Air Expeditionary Task Force
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An Air Expeditionary Task Force ( AETF ) is a deployed numbered air force (NAF) or command echelon immediately subordinate to an NAF that is provided as the U.S. Air Force component command committed to a joint operation. [1]
Notional AETF Composition
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Forward Deployed (75 total) | Function | On-call (100 total) |
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18 x F-15C | Counterair | 6 |
10 x F-15E | Counterland | 14 |
8 x F-16C J | Counterair/Counterland | 10 |
12 x A-10 | Counterland (CAS) | 14 (ANG) |
3 x E-3 | Surveillance/C2 | 0 |
3 x HH-60 | CSAR | 9 |
8 x C-130 | Airlift (Intra-Theater) | 10 (ANG) |
4 x KC-10 | Air Refueling | 2 |
3 x KC-135 | Air Refueling | 7 (ANG) |
3 x KC-135 | Air Refueling | 7 (ANG) |
3 x C-21 A | Airlift | 6 |
0 x B-52 / B-1 | Strategic Attack | 6 |
0 x B-2 | Strategic Attack | 3 |
0 x F-117 | Strategic Attack | 6 |
High Demand/Low Density assets tasked as required: E-3 , E-8 , U-2 , EC-130 , RC-135 , CSAR
See also
References
- ↑ "air and space expeditionary task force" . DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms . U.S. Department of Defense. March 22, 2007. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008 . Retrieved 2007-05-17 .
- This article incorporates text in the public domain from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Further reading
- 1stSgt Rod Powers, USAF (Ret.). "Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) Concept". U.S. Military . About.com.
External links
- "Air Expeditionary Force, Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force (ASETF)" . Military Analysis Network . Federation of American Scientists . Retrieved 2007-05-17 .
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