The US. Air Force and US. Space Force are distinct military services contained within a single Department. Each service is headed by a Chief of Staff/Chief of Space Operations, who is responsible for manning, training, and equipping the force, The two services can be viewed as parts of the same pyramid, with each echelon of each service falling in parallel under a single Department Secretary at the top. Details about the long-term makeup of the Space Force had not yet been decided at press time. How the Department and its two services stack up: Numbered Air Forces (NAFs) are subordinate to major commands. Those that support Unified Combatant Commands are designated Component Numbered Air Forces (C-NAFs).
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