Address
204 Dodd Boulevard
Suite 226
Langley AFB, VA 23665-2777
United StatesLaboratory Representative
Description
Air Combat Command, with
headquarters at Langley Air Force Base, Va., is a major command
created June 1, 1992 by combining its predecessors Strategic Air
Command and Tactical Air Command. ACC is the primary provider of
air combat forces to America's warfighting commanders. As a force
provider, ACC organizes, trains, equips and maintains combat-ready
forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic
air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime
air sovereignty and wartime air defense. ACC numbered air forces
provide the air component to U.S. Central and Southern Commands
with Headquarters ACC serving as the air component to U.S. Northern
and Joint Forces Commands. ACC also augments forces to U.S.
European, Pacific and Strategic Commands.
Mission
The mission is to support global
implementation of national security strategy. Air Combat Command
operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and
electronic-combat aircraft. It also provides command, control,
communications and intelligence systems, and conducts global
information operations.