Air Force Special Operations Command

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Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is the major command charged with overseeing the United States Air Force's Special Operations Forces (SOF). AFSOC is the air force component of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

AFSOC was established in May 22, 1990 and is headquartered in Hurlburt Field, Florida.

From the establishment of USSOCOM in June of 1987 until the creation of AFSOC in May 1990, Military Airlift Command's Twenty-Third Air Force (23AF), less its aerospace rescue and aeromedical evacuation units, served as the air force component of USSOCOM, and the commander, Twenty-Third Air Force, served as the air force component commander of USSOCOM.

Contents 1 Lineage 2 Units 3 Air National Guard units 4 Air Force Reserve units 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Lineage

Established as Twenty-Third Air Force on February 10, 1983. Activated on March 1, 1983. Redesignated Air Force Special Operations Command, with the status of a major command, on May 22, 1990.

[edit] Units

• 1st Special Operations Wing
• 352d Special Operations Group
• 353d Special Operations Group
• 720th Special Tactics Group
• U.S. Air Force Special Operations School
• 18th Flight Test Squadron
• Electronic Combat Support Flight

[edit] Air National Guard units

• 193d Special Operations Wing, Pennsylvania
• 123d Special Tactics Squadron, Kentucky
• 125th Special Tactics Squadron, Oregon
• 209th Civil Engineer Squadron
• 280th Combat Communications Squadron, Alabama
• 107th Weather Flight
• 146th Weather Flight
• 181st Weather Flight

[edit] Air Force Reserve units

• 919th Special Operations Wing

[edit] External links

• Air Force Special Operations Command Home Page - official site (.mil access only).
• GlobalSecurity.org: Air Force Special Operations Command
• MH-53J/M PAVE LOW (The Pave Web)

[edit] See also

• Air Force Special Tactics