It also trains and equips required forces for
airborne operations and doctrines, procedures,
and equipment of interest to the Marine Corps
for airborne operations not provided by the
Army.
Collateral Functions of the Navy
and Marine Corps
The collateral functions of the Navy and the
Marine Corps are to train forces to do the
following:
Restrain enemy land and air power and
communications through operations at sea
Conduct close air and naval support for
land operations
Furnish aerial photography for carto-
graphic purposes
Participate in the overall air effort, when
directed
Set up a military government, as directed,
pending transfer of this responsibility to
other authority
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
The primary responsibility of the Department
of the Air Force is to prepare the Air Force, as
necessary, for war. It is also responsible for
expanding peacetime components of the Air Force
to meet the needs of war. The Air Force, within
the Department of the Air Force, includes both
combat and service aviation forces.
Primary Functions of the Department
of
as
the Air Force
The primary functions of the Air Force are
follows:
To organize, train, and equip Air Force
personnel to conduct prompt and sustained
combat operations in the air. Specifically,
the Air Force defends the United States
against air attack. The functions of the Air
Force support the doctrines set up by the
JCS. These doctrines include gaining and
maintaining general air supremacy, defeat-
ing enemy air forces, controlling vital air
areas, and setting up local air superiority.
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To develop doctrines and procedures, in
coordination with other U.S. military
services, for the unified defense of the
United States against air attack.
To organize, train, and equip Air Force
personnel for strategic air warfare.
To organize, train, and equip Air Force
personnel for joint amphibious and
airborne operations in coordination with
other U.S. military services.
To furnish close combat and logistical
air support to the Army. This air sup-
port includes airlift, support, and re-
supply of airborne operations; aerial
photography; tactical reconnaissance; and
restraint of enemy land power and com-
munications.
To provide air transport for the armed
forces.
To develop, in coordination with other
U.S. military services, doctrines, pro-
cedures, and equipment for air defense
from land areas, including the continental
United States.
To formulate doctrines and procedures for
organizing, equipping, training, and em-
ploying Air Force troops.
To provide an organization capable of
furnishing adequate, timely, and reliable
intelligence for the Air Force.
To furnish aerial photography for carto-
graphic purposes.
To develop tactics, techniques, and
equipment for amphibious operations in
coordination with other U.S. military
services.
To develop doctrines, procedures, and
equipment employed by Air Force troops
in airborne operations with other U.S.
military services.
