An Air 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.
Notional AETF Composition
Forward Deployed (75 total) Function On-call (100 total) 18 x F-15CCounterair 6 10 x F-15ECounterland 14 8 x F-16CJCounterair/Counterland 10 12 x A-10Counterland (CAS) 14 (ANG) 3 x E-3Surveillance/C2 0 3 x HH-60CSAR 9 8 x C-130Airlift (Intra-Theater) 10 (ANG) 4 x KC-10Air Refueling 2 3 x KC-135Air Refueling 7 (ANG) 3 x KC-135Air Refueling 7 (ANG) 3 x C-21AAirlift 6 0 x B-52/B-1Strategic Attack 6 0 x B-2Strategic Attack 3 0 x F-117Strategic Attack 6
High Demand/Low Density assets tasked as required: E-3, E-8, U-2, EC-130, RC-135, CSAR
See also List of Air Expeditionary Wings of the United States Air Force
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