[1][2][3] Operationally, PAF ACE has the status of a Wing under the PAF's Central Air Command (CAC), with three fighter squadrons of the PAF's Combat Commanders' School (CCS) under its command.

[4] PAF ACE is geared primarily towards the research, planning, and development of airpower and air warfare doctrines and strategies and linking airpower research and air combat doctrines and strategies with air combat operations to orchestrate effective military air campaigns.

[4] PAF ACE is tasked with the research, planning, and development of airpower and air warfare doctrines and strategies, and towards building a country's capacity to undertake effective air warfare operations.

Specifically, PAF ACE aims to build the capacity of air forces to effectively utilize their intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and precision-strike assets and capabilities in an effective manner.

[1] PAF ACE is also open to air forces from countries deemed friendly to Pakistan.