Power & Function
This core function of the USAF includes Strategic Attack, Air Interdiction, and Close Air Support.
What is Global Precision Attack?
This MAJCOM’s mission is to provide the nation’s specialized airpower, capable across the spectrum of conflict.
What is Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)?
The nation's three intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) wings belong to this Major Command.
What is Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)?
In the B-52 incident, the navigator failed to use a checklist and instead did this to the missiles.
What is "spot-check"?
This capability, along with airlift and aeromedical evacuation, makes up the USAF's Rapid Global Mobility function.
What is Air Refueling?
The mission of this command is to “Provide combat-ready forces to fly, fight, and win.”
What is the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)?
A major lapse in nuclear stewardship occurred when this type of aircraft flew with unaccounted-for nuclear warheads.
What is a B-52?
This is the central idea of Bill Wiersma’s book regarding professionalism.
What is "it's not about your specific job, but about how you do your job"?
This requirement is essential for the effective application of spacepower.
What is Effective command and control (C2)?
Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, this command includes Air University.
What is Air Education and Training Command (AETC)?
Following the investigation into the nuclear stewardship incidents, these two top DAF civilian and military leaders resigned.
Who are the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff?
Air Force Handbook 1 states that accountability means demonstrating reliability, honesty, and taking responsibility for the behaviors of self and this.
What is the team?
This USSF core function involves activities required to contest and control the space domain.
What is Space Control?
This MAJCOM supports the global implementation of national security strategy by operating combat aircraft.
What is Air Combat Command (ACC)?
Airlift, Air Refueling, Aeromedical Evacuation, and Air Mobility Support are the four cross-cutting enterprise functions for this service branch.
What is the United States Space Force (USSF)? (Trick question—those are USAF mobility functions! The correct USSF enterprise functions are Intelligence, Cyberspace Operations, C2, and Space Domain Awareness).
The Merriam-Webster dictionary states that a profession is a calling requiring this type of knowledge.
What is specialized knowledge?
These are the three core functions of the United States Space Force.
What are Space Control, Global Mission Operations, and Space Access?
This command defends vital U.S. interests and deters aggression by projecting airpower in Europe and Africa.
What is USAFE-AFAFRICA?
ROTC, Officer Training School (OTS), and professional military education are all housed under this educational component of AETC.
What is Air University?
General Ronald Fogleman emphasized that for standards to work, they must be consistently applied and this.
What is uniformly known (or non-selectively enforced)?