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. Before 1983, Air Force special operations forces were primarily assigned to the Tactical Air Command (TAC) and were generally deployed under the control of U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) or, as had been the case during the Vietnam War, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). Just as it had relinquished control of the C-130 theater airlift fleet to Military Airlift Command (MAC) in 1975, TAC relinquished control of Air Force SOF to MAC in December 1982. AFSOC was initially established on 10 February 1983 as Twenty-Third Air Force (23 AF), a subordinate numbered air force of MAC, with 23 AF headquarters initially established at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. On 1 August 1987, 23 AF headquarters moved to Hurlburt Field, Florida. AFSOC elements include Combat Controllers (CCT), Pararescuemen (PJ), Special Reconnaissance (SR), and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP). Predecessor USAAF and USAF special operations units World War II 1st Air Commando Group: Late 1943 – November 1945 Operation Carpetbagger: Early 1944 – July 1945 Korean War Air Resupply and Communications Service: 23 February 1951 – 12 October 1956 Combined Command Reconnaissance Activities, Korea: December 1951 – December 1953 B Flight, 6167th Operations Squadron: 1 April 1952 – 31 December 1953 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron: c. March 1951 – 1955 6006th Air Intelligence Service Squadron: c. 1953–1955 22nd Crash Rescue Boat Squadron: c. July 1952 – 1954 581st Air Supply and Communications Wing: July 1951 – September 1955 582nd Air Supply and Communications Wing 580th Air Supply and Communications Wing Early Cold War era 129th Air Resupply Group: April 1955 – c. 1975 130th Air Resupply Group: October 1955 – c. 1960 135th Air Resupply Group: August 1955 – c. 1971 143rd Special Operations Group: November 1955 – 1975 1045th Observation, Evaluation, and Training Group: 23 February 1951 – 1 January 1954 Vietnam War era Jungle Jim / 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron Farm Gate Operation Waterpump Raven Forward Air Controllers Project 404 Palace Dog 56th Air