Air Staff (United States)

The Air Staff is one of the Department of the Air Force's two statutorily designated headquarters staffs: the other staff is the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, also known as the Secretariat. The Air Staff is established by the United States Code Title 10 . The Air Staff is headed by the chief of staff of the Air Force General David Allvin. The Air Staff is primarily composed of uniformed United States Air Force officials who assist the chief of staff in carrying out his dual-hatted role: as the principal military advisor to the secretary of the Air Force, and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Air Staff was reorganized in 2006 to be numbered in accordance with the Joint Staff system. For the most part, the Joint Staff numbering system applies to the air staff. The Air Force separated Analysis and Assessments from A8 to create a separate directorate, A9, then in 2008, followed up with the creation of a separate directorate, A10, for the Air Force's nuclear mission.

Joint Staff organization

For brief reference, the organization of the Joint Staff follows. See the full article for more details, and the Continental Staff System for discussion.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff organization includes the following departments where all the Joint Staff's planning, policies, intelligence, manpower, communications and logistics functions are translated into action.
National Level Command Structure

DOM – Directorate of Management
J1 – Manpower and Personnel
J2 – Joint Staff Intelligence
J3 – Operations
J4 – Logistics
J5 – Strategic Plans and Policy
J6 – Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems
J7 – Joint Force Development
J8 – Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment

Air Staff

A1 – Manpower, Personnel, and Services
A2 – Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
A3 – Operations
A4 – Logistics
A5 – Plans and Requirements
A6 – Warfighter Communications and Cyber Systems
A7 – Installations and Mission Support
A8 – Strategic Plans and Programs
A9 – Studies, Analyses, and Assessments
A10 – Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Office

Multiple Air Force military commands follow this structure, but for the HQ Air Force at the Pentagon, they combine several into one office. In addition, unlike the other branches of the U.S. armed forces that place "force development and training" in J7 like elements, the Air Force has no A7 "training" organization at the HAF level, retaining that function within its A3 organization.

Members of the Air Staff

Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
Director of Staff of the United States Air Force
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel, and Services
Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering & Force Protection
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans & Requirements
Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighter Communications and Cyber Systems
Chief Information Officer
Director for Studies & Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration
Judge Advocate General
Surgeon General
Director, Air Force History and Museums Policies and Programs
Chief of the Air Force Reserve Command
Director of the Air National Guard
Director of Tests and Evaluation
Chief of Chaplain Services
Chief of Safety
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force