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Air Force Office of
Special Investigations
Detachment 421
Mission: To identify, exploit and
neutralize criminal, terrorist and intel-
ligence threats to the Air Force, Defense
Department and U.S. government.
Demographics: There are 2,029 federally credentialed
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enlisted personnel, 785 civilians and 389 reservists.
History: AFOSI was founded Aug. 1, 1948, at the suggestion
of congress to consolidate investigative activities in the U.S.
Air Force. Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington
created AFOSI and patterned it after the FBI. He appointed
Special Agent Joseph Carroll, an assistant to FBI Director J.
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him with providing independent, unbiased and centrally
directed investigations of criminal activity in the Air Force.
Detachment 1, Air Combat Command
Training Support Squadron
Mission: Provide and maintain top
quality training products to help
train the world’s greatest Combat
Air Force to kill targets and return
safely.
Demographics: There are 43
civilians and one rated U.S. Air
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zynski
Director: John Torrence
Responsibilities: Sole trainer fabrication organization
within ACC that designs, builds and maintains aircrew
and computer-based training devices for operational units
across the CAF. ACC TRSS Det. 1 also builds and main-
tains hypoxia familiarization training simulators, range
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Fun facts: Det. 1 technicians have custom built U-2,
B-52, F-15E and B-1 egress trainers. For example, the
B-52 egress trainer was constructed from an actual B-52
cross-section salvaged from the aircraft bone-yard at Davis-
Monthan AFB. One of Det. 1’s latest projects produced a
realistic and life-size range target to support F-35 training.
944th Fighter Wing
Mission: Train and provide combat-
ready Airmen. Mission – Airmen –
Family.
Vision: The 944th Fighter Wing will
provide premier integrated Airmen
to support and defend our nation.
Demographics: The wing has an
authorized strength of 1,466 personnel; of
the assigned personnel, about 252 are full-time
Air Reserve technicians who provide continuity between
weekend training periods.
Leadership
Commander: Col. Kurt Gallegos
Vice commander: Col. Robert Whitehouse
Command chief: Chief Master Sgt. Rhonda Hutson
Responsibilities: Train F-35, F-16, F-15 and A-10 pilots, and
all assigned reservists to provide combat-ready warriors in
support of Air Force mission requirements.
Fun fact: There is a Reserve presence in every active-duty
squadron on Luke Air Force Base.
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Detachment 9, Air Combat Command
Training Support Squadron
Mission: Design, develop, maintain and support train- wide, to include customers in
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Demographics: There are nine active-duty members, Defense Command. Working
four contractors and one civilian closely with Air Education and
Training Command’s 607th Air Control
Leadership Squadron schoolhouse, Det. 9 facilitates the training of
Commander: Lt. Col. Anthony Kuczynski 200-plus active-duty and Air National Guard graduates
per year. As a result of Det. 9 developed courseware,
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tains, reviews and distributes training solutions for the combat missions of controlling air battles, directing
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deliverables as well as administers the CRC graduate In 2011, Det. 9 moved from Eglin Air Force Base,
evaluation program, obtaining timely feedback from re- Florida, to better coordinate with the 607th ACS.
plies 13 syllabi and more than 120 courseware modules Fun Fact: Det. 9 is now located in the same facility
to over 15 units across the Combat Air Forces world- as Det. 1.
Detachment 12, 372nd Training Squadron
Mission: The unit provides F-16 and F-35 aircraft enhance course presentations
maintenance training to hundreds of maintainers and maximize student learn-
from the 56th Fighter Wing and personnel en route to ing. The unit’s commitment
locations worldwide. In addition to training the active- is to be on the leading edge
duty Air Force, it also provides training to Air National of technology to offer the very
Guard and Air Force Reserve units as well as numerous best education to those attending
international students. Det. 12 instructors also deploy courses.
in mobile training teams to help units in virtually every
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Squadron commander: Maj. Kenneth Shinn
Demographics: Activated in 1962, Det. 12 is the larg- Detachment commander: Capt. Matthew Avila
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instructional hours totaling more than 25,500 a year, Fun facts: One of the courses the unit provides includes
the 57 members of the unit offer 64 courses of instruc- the Mission Ready Airman program, an Air Force spe-
tion designed to educate, motivate and inspire nearly cialty code awarding course. This course trains pipeline
980 students annually. students from technical schools on how to become an
Responsibilities: The unit maintains 18 aircraft F-16 tactical aircraft maintenance specialist. Instruc-
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more than 11,250 F-16 crew chiefs since the program’s
The staff uses state-of-the-art computer technology to inception in 1994.
Navy Operational Support Center Phoenix
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and Joint Forces, from peace to war. deLage
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cers, 22 active-duty enlisted, three U.S. government full-time training, administration
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enlisted. Reserve personnel in 15 units.
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U.S. Marine Corps Bulk Fuel Company C
Mission: Provide general support and engineering sup- Sgt. Joe Fusner
port of a deliberate nature to the Marine Expeditionary
Force, to include survivability, counter-mobility and mo- Responsibilities: Bulk Fuel
bility enhancements; and general supply support incident Company C supplies, handles,
to the handling, storage and distribution water and fuel stores and distributes water
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one enlisted Sailor wartime operations; Instructor-
Inspector staff provides guidance and
Leadership oversight for Reserve counterparts
Inspector-Instructor: Capt. David A. Sierleja Jr.
Bulk Fuel Company C: Capt. Kathleen Halle and 1st Fun facts: Bulk Fuel Company C is the largest drilling
reserve company in the Marine Corps.