| Field operating agencies are subdivisions that carry out activities
under the operational control of a headquarters Air Force functional
manager. |
| Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation, Orlando, Fla.: Supports development and use of the joint synthetic battlespace
for training, analysis, acquisition, test and evaluation and operations.
Implements Air Force, joint and Department of Defense modeling
and simulation policies and standards. Manages, coordinates and
integrates major Air Force and joint modeling and simulation programs
and initiatives. Supports corporate Air Force joint modeling and
simulation operations. Promotes and supports joint modeling and
simulation technology improvements and innovation. http://www.afams.af.mil |
| Air Force Audit Agency, Washington, D.C.: Provides all levels of Air Force management with independent and quality audit services. Produces audit products that evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of Air Force programs and activities. http://www.afaa.hq.af.mil/ |
| Air Force Base Conversion Agency, Washington, D.C.: Executes environmental programs and real and personal property disposal for major stateside Air Force bases being closed or realigned under the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1988 and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. http://www.afbca.hq.af.mil |
| Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, Brooks AFB, Texas: Aggregates, in a single organization, the capability to provide a full range of technical services to Air Force leaders worldwide. These include environmental compliance, pollution prevention, hazardous waste cleanup, environmental analysis and many types of planning and construction management. It is a field operating agency of the Air Force Civil Engineer. http://www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/afceefrm.htm |
| Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, Tyndall AFB, Fla.: Maximizes base civil engineers’ capabilities in peacetime and contingency operations by providing tools, practices, and professional and technical engineering support worldwide. Provides products and services in readiness, training, vehicles and equipment, management practices, automation support, technical support and research, development and acquisition. Specializes in utility rates intervention and negotiation. Provides airfield pavements evaluations. Renders intermediate and depot-level repair support on power generation, electrical distribution and aircraft arresting systems, as well as technical support for heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. http://www.afcesa.af.mil/ |
| Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, Arlington, Va.: Provides independent cost analysis support and develops component
cost analyses for weapon system acquisition programs and automated
information systems. Conducts a full research program in cost
models and databases. Manages the official web site for Air Force
weapon systems and infrastructure total ownership cost information.
Responsible for the development and maintenance of the Assistant
Secretary of the Air force Financial Management and Comptroller
Web site. Maintains cost library. http://www.saffm.hq.af.mil |
| Air Force Flight Standards Agency, Andrews AFB, Md.: Performs worldwide inspection of airfields, navigation systems and instrument approaches. Provides flight standards to develop instrument requirements. Certifies procedures and directives for cockpit displays and navigation systems. Provides air traffic control and airfield procedures, and evaluates air traffic control systems and airspace management procedures. http://www.andrews.af.mil/tenants/affsa/affsa.htm |
| Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Archive for more than 85,000,000 pages of historical documents. Responds to inquiries for historical data, approves unit heraldry and emblems, records official aerial victory credits, tracks organizational lineages and provides research facilities for military scholars and the public. http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/ |
| Air Force History Support Office, Washington, D.C.: Researches, writes and publishes books, pamphlets and other studies on Air Force history. Provides historical support to Air Force, Department of Defense and other government agencies and scholars with research and training materials. Records and disseminates Air Force history to enable decision makers and planners to formulate strategy, plans and doctrine to conduct operations; educates Air Force students at professional military schools; informs the public about the role of the Air Force and airpower in national security. http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/ |
| Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.: Provides Air Force leaders with independent assessments to improve Air Force operations and support. Serves as single comprehensive inspection agency of Air Force medical organizations. Conducts compliance inspections for field operating agencies and direct reporting units; reviews requests from the inspector general; conducts the Air Force Inspector’s Course; and publishes TIG Brief magazine. http://www-afia.saia.af.mil/ |
| Air Force Legal Services Agency, Bolling AFB, D.C.: Administers the Air Force’s military justice process to protect individual rights and ensure good order and discipline; represents Air Force interests in civil litigation in such areas as claims and tort litigation, labor law, personnel litigation, Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act litigation, personal and constitutional torts, environmental law, contract litigation and patents; trains and advises the headquarters and field in military justice and civil law matters; provides claims, legal assistance, and preventive law programs to benefit the Air Force family; supports legal services worldwide with state-of-the-art specialized information technology; manages personnel programs for active-duty judge advocates and assigned members. http://ja.hq.af.mil/ |
