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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZMarch 27, 2015Air Force Personnel Center
        The Air Force Personnel Center, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, provides personnel services to Airmen worldwide. 

    March 27, 2007Air Force Petroleum Agency
        The AFPA provides a full range of technical and professional services related to fuels, propellants, chemicals, lubricants, gases and cryogenics for all aerospace vehicles, systems and equipment. 

    June 26, 2013Air Force Public Affairs Agency
        The Air Force Public Affairs Agency provides premier combat camera, video production, program management and unique communication capabilities to advance global Air Force and Defense Department missions. 

    Dec. 12, 2004Air Force Recruiting Service
        The mission of Air Force Recruiting Service is to inspire, engage and recruit the next generation of Airmen. AFRS recruits quality men and women from a cross-section of America, responsive to the ever-changing needs of the Air Force. 

    March 1, 2004Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
        The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center serves as the single agency responsible for coordinating on-land federal SAR activities in the 48 contiguous United States, Mexico and Canada. 

    Dec. 15, 2014Air Force Research Laboratory
        The Air Force Research Laboratory, with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was created in October 1997. The laboratory was formed through the consolidation of four former Air Force laboratories and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. 

    Feb. 1, 2019Air Force Reserve Command
        The Air Force Reserve Command, with headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., became the ninth major command of the Air Force on Feb. 17, 1997, as a result of Title XII - Reserve Forces Revitalization - in Public Law 104-201, the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1997. 

    Feb. 10, 2015Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
        Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps is the largest and oldest source of commissioned officers for the Air Force. AFROTC is designed to recruit, educate and commission officer candidates. 

    March 13, 2012Air Force Review Boards Agency
        The Air Force Review Boards Agency (AFRBA) was established to streamline the adjudication of military and civilian personnel matters through a number of statutory and secretarial boards. The Agency reports directly to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 

    Sept. 1, 2000Air Force Safety Center
        The Air Force Safety Center, a field operating agency headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, develops, implements, executes and evaluates Department of the Air Force aviation, occupational, weapons, space and system mishap prevention and nuclear surety programs and policy. 

    Dec. 1, 2002Air Force Services Agency
        The Air Force Services Agency supports installations, major commands and the Air Staff by providing technical assistance, fielding new initiatives, developing procedures, and managing selected central support functions to ensure successful Services programs. 

    March 16, 2021Air Force Special Operations Command
        Air Force Special Operations Command was established May 22, 1990, with headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Florida. AFSOC is one of 10 major Air Force commands and the Air Force component of U.S. Special Operations Command, a unified command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. 

    Jan. 26, 2021Air Force Special Warfare
        Air Force Special Warfare (AFSPECWAR) comprises ground combat forces that specialize in airpower application in hostile, denied and politically sensitive environments. AFSPECWAR enlisted specialties include Combat Control, Pararescue, Special  Reconnaissance and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP). 

    Oct. 25, 2021Air Force Sustainment Center
        The Air Force Sustainment Center, headquartered at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is one of six specialized centers assigned to Air Force Materiel Command. 

    Aug. 11, 2005Air Mobility Command
        Air Mobility Command was activated June 1, 1992, with headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and is one of 11 major Air Force commands.1

        


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