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A Direct Reporting Unit (DRU) is an agency of the United States Department of the Air Force that is outside the bounds of the standard organizational hierarchy by being exclusively and uniquely under the control of Air