| Air Force Logistics Management Agency, Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex, Ala.: The logistics problem-solving organization that conducts a wide variety of studies to produce solutions that improve both combat and war-winning capabilities. Analyzes, tests, evaluates and recommends new or improved concepts, methods, systems or procedures. Makes problem-solving capabilities available to every logistician in the Air Force. Publishes Air Force Journal of Logistics. http://www.il.hq.af.mil |
| The Air Force Manpower and Innovation Agency, Randolph AFB, Texas: This agency, in partnership with the Headquarters, U.S. Air Force functional communities and commanders, determines current and future peacetime and wartime resource requirements through objective and innovative manpower studies to improve mission performance, effectiveness and resource efficiency. It leads programming factor development and special studies and assists with competitive sourcing studies. And it is also the support arm of Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and programs for manpower and organization functional community needs. http://www.afmia.randolph.af.mil/ |
| Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Bolling AFB, D.C.: Optimizes Air Force global capability by providing dynamic leadership, the best tools and aggressive support to all health care professionals. http://sg-www.satx.disa.mil/afmsa |
| Air Force Medical Support Agency, Brooks AFB, Texas: Improves global performance, capability and cost effectiveness of the medical service in supporting combat forces and maintaining the health of beneficiaries. Serves as the surgeon general’s primary focal point for policy development, strategies, plans, consultant services and requirements dealing with facilities, supplies, equipment, acquisition, information systems and resources. http://sg-www.satx.disa.mil/afmsa |
| Air Force National Security Emergency Preparedness Office, Washington,
D.C.: This agency plans, programs and implements the Air Force’s National
Security Emergency Preparedness program and continuity of operations.
Interfaces with Department of Defense, joint staff, all services
and the director of military support to develop and implement
military NSEP. Coordinates Air Force emergency response with civil
authorities, DOD’s planning and execution agent and 26 supporting
federal department and agencies http://www-afnsep.forscom.army.mil |
| Air Force News Agency, Kelly AFB, Texas: Gathers information, packages and disseminates electronic and printed news and information products during wartime and peacetime. Manages Air Force News Service, Army and Air Force Hometown News Service, Air Force Broadcasting Service (Air Force-operated Armed Forces Radio and Television outlets worldwide). Also runs the Air Force Hotline and provides electronic news and information via Air Force Link, the official Air Force Web site. http://www.af.mil |
| Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews AFB, Md.: The Air Force’s major investigative service since Aug. 1, 1948. It reports to the Office of the Inspector General of the Air Force. It provides investigative services to commanders of all Air Force activities. Primary responsibilities are criminal investigative and counterintelligence services. The organization seeks to identify, investigate and neutralize espionage, terrorism, fraud and other major criminal activities that may threaten Air Force and DOD resources. It focuses on four command priorities: exploit counterintelligence activities for force protection; resolve violent crime impacting the Air Force; combat threats to information systems and technologies; and defeat and deter acquisition fraud. And it serves as the DOD executive agent for the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory and the Defense Computer Investigations Training Program. www.dtic.mil/afosi |
| Air Force Operations Group, Washington, D.C.: Responsible for the Headquarters, U.S. Air Force Operations Center, Air Force Emergency Operations Center, the chief of staff presentation team and the president’s operational weather forecasters. Formulates Air Force position on Joint Chiefs of Staff actions relating to crisis management and the deployment and redeployment of forces. Develops policy and procedures for command post operation and manning. Serves as the Air Staff focal point for all funeral and memorial flyovers and aerial events. Organizes, manages and trains the Air Force Crisis Action Team. |
| Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas: Manages personnel programs and policies. Ensures the right numbers of troops in the right grades and skills are available to perform the missions of unit commanders worldwide. http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil |
| Air Force Personnel Operations Agency, Washington, D.C.: Provides analysis of personnel policies and programs as well as providing automated information system support for the deputy chief of staff of personnel and local users of the Personnel Data System. |
| Air Force Program Executive Office, Washington, D.C.: Manages and is directly accountable for the cost, schedule and performance of major and selected acquisition programs. |
| Air Force Real Estate Agency, Bolling AFB, D.C.: Responsible for acquisition, disposal and management of land and facilities to support the Air Force’s continually changing mission. Manages the life cycle of real property to ensure that the Air Force acquires and maintains only the minimum property necessary to meet peacetime and mobilization requirements worldwide. Maintains a complete land and facilities inventory. http://www.safmi.hq.af.mil/saf-mii/afrea/afrea.htm |
| Air Force Review Boards Agency, Andrews AFB, Md.: Established in 1982, it provides the management of various military and civilian appellate processes for the secretary of the Air Force. Acting through the Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council, the Air Force Board for the Correction of Military Records and the Air Force Civilian Appellate Review Office, the agency serves to correct errors or injustices in military records and to ensure due process, equity and fair and impartial treatment for Air Force military members and civilian employees. www.safmi.hq.af.mil/saf-mib/mib.htm |
| Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.: Develops and manages mishap prevention programs, the Operational Risk Management Program and the Nuclear Surety Program. Develops regulatory guidance, provides technical assistance in the flight, ground, weapons and space safety disciplines, and maintains the database for all mishaps. Oversees all major command mishap investigations and evaluates corrective actions for applicability and implementation. Also develops and directs safety education programs for all safety disciplines. http://www-afsc.saia.af.mil |
| Air Force Security Forces Center, Lackland AFB, Texas: Develops force protection policies by planning and programming resources in support of nuclear, non-nuclear and weapon system security, physical and information security, base defense, combat arms, law enforcement, combating terrorism, resources protection, corrections and the DOD military working dog program. http://afsf.lackland.af.mil |
| Air Force Services Agency, San Antonio, Texas: Supports commanders by implementing and sustaining services policies, procedures and quality-of-life programs that enhance combat readiness. Programs include community support and business activities, human resource activities, a contracting and purchasing agency, data systems network, and worldwide financial and banking systems. http://www-r.afsv.af.mil |
| Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency, Washington, D.C.: Performs independent analyses of key Air Force programs and critical operational and acquisition issues for the chief of staff, the Air Staff, secretary of the Air Force and senior DOD leaders. Sheds light on requirements, plans, operational effectiveness, tactics and strategy for theater, strategic and space systems in direct support of the Air Force’s modeling, simulation and analyses efforts. http://www.afsaa.hq.af.mil/ |
| Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, Fla.: Operates and monitors a variety of air, ground, space and seaborne sensor platforms to ensure compliance with several nuclear treaties. Operates and maintains the U.S. National Data Center. Gains, exploits and defends the information domain unique to technical signatures collected and processed through the Air Force-level operations center to provide timely reporting of nuclear weapons tests to national authorities. Sole DOD agency operating a global sensor network and analytical laboratories providing technical measurements to monitor nuclear treaties. Researches and develops proliferation detection technologies for weapons of mass destruction. http://www.aftac.gov |
| Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, Neb.: Supports the fielding of Air Force weather units prepared to deliver timely, accurate, reliable weather products and services, including climatological and space weather support to Air Force, Army, special operations and other DOD activities. It provides worldwide weather support decision assistance to combat, reconnaissance, command and control, presidential support, treaty verification and airlift missions directed by the National Command Authorities, Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior decision makers. http://afw.offutt.af.mil |
| Air Intelligence Agency, Kelly AFB, Texas: Provides expertise in the areas of information warfare and information-in-warfare, specializing in intelligence collection, force protection, acquisition, foreign weapon systems and technology; and treaty monitoring. http://aiaweb.aia.af.mil/ |
| Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews AFB, Md.: The center’s 12 directorates, including acquisition, civil engineering, comptroller, logistics, operations, chaplains, communications, counterdrugs, manpower, air surgeon, organizational management and personnel, provide various support services to ANG units around the country. Also includes the 201st Mission Support Squadron, which serves the military and civilian personnel assigned to the directorates. The commander, ANG Readiness Center, has administrative control of all ANG members deploying in Title 10 status. http://www.ang.af.mil/ |
| Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency, Washington, D.C.: The agency oversees nuclear stockpile stewardship programs, including planning, development and sustainment of Air Force nuclear weapons. It provides technical analysis on counterproliferation issues. And it provides technical advice to Air Force headquarters, major commands, unified command and the Office of the Secretary of Defense on nuclear weapons, counterproliferation and arms control issues. It has a field office at Kirtland AFB, N.M. http://www.xo.hq.af.mil/xon/nwcpa.htm |
