Air Force Special Operations Command HQ USAF established this command to assume responsibility for special operations resources, budgeting and training. The command serves as the air component of United States Special Operations Command. - Lineage
- Established as Twenty-Third Air Force on February 10, 1983. Activated on March 1, 1983. Redesignated Air Force Special Operations Command, with the status of a major command, on May 22, 1990.
- The preceding web-site text was obtained from the Air Force Historical Agency. The text layout has been modified to conform to this webpage and for ease of reading
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