Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations__ MAJ. GEN. OTIS C. Moore. Director of Plans__. Director of Concepts__. Director of Operations and Readiness_ MAJ. GEN. JOHN S. PUSTAY. MAJ. GEN. RICHARD L. LAWSON. MAJ. GEN. HOYT S. VANDENBERG, JR. AIR STAFF-Continued Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development LT. GEN. ALTON D. SLAY. Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Develop Director of Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare--- COL. JACK CUMMINGS. Deputy Chief of Staff, Systems and Logistics--- Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Systems and Logistics- Director of Logistics Plans and Programs___ Director of Military Assistance and Sales__-- Director of Procurement Policy Director of Transportation-- MAJ. GEN. EDWIN A. COY. MINTER. MAJ. GEN. THOMAS M. RYAN, JR. MAJ. GEN. JAMES E. MAJ. GEN. DEWEY K: K. MAJ. GEN. BENJAMIN F. Director of Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply---- MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM R. SEPARATE OPERATING AGENCIES-Continued Headquarters Air Force Reserve. (Robins Air Force Base, Air Reserve Personnel Center (Denver, Colo. 80901). U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, Colo. 80901) – Air Force Inspection and Safety Center (Norton Air Force Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Washington, Air Force Military Personnel Center (Randolph Air Force Air Force Test and Evaluation Center (Kirtland Air Force Air Force Data Automation Agency (Gunter Air Force MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM LYON. BRIG. GEN. JAMES E. DALTON. LT. GEN. JAMES R. ALLEN. BRIG. GEN. THOMAS G. BEE. MAJ. GEN. RANALD T. ADAMS, JR. COL. ROY C. TUCKER, JR. MAJ. GEN. WALTER D. DRUEN, JR. MAJ. GEN. HOWARD W. LEAF. BRIG. GEN. FREDERICK L. MALOY. Air Force Intelligence Service (Fort Belvoir, Va. 22060) MAJ. GEN. EUGENE F. Air Force Management Engineering Agency (Randolph Air Force Commissary Service (Kelly Air Force Base, Tex. TIGHE, JR. MAJ. GEN. JACK I. POSNER.. MAJ. GEN. DANIEL L. BURKETT. The Department of the Air Force is responsible for providing an Air Force that is capable, in conjunction with the other armed forces, of preserving the peace and security of the United States. The Department was established as part of the National Military Establishment by the National Security Act of 1947 and came into being on September 18, 1947 (61 Stat. 495). The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 redesignated the National Military Establishment as the Department of Defense, established it as an executive department, and made the Department of the Air Force a military Office of the Secretary The Office of the Secretary includes the Under Secretary, four Assistant Secretaries, the Assistant to the Secretary (International Affairs), the Administrative Assistant, the General Counsel, and the Directors of Legisla department within the Department of Defense (63 Stat. 578). The Department of the Air Force is separately organized under the Secretary of the Air Force. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. 8010). The Department consists of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Air Staff, and the field. organization. tive Liaison, Information, and Space Systems. The heads of these offices are staff advisers to the Secretary for functions he assigns to them. The Department of the Air Force is administered by the Secretary of the Air Force who is responsible for and has the authority to conduct all affairs of the Department. His principal assistant is the Under Secretary who acts with full authority of the Secretary on all affairs of the Department. The Under Secretary is specifically responsible for overall direction, guidance, and supervision of the space programs and space activities of the Air Force. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES The four Assistant Secretaries are authorized to act for and with the authority of the Secretary on any matters within their respective areas of research and development, installations and logistics, financial management, and manpower and Reserve affairs. SUPPORTING OFFICES The Assistant to the Secretary (International Affairs) is responsible for the direction, guidance, and supervision of international and certain special activities of the Department. The Administrative Assistant serves as principal adviser to the Secretary of the Air Force and other statutory appointees on all phases of internal ad Air Staff MISSION The mission of the Air Staff is to furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force, and the Chief of Staff. STRUCTURE The Air Staff is a management headquarters functional organization under the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. Titles throughout all organizational levels reflect the functions involved. In addition, there is a board structure, a chief scientist, a Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, a foreign liaison office, and an administrative management function. The Air Staff is commonly referred to as "Headquarters, USAF." ministration and management policies. and assures administrative continuity in the Office of the Secretary during changes of top officials. The General Counsel is the final legal authority on all matters arising within or referred to the Department of the Air Force, except those relating to the administration of military justice and such other matters as may be assigned to the Judge Advocate General. The Director of Legislative Liaison advises and assists the Secretary and all other principal civilian and military officials of the Department concerning Air Force legislative affairs and congressional relations. The Director of Information supervises USAF information activities to include informing the public of Air Force activities, developing and monitoring Air Force internal information programs, and directing Air Force community relations efforts. The Director of Space Systems is primarily responsible for assisting the Secretary in discharging his responsibility for the direction, supervision, and control of space systems. FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES Air Staff functions are specialized into well-defined areas to effect the management principles of functionality, integration, flexibility, simplicity and decentralization. The Air Staff retains those management functions that legally cannot be delegated or decentralized, are needed by the Secretary and Chief of Staff, are essential to reDefense, or are required to determine spond promptly to the Secretary of the design and structure of the Air Force in the future. CHIEF OF Staff The Chief of Staff is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force for the efficiency and operational readi |