Pacific Air Forces

Pacific Air Forces
Shield of Pacific Air Forces
Active	31 July 1944 – present (79 years, 10 months) Detailed 1 July 1957 – present (Pacific Air Forces) 1 January 1947 – 1 July 1957 (as Far East Air Force) 6 December 1945 – 1 January 1947 (as Pacific Air Command, United States Army) 31 July 1944 – 6 December 1945 (as Far East Air Forces)
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Air Force United States Army ( Army Air Forces; 31 July 1944- 26 September 1947)[1]
Type	Major Command
Role	"PACAF's primary mission is to deliver rapid and precise air, space and cyberspace capabilities to protect and defend the United States, its territories and our allies and partners."[2]
Size	31,299 airmen 334 aircraft[3]
Part of	United States Indo-Pacific Command
Headquarters	Hickam Air Force Base, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, U.S.
Engagements	World War II – Asiatic-Pacific Theater * New Guinea campaign * Battle of Leyte * Battle of Luzon Korean War[1]* Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Campaign
Decorations	Air Force Organization Excellence Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation[1]
Website	www.pacaf.af.mil
Commanders
Commander	Gen Kevin B. Schneider[4]
Deputy Commander - USAF	Lt Gen Laura L. Lenderman[5]
Deputy Commander - RAAF[7]	AVM Carl Newman[6]
Command Chief	CCM Kathleen M. McCool[8]
Aircraft flown
Attack	A-10C
Electronic warfare	E-3B/C
Fighter	F-15C/D, F-16C/D, F-22A
Multirole helicopter	HH-60G, UH-1N
Transport	C-12J, C-17A, C-37A, C-40B, C-130H
Tanker	KC-135R

The 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). PACAF is headquartered at the Hickam AFB portion of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, and is one of two USAF MAJCOMs assigned outside the Continental United States, the other being the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. Over the past sixty-five plus years, PACAF has been engaged in combat during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and Operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

The mission of Pacific Air Forces is to provide ready air and space power to promote U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region during peacetime, through crisis, and in war. PACAF organizes, trains, and equips the 45,000 Total Force personnel of the Regular Air Force, the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard with the tools necessary to support the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command. PACAF comprises three numbered Air Forces, nine main bases and nearly 375 aircraft.

The command's area of responsibility extends from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of Asia and from the Arctic to the Antarctic, more than 100,000,000 square miles (260,000,000 km²). The area is home to nearly two billion people who live in 44 countries.