Air Force Special Operations Command

Air Force Special Operations Command
Skabelse	Maj 1990
Land	Forenede Stater
Troskab	United States Air Force
Type	Større kommando
Er en del af	United States Special Operations Command
Garnison	Hurlburt Field , Florida
Kælenavn	AFSOC
kommandør	Donald C. Wurster

Den Air Force Special Operations Command (eller AFSOC) er en af de største ordrer i United States Air Force . Det er specialiseret i specielle luftoperationer og er luftkomponenten i United States Special Operations Command .

Organisation

Aktive enheder:

• Treogtyvende luftvåben (23. AF), Hurlburt Field, Florida
  • 623. luft- og rumoperationscenter
  • 11. intelligensskvadron
  • 18. flyveprøveskadron (18. FLTS)
    • Detachement 1, 18th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB (CV-22)
    • Detachement 2, 18th Flight Test Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River og Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River (MV-22)
• 1. specialoperationsfløj, Hurlburt Field, Florida
  • 4. Special Operations Squadron "Ghostriders" (AC-130U Spooky)
  • 6. Special Operations Squadron "Commando" ( Combat Aviation Advisors specialiseret i udenlandsk internt forsvar . Har to UH-1N. Bruger eller har også brugt Basler BT-67, An-2, An-32, An-26, Mi-8 / Mi -17.)
  • 8. Special Operations Squadron "Blackbirds" (CV-22A Osprey)
  • 9. Special Operations Squadron "Night Wings", Eglin AFB (MC-130P Combat Shadow)
  • 15. Special Operations Squadron "Eagles" (MC-130H Combat Talon II)
  • 34. Special Operations Squadron (U-28A Pilatus PC-12 )
  • 319. Special Operations Squadron (U-28A Pilatus PC-12 )
  • 25. intelligensskvadron (operationel kontrol)
• 27. Special Operations Wing, Cannon AFB, NM
  • 3. Special Operations Squadron, Creech AFB (MQ-1 Predator)
  • 16. Special Operations Squadron "Spectre" (AC-130H Spectre)
  • 20. Special Operations Squadron "Green Hornets" (CV-22 Osprey)
  • 33. Special Operations Squadron (MQ-9 Reaper)
  • 73. Special Operations Squadron (MC-130W Combat Spear)
  • 318. Special Operations Squadron (U-28A Pilatus PC-12 , PZL Mielec M28 Skytruck)
  • 522. Special Operations Squadron (MC-130J Commando II)
  • 524. Special Operations Squadron (Bombardier Dash 8)
  • Detachement 1, 25. intelligensskvadron
• 352. Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall
  • 7. Special Operations Squadron “Air Commandos” (MC-130H Combat Talon II)
  • 67. Special Operations Squadron "Night Owls" (MC-130P Combat Shadow og C-130E Hercules)
  • 321. Special Tactics Squadron
  • Detachement 2, 25. intelligensskvadron
• 353. Special Operations Group, Kadena AB
  • 1. Special Operations Squadron "Gooses" (MC-130H Combat Talon II)
  • 17. Special Operations Squadron "Shadow" (MC-130P Combat Shadow)
  • 320. Special Tactics Squadron
  • Detachement 3, 25. intelligensskvadron
• 24. Special Operations Wing
  • 720th Special Tactics Group, Hurlburt Field, Florida
    • 720th Operations Support Squadron
    • 10. Combat Weather Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida
    • 21. Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina
    • 22. Special Tactics Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
    • 23. Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida
    • 17. Special Tactics Squadron, Fort Benning, Georgien
  • 724. Special Tactics Group, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina
    • 24. Special Tactics Squadron
    • 724. Operations Support Squadron
    • "Data Mask unit"
  • Special Tactics Training Squadron (STTS), Hurlburt Field, Florida
  • Special Operations Recruiting Liaison Operating Locations: seksten udpegede Operations Locations (OL) fra OL-A til OL-P.
• Air Force Special Operations Training Center (AFSOTC), Hurlburt Field, Florida
  • 5. Special Operations Squadron, tildelt 919. SOW, Air Force Reserve, Hurlburt Field, Florida (grundlæggende træning for U-28 besætninger og Combat Aviation Advisors)
  • 19. Special Operations Squadron (træningsbesætninger fra AC-130U, U-28 og Combat Aviation Advisors), Hurlburt Field, Florida
  • 193. Operations Group Field Training Unit, tildelt den 193. SOW
  • 551. special Operations Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM (træning på MC-130W, AC-130H, CV-22, MQ-1/9, PZL M-28, Bombardier Q-200), Cannon AFB
  • 371. Special Operations Combat Training Squadron (SOCTS)
  • 745. Special Operations Squadron (foreløbig), Air National Guard (Fairchild RC-26)
  • Air Force Special Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Florida
  • Special Tactics Training Squadron (STTS), tildelt 720th STG, Hurlburt Field, Florida
    • STTS Detachment 1, Yuma, Arizona (Special Operations Tactical Air Control Course [SOTACC])
• 427. Special Operations Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina (C-41 CASA C-212 , CASA CN-235, UV-20A Chiricahua Pilatus PC-6 )
• 361. efterretnings-, overvågnings- og rekognosceringsgruppe (operationel kontrol), Hurlburt Field, Florida
  • 19. intelligensskvadron, pave luftvåbenbase, North Carolina
  • 25. intelligensskvadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Reserve enheder:

• 919. Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Florida
  • 2. Special Operations Squadron, Nellis AFB (MQ-1 Predator)
  • 711. Special Operations Squadron (MC-130E Combat Talon I)

National Guard enheder:

• 193. Special Operations Wing, Harrisburg International Airport, Pennsylvania
  • 193. Special Operations Squadron (EC-130J Commando Solo)
• 123. Special Tactics Squadron, Standiford Field, Louisville International Airport, Kentucky
• 125. Special Tactics Squadron, Portland International Airport, Oregon
• 209. civilingeniørskvadron, Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
• 150. Special Operations Flight, McGuire AFB, New-Jersey (C-32B [Boeing 757])
• 280. kampkommunikationsskvadron, Dothan, Alabama
• 107. vejrflyvning, Selfridge ANG Base, Michigan
• 146. vejrflyvning, Pittsburgh ANG Base, Pennsylvania
• 181. vejrflyvning, NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas

Billeder

• AFSOC MC-130P lander i Japan .

• Tidligere AFSOC Bell UH-1H helikopter .

• AFSOCs Sikorsky MH-60 .

• AFSOC CV-22 Osprey .

• Lockheed AC-130 Spectre fra AFSOC i aktion.

• AFSOC Pilatus U-28A starter.

Bibliografi

• (en) Orr Kelly , From a Dark Sky: The Story of US Air Force Special Operations , Novato, Californien, Presidio Press,1996( ISBN  0-89141-520-3 ) - Oversigt over WWF USAF Specialstyrker i slaget ved Mogadishu .
• (da) Michael E. Haas og Dale K. Robinson , luftkommando! : 1950-1975: Femogtyve år ved spidsens spids , Hurlburt Air Force Base, Florida, HQ, SOFC, udateret (underskrevet forord fra 1994) ( læs online )
• (da) Michael E. Haas , Apollo's Warriors: US Air Force Special Operations under the Cold War , Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Air University Press,1997( ISBN  1-58566-035-3 , læs online )
• (da) Warren A. Trest, Air Commando One: Heinie Aderholt og America's Secret Air Wars , Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press,2000, 322  s. ( ISBN  1-56098-807-X ).
• (en) Air Commando Journal , udgivelse af veteraneforeningen i Air Commando Association , udgaver tilgængelige online på (en) "  Air Commando Journal Archives  " (adgang til 3. november 2019 ) .

Eksternt link

• (en) AFSOC-side på Hurlburt Field-basiswebstedet

Noter og referencer

1. oplysninger dateret december 2004. http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/v22/tilttimes/dec04.pdf , s.4
2. "33 SOS reaktivering", http://www.cannon.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123161681
3. Grzegorz Holdanowicz, ”US AFSOC venter først Skytruck leverance fra Polen,” Janes Information Group , February 24, 2009 http://www.janes.com/news/defence/air/jdw/jdw090224_1_n.shtml
4. Faktaark: 524. Special Operations Squadron
5. "24. SOW genudpeger 17. ASOS", 9. august 2013 http://www.afsoc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123361401
6. Wayne Norrad, “Special Tactics - Send Me! ”, In Air Commando Journal , bind. I, nr. 2, Vinter 2011-2012, s.47 [ læs online ]
7. siden juni 2008. “Special Tactics Training Squadron tager fly, byder første kommandør velkommen”, http://www2.afsoc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123101813
8. tidligere kaldet Detachment 1, AFSOTC. "551 SOS genaktiveres; Kanonvækst fortsætter ”, http://www.cannon.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123160580  ; USSOCOM faktabog, s.29
9. ^, s.9, 47
10. “Ny kommandør fører 2. SOS,” http://www.919sow.afrc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123182214
11. Air Force Special Operations Command , "Aktuel fra september 2011,"