A major command (MAJCOM) represents a major Air Force subdivision having a specific portion of the Air Force mission. Each MAJCOM is directly subordinate to Headquarters, Air Force. MAJCOMs are interrelated and complementary, providing …

A major subdivision of the Air Force, the major command (MAJCOM) is directly subordinate to HQ USAF or the Air Staff. MAJCOM headquarters are management headquarters for a major segment of the AF and thus have the full range of functional staff. MAJCOMs are commanded by a general (O-10).

The majcom sits atop a skip-echelon staffing structure, which means every other organizational level (i.e., majcom, wing, and squadron) will have a full range of staff functions.

During the half century that the U.S. Air Force has existed as a separate service, 27 organizations designated as major commands have existed. As of January 2020, only nine major commands remain active.

This document establishes Air Force (AF) standards for training and certifying personnel performing duties unique to an Air Force Forces (AFFOR) staff for component major commands (C-MAJCOM) or component numbered air forces (C-NAF).

2024年9月9日 · The Air Force is organizing its major commands, or MAJCOMs, into Institutional Commands, responsible for organizing, training, and equipping Airmen, and Service Component Commands, responsible for preparing Airmen for warfighting in a …

The Air Force itself can be seen as a pyramid, whose foundational units are squadrons—more than 3,000 of them, in all—which come in a variety of sizes. Squadrons wrap up into groups, and groups into wings.

2023年12月13日 · The Air Force has tweaked its MAJCOM structure in the past, most recently with the elimination of the former Air Force Space Command after the Space Force was established. Before that, the establishment of Air Force …

2023年6月26日 · The U.S. Air Force is implementing standardized A-Staffs for air expeditionary wings to support commanders, maximize responsiveness in crisis and ease integration with joint force elements.

2020年1月7日 · onal structure for Air Force forces assigned or attached to a joint force commander (JFC). Combatant commands and subordinate unified commands typically have assigned Air Force Service component commands (component major command [C-MAJCOM] or component numbered Air Force [C.