Mission
The mission of 23 AF was to provide highly trained special operations command and control (C2), intelligence, and reachback support forces to deployed air commanders for execution of assigned missions.
Mission tasks include:
- Monitor, implement, guide, and report global air operations activity to senior AFSOC/23AF leadership.
- Provide trained special operations C2, intelligence, and reachback support elements to theater special operations commanders.
- Execute C2 for air, space and cyberspace operations supporting USSOCOM.
23 AF provided a special operations liaison element to regional air operations centers and a forward command and control team to be the air component to a joint special operations task force commander.
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