The National War College (NWC) of the United States is a school in the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair,Washington,D.C.,the third-oldest Army post still active.
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces,and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907,as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps,the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy,global integrated intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance,rapid global mobility,global strike,and command and control.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense,which advises the president of the United States,the secretary of defense,the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters. The composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is defined by statute and consists of a chairman (CJCS),a vice chairman (VJCS),the chiefs of the Army,Marine Corps,Navy,Air Force,Space Force,and the chief of the National Guard Bureau. Each of the individual service chiefs,outside their JCS obligations,works directly under the secretaries of their respective military departments,e.g. the secretary of the Army,the secretary of the Navy,and the secretary of the Air Force.
David Charles Jones was a United States Air Force general and the ninth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity,Jones served as the highest-ranking uniformed officer of the United States Armed Forces. He previously served as the ninth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and fifteenth commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe.
The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) is one of the three primary commissioning sources for officers in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force,the other two being the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) and Air Force Officer Training School (OTS). A subordinate command of the Air University within the Air Education and Training Command (AETC),AFROTC is aligned under the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development at Maxwell AFB,Alabama. The Holm Center,formerly known as the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools (AFOATS),retains direct responsibility for both AFROTC and OTS.
The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force,with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base,Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force,consisting of commissioned officers and enlisted airmen. Together,the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard constitute the Air Force element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces. AFRC also plays an integral role in the day-to-day Air Force mission and is not strictly a force held in reserve for possible war or contingency operations. AFRC also supports the United States Space Force through the 310th Space Wing,pending the creation of a space reserve component.
General Larry D. Welch is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as the 12th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As Chief of Staff,he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization,training and equipping of a combined active duty,Guard,Reserve and civilian force serving at locations in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,he and the other service chiefs functioned as the principal military advisers to the Secretary of Defense,National Security Council and the President. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapon Surety Task Force for the Defense Science Board.
Air University is a professional military education university system of the United States Air Force. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award master's degrees.
The National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol is the highest senior official and commanding officer of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) —a non-profit corporation that is congressionally chartered to operate as the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force. The National Commander also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CAP.
The Air War College (AWC) is the senior Professional Military Education (PME) school of the U.S. Air Force. A part of the United States Air Force's Air University,AWC emphasizes the employment of air,space,and cyberspace in joint operations. Headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery,Alabama,its higher headquarters is the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio,Texas. It is one of six war colleges within the U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II Education Program for commissioned officers.
The structure of the United States Air Force refers to the unit designators and organizational hierarchy of the United States Air Force,which starts at the most senior commands.
The vice chief of staff of the Army (VCSA) is the principal deputy to the chief of staff of the Army,and is the second-highest-ranking officer on active duty in the Department of the Army.
Lori Jean Robinson is a retired United States Air Force general who served as commander of the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from May 2016 to May 2018. She was the first female officer in the history of the United States Armed Forces to command a major Unified Combatant Command.
Michael Bruce Donley is a United States government official who is the director of administration and management in the Office of the Secretary of Defense since May 2021,having served in the same position from 2005 to 2008. In the Bush and Obama administrations,Donley served as the 22nd secretary of the Air Force,amongst other positions. Donley has 30 years of experience in the national security community,including service on the staff of the United States Senate,White House and The Pentagon.
Ramón Colón-López is a retired senior non-commissioned officer of the United States Air Force and a former pararescueman,and served as the 4th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) from December 13,2019 to November 3,2023. In his role as SEAC,Colón-López is the most senior enlisted member of the United States military. In 2007 he was the only Hispanic American among the first six airmen to be awarded the newly created Air Force Combat Action Medal. He served as the Senior Enlisted Leader of United States Africa Command from September 2016 to November 2019.
The Chief Scientist of the Air Force is the most senior science &technology representative in the United States Department of the Air Force. The current Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force is Victoria Coleman,sworn in on April 6,2021.
Erin Cathleen Conaton is a former United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. She previously served as Under Secretary of the Air Force.
Paul Joseph Selva is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the tenth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity,he was the nation's second-highest-ranking military officer,and the highest-ranking officer in the Air Force. He assumed his last assignment on July 31,2015,and retired on August 1,2019. Selva is a command pilot with more than 3,100 hours in the C-5,C-17A,C-141B,C-37,KC-10,KC-135A and T-37.
Deborah Roche Lee James served as the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force. She is the second woman,after Sheila Widnall,to ever hold this position.
Kristin Elizabeth Goodwin is a brigadier general in the United States Air Force (USAF). A transport pilot after graduating the Air Force Academy,she moved on to bombers before assuming commands. She served as the USAF Academy's commandant of cadets,a post from which she was removed due to an Air Force Inspector General investigation. As of August 2020,she was the chief of staff of the United States Space Force's Space Operations Command.
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