US Air Force Snapshot
Five core missions: air superiority; global strike; rapid global mobility; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and command and control.
The mission of the US Department of the Air Force is to fly, fight, and win -- in air, space, and cyberspace. Along with the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, the US Air Force is a major military branch of the US Department of Defense responsible for defending the US and its interests through aerial, space, and cyber warfare. The agency includes more than a dozen major commands, including the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. It also consists of field operating agencies and direct reporting units, which are typically assigned to specialized missions. It has more than 150,000 civilian employees and 330,000 active duty personnel, some of whom are deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Asia/Pacific region.
