What does PACAF mean?
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).
What are the PACAF bases?
PACAF’s major units are 5th Air Force, Yokota Air Base, Japan; 7th Air Force, Osan AB, Republic of Korea; 11th Air Force, and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
What command is PACAF?
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Pacific Air Forces, headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is one of nine U.S. Air Force major commands and the air component of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. PACAF’s primary mission is to provide ready air and space power to promote U.S. interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
What numbered air force is PACAF?
Organization. PACAF is home to three Numbered Air Force units which are 5th Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan; 7th Air Force at Osan AB, Republic of Korea; and 11th Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Who is the PACAF a3?
David R. Wolfe, PACAF Command Chief.
Does PACAF deploy?
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs from the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for a dynamic force employment deployment, December 3, 2021.
Who is the PACAF a1?
Who is the PACAF a2?
Colonel Jacob J. Holmgren is the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
Who is the new AFMC commander?
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr.
If confirmed by the Senate as a four-star general, Richardson would be the highest ranking officer on Wright-Patterson, commanding one of the most important Air Force commands. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. is the current AFMC commander.
When was Pacaf established?
Established as Far East Air Forces on 31 Jul 1944. Activated on 3 Aug 1944. Redesignated as: Pacific Air Command, United States Army, on 6 Dec 1945; Far East Air Forces on 1 Jan 1947. Redesignated as Pacific Air Forces on 1 Jul 1957.