Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is the Special Operationscomponent of the United States Air Force and the US Air Force componentcommand to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), aunified command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. AFSOCprovides AF Special Operations Forces (SOF) for worldwide deployment andassignment to regional unified commands.AFSOC was initiallyestablished on February 10, 1983 as Twenty-Third Air Force (23 AF), asubordinate numbered air force of the Military Airlift Command (MAC),with its headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Florida. On May 22, 1990, 23 AFwas redesignated as AFSOC and became a separate United States Air Force(USAF) major command (MAJCOM) responsible for all USAF specialoperations forces (SOF), aircraft and personnel in the Regular AirForce, and the operational "gaining command" for all USAF SOF, aircraftand personnel in the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and the AirNational Guard (ANG).