Organizationally, the Secretary of Defense oversees two separate chains of command. One goes to the United Commands and one to the Military Departments through the civilian service secretaries. Under this latter chain of command, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force reports to the Secretary of the Air Force who reports to the Secretary of Defense. Which of the following is the most correct statement describing how the DoD operates this organizational set-up? A. The Chief of Staff of the Air Force receives combat tasking orders from the National Command Authority.
B. The Chief of Staff of the Air Force controls all USAF combat operations in wartime situation.
C. When ACC deploys combat aircraft to a crisis, they follow the ACC commander's combat tasking orders.
D. The military services organize, train and equip forces for use by the Unified Commands in combat ops.