United States Pacific Air Forces
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Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is one of nine United States Air Force major commands and one of two located outside the continental United States, the other being United States Air Forces in Europe. PACAF is the air force component of United States Pacific Command and was created on July 1, 1957, by a redesignation of the Far East Air Forces.
PACAF's area of responsibility extends from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of Africa and from the Arctic to the Antarctic, more than 100 million square miles (260,000,000 km²). The area is home to nearly two billion people who live in 44 countries.
PACAF is currently under the command of General Paul V. Hester, USAF.
[edit] Structure
PACAF is headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Below is a list of the command's Air Forces and their headquarters. This is further divided into the Wings of each Air Force, their headquarters and a summary of each wing's aircraft.
- Fifth Air Force - Yokota Air Base, Tokyo, Japan
- 18th Wing - Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- 35th Fighter Wing - Misawa Air Base, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- 374th Airlift Wing - Yokota AB
- Seventh Air Force - Osan Air Base, South Korea
- 8th Fighter Wing - Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
- 51st Fighter Wing - Osan AB
- Eleventh Air Force - Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
- 3d Wing - Elmendorf AFB
- 354th Fighter Wing - Eielson AFB, Alaska
- Thirteenth Air Force - Hickam AFB, Hawaii
- 36th Wing - Andersen AFB
- No aircraft assigned
- 36th Wing - Andersen AFB
