Air Force Special Operations Command
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![Air Force Special Operations Command OrBat](/Images/godic/202502/12/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command_OrBat5221.png")
![Several U.S. and Russian-built aircraft of the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center belonging to the 6th Special Operations Squadron](/Images/godic/202502/12/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron_and_aircraft5221.jpg")
![MH-53J Pave Low III helicopters near Hurlburt Field, circa 2001; upgraded to MH-53M Pave Low IV configuration, the last examples were retired from AFSOC service in late 2008 and replaced by the CV-22B Osprey](/Images/godic/202502/12/MH-53J_Pave_Low_Mission_Descent5221.jpg")
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force. An Air Force major command (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. Air Force component command to United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), a unified combatant command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. AFSOC provides all Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) for worldwide deployment and assignment to regional unified combatant commands.