionary Wing)

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Medical support (Andrews AFB 79th Medical Wing) for medical forces for Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) deployment, homeland operations, and in support of joint operations within the NCR. Integrity - Service - Excellence

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United States Air Force DRU - Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) mission continued 

Providing contingency response capability critical to national security to include emergency reaction rotary-wing airlift for the National Capital Region, combat-ready Airmen to Air and Space Expeditionary Forces (316th Wing Andrews AFB)

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844th Communications Group

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Pentagon support operations

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United States Air Force AFDW Installation Locations BOLLING AFB, MD ANDREWS AFB, MD

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United States Air Force DRU - Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) Kirtland AFB, NM Mission: To test and evaluate new weapon systems in realistic battlespace environments, and assess the capability of new systems to meet warfighter needs.

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United States Air Force AFOTEC Locations 

Detachment 1 (DET1) Kirtland AFB, NM (deactivated 2007)

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Detachment 2 (DET2) Eglin AFB, FL

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Detachment 3 (DET3) Kirtland AFB, NM

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Detachment 4 (DET4) Peterson AFB, CO

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Detachment 5 (DET5) Edwards AFB, CA

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Detachment 6 (DET6) Nellis AFB, NV

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United States Air Force DRU - United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Colorado Springs, CO Mission: To educate, train, and inspire men and women to become officers of character motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation.

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United States Air Force Doing Business with the US Air Force 

Most buying is decentralized 

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Operational/installation level

Some centralized 

Strategically sourced

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Enterprise level

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United States Air Force

How do I find opportunities!!!

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Visit Air Force Small Business website 

Locate Small Business Specialist

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Business Opportunities

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www.AirForceSmallBiz.org

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