Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force

An Air and Space 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 1
See also 2
References 3
Further reading 4
External links 5

Notional AETF Composition

Forward Deployed (75 total)	Function	On-call (100 total)
18 x F-15C	Counterair	6
10 x F-15E	Counterland	14
8 x F-16CJ	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-21A	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

References

^ "air and space expeditionary task force". DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. U.S. Department of Defense. March 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-17.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the U.S. Department of Defense.

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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Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force