First Air Force | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-22

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00:02:42 1 History
00:03:20 1.1 World War II
00:06:34 1.2 Air Defense Command
00:10:24 1.3 Tactical Air Command
00:15:05 1.4 Air Combat Command
00:16:56 1.4.1 Units circa 2018
00:21:34 2 Lineage
00:22:48 3 Assignments
00:24:04 4 Major components
00:24:31 4.1 Commands
00:26:01 4.2 Forces
00:26:19 4.3 Air Divisions
00:26:28 4.4 Districts
00:26:45 4.5 Centers
00:27:53 4.6 Sectors
00:28:36 4.6.1 Wings
00:28:55 5 Stations



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The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern; 1 AF-AFNORTH) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Contiguous United States (CONUS), United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. 
It was one of the four original pre-World War II numbered air forces formed during the existence of the United States Army Air Corps. It was activated as the Northeast Air District on 18 December 1940, at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York with a mission of air defense of the Northeastern United States and Great Lakes regions.  Its primary mission was the organization and training of new combat units prior to their deployment overseas. It was active in 1941-42; 1942-58; 1966-69; and with minor name and function changes from 1985 to the present.
First Air Force is commanded by Lieutenant General R. Scott Williams.   Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sgt. Richard D. King.It has the responsibility for ensuring the air sovereignty and air defense of the Contiguous United States (CONUS), United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. As the CONUS NORAD Region (CONR) for North American Aerospace Defense Command, CONR provides air defense in the form of airspace surveillance and airspace control. 1AF (AFNORTH) is also the designated air component for the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). USNORTHCOM's area of responsibility includes the continental United States, Canada, and Mexico, and its air, land and maritime approaches.
With the transfer of responsibility for continental air defense from the active duty component of the Air Force to the Air National Guard, 1 AF became the first numbered air force to be made up primarily of citizen airmen. Furthermore, 1AF now has operational control (OPCON) of the Civil Air Patrol.