United States Department of the Air Force information
Military department for the Air Force and Space Force, U.S. Department of Defense
For the air service branch, see United States Air Force.
United States Department of the Air Force
Seal of the U.S. Department of the Air Force
Agency overview
Formed
September 18, 1947; 76 years ago (1947-09-18)
Preceding agency
Department of War
Headquarters
The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Employees
330,159 Regular Air Force 151,360 Civilians 68,872 Air Force Reserve 94,753 Air National Guard
Annual budget
$222.3B (FY2022)
Agency executives
Frank Kendall III, Secretary
Kristyn E. Jones (acting), Under Secretary
Parent agency
U.S. Department of Defense
Child agencies
United States Air Force
United States Space Force
The United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Air Force was formed on September 18, 1947, per the National Security Act of 1947 (codified into Title 10 of the United States Code) and it is the military department within which the United States Air Force and the United States Space Force are organized.
The Department of the Air Force is headed by the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/OS), a civilian, who has the authority to conduct all of its affairs, subject to the authority, direction and control of the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of the Air Force's principal deputy is the Under Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/US). Their senior staff assistants in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force are five Assistant Secretaries for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Financial Management & Comptroller, Installations, Environment & Energy, Manpower & Reserve Affairs, Space Acquisition & Integration and a General Counsel. The highest-ranking military officers in the department, and senior military advisers to the secretary, are the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations.
By direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force assigns Air Force and Space Force units – apart from those units performing duties enumerated in 10 U.S.C. § 9013 unless otherwise directed – to the combatant commands. Only the Secretary of Defense and the President have the authority to approve a transfer of forces between combatant commands.[1]
^10 U.S.C. § 162
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