Air Combat Command

Air Combat Command, headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Va. is the U.S. Air Force component of the U.S. Joint Forces Command.

ACC organizes, trains, equips and maintains combat-ready air forces for rapid deployment and employment. It also ensures strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense.

ACC provides nuclear-capable forces to the U.S. Strategic Command, air defense forces to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and theater air forces to the five geographical unified commands: U.S. Joint Forces Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Pacific Command. ACC also ensure combat air forces are prepared to implement national policy throughout the world.

Four numbered air forces and three primary subordinate units fall under ACC. The numbered air forces are 1st Air Force, 8th Air Force, 9th Air Force and 12th Air Force. The direct reporting units are the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., the Air Intelligence Agency, located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas., and the Air and Space Expeditionary Force Center, located at Langley.

ACC is comprised of 700 aircraft and approximately 105,000 active duty military members and civilian personnel at 29 installations in the United States. When mobilized, more than 61,000 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members, along with 618 aircraft are assigned to ACC.