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 headed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (currently General Charles Q. Brown Jr.). The Air Staff is primarily composed of uniformed U.S. 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 reference, the organization of the Joint Staff follows. See full article. 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 (J3) J4 – Logistics J5 – Strategic Plans and Policy J6 – Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4) J7 – Joint Force Development J8 – Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment Air Staff A1 – Manpower and Personnel A2 – Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations A3 – Operations A4 – Logistics A5 – Plans and Requirements A6 – Communications 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 (A5/8 and A4/7). In addition, unlike the other branches of the U.S. armed forces that place "force development and training" in J7 like elements (i.e., G7, N7, etc.), 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