The USAF F-15 Eagle had responsibility for overland Combat Air Patrol ( CAP ) duties in Desert Storm in 1991, primarily because of the onboard F-15 IFF capabilities.

As part of the reorganization, SAC's bomber aircraft, ICBMs, strategic reconnaissance aircraft, and command post aircraft were merged with USAF fighter and other tactical aircraft assets and reassigned to the newly-established Air Combat Command ( ACC ).

* Ravenstein, Charles, A., Air Force Combat Wings 1947 – 1977, Office of Air Force History, USAF, 1984.

The wing reports to the USAF Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, a Direct Reporting Unit ( DRU ) to Headquarters, Air Combat Command ( ACC ).

The USAF Special Air Warfare Center was activated 27 April 1962, with the 1st Combat Applications Group ( CAG ) organized as a combat systems development and test agency under the SAWC.

The 49 FTS and 435 FTS conducted an advanced pilot training and the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals ( IFF ) course for recently winged USAF Navigator / Combat Systems Officers en route to Weapons System Officer ( WSO ) assignments in the F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft and recently winged pilots en route to the F-22 Raptor, F-15C / D Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and A-10 Thunderbolt II.

Units assigned to the 91st Combat Support Group were the 91st Civil Engineering Squadron, the 91st Security Police Squadron, 91st Communications Squadron, 91st Supply Squadron and 91st Transportation Squadron, The USAF Hospital, MINOT.

On 1 June 1992, as part of the first major reorganization since the creation of USAF, the Air Force inactivated Strategic Air Command and assigned Ellsworth's organizations ( including a renamed 28th Bomb Wing ( 28 BW )) to the newly activated Air Combat Command ( ACC ).

: A non-flying organization, the school provides graduate-level instruction to maintenance and munitions officers in the USAF distinctive capability of Agile Combat Support ( ACS ).

C-46s were pulled out of mothballs or even bought back from commercial operators, and put into round-the-clock use with the USAF Combat Cargo Command.

With the departure of the 8th TFW, the 348th Combat Support Group became the host unit at Itazuke, with the Pacific Air Forces 41st Air Division becoming the operational USAF unit at the base.

The site, named Desert One, was to be used as a temporary airstrip for the three USAF special operations MC-130E Combat Talon I penetration / transport aircraft and three EC-130E Hercules, each of the latter equipped with a pair of collapsible fuel bladders containing 6, 000 U. S. gallons of jet fuel.

USAF Navigators / Combat Systems Officers and USN / USMC Naval Flight Officers must be Basic Mission Qualified in their aircraft, or fly with an Instructor Navigator or Instructor NFO to provide the necessary training for their duties.

* General John W. Corley, USAF, Commander, Air Combat Command, 2007 -

* General Richard E. Hawley, USAF, Commander, Air Combat Command, 1996 – 1999

As the air traffic control school it was also the logical location for the USAF Combat Controllers.

* Air Force Combat Action Medal ( USAF )

SUNT trains prospective USAF Navigators / Combat Systems Officers destined for the B-52 Stratofortress, E-3 Sentry, E-8 Joint STARS, RC-135, non-PACER CRAG KC-135 Stratotanker, and various models of the C-130 Hercules ( i. e., C-130, AC-130, EC-130, HC-130, MC-130, etc.

It is part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation, and is home to Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command ( AFSOC ), the 1st Special Operations Wing ( 1 SOW ), the USAF Special Operations School ( USAFSOS ) and the Air Combat Command's ( ACC ) 505th Command and Control Wing.

RAF Mildenhall hosts units from four different major USAF commands -- Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Mobility Command and United States Air Forces in Europe ; as well as units of the United States Navy.

On 31 May 1951, the USAF took title to Wichita Municipal Airport, and on 4 June the Air Training Command 3520th Combat Crew Training Wing was activated at the facility.

Image: CCTwithGAU-5. jpg | USAF Combat Control Team ( CCT ) member with GAU-5A / A.

Air Battle Managers are most often assigned to Air Combat Command, but may be assigned to other MAJCOMS ( primarily Air Education and Training Command / AETC ) as the needs of the USAF dictate.

Although NFOs in the Navy's E-2 Hawkeye aircraft perform functions similar to the USAF Air Battle Manager, their NFO training track is more aligned with that of USAF Combat Systems Officers.

* USCG Air-Sea Rescue, at USAF Base, Kindley Field

The 36th Rescue Flight ( 36 RQF ) supports the USAF Survival School training through hands-on helicopter operations for over 3, 000 students per year.

The Air National Guard provides a fully equipped USAF Crash Fire Rescue station to augment the airport's own fire department for both on-airport structural fires and aircraft rescue and fire fighting ( ARFF ) purposes.

Subsequent rescue efforts by personnel from CFS Alert, USAF personnel from Thule Air Base 700 km south, and CF 440 Transport and Rescue Squadron, Edmonton and 424 Squadron in Trenton, Ontario, were hampered by a blizzard and local terrain.

File: USAF Combat Rescue Officer Flash. png | Combat Rescue Officer ( CRO ) Flash

A third wave of two CH-53s from HMH-463 and eight USAF CH-53Cs and two USAF HH-53s of the 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron ( all operating from the USS Midway ) arrived shortly afterwards.

Unable to turn, leaking fuel, and dodging the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains, an air-to-air rescue attempt is undertaken from a jet-powered HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant helicopter flown by the USAF Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service.

* Acrojets ( USAF Fighter School at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona 1949-1950 )

These include the 1988 Liethen-Tittle Award ( top pilot graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School ) and U. S. Navy Test Pilot of the Year ( 1991 ).

He attended the United States Air Force ( USAF ) Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, in California, and upon graduation, served as an exchange officer with the U. S. Navy at Strike Test Directorate at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

He was accepted to the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1960.

With the help of his time as a member of an MTD, Collins accumulated over 1500 hours of flying, the minimum required for the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

That same year the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School became the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, as the Air Force tried to enter into the research of space.

In 1978, the USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center assumed responsibility for the USAF Air Ground Operations School.

* USAF Special Operations School, 15 April 1967 – Present

In September 1950, Tyndall became an Air Training Command ( ATC ) installation, designated as the USAF Pilot Instructor School.

* USAF Instructor Flight School, 1 October 1949-1 December 1951

* USAF Interceptor Weapons School, 20 August 1956-1 March 1970

* USAF Pilot Instructors School, 8 October 1967-23 August 1972

* USAF Advanced Fighter-Interceptor School, 1 December 1951-1 January 1961

* USAF Instrument Pilot Instructor School, 1 December 1951-1 March 1958

* USAF Interceptor Weapons School, 1 July 1954-1 January 1960

* General Paul Hester USAF graduated from West Point High School

Helicopter Operations UH-1N USAF Survival School

: Resesignated: 336th Training Group ( USAF Survival School ), April 1, 1994 – present

* USAF Technical Intelligence School, 1 May 1953-1 July 1961

In December 1987, Husband was assigned to Edwards Air Force Base in California, where he attended the USAF Test Pilot School.