It was stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida and was active from 1 January 2008 until 4 April 2013.

[1] It was established as the headquarters to execute Air Force Special Operations Command missions supporting United States Special Operations Command.

[2] Its 623rd Air and Space Operations Center included personnel and equipment to form joint special operations air components, responsible for planning and executing joint special operations air activities.

Finally, the 18th Flight Test Squadron evaluated aircraft, equipment, and tactics to assess their mission capability.

[3] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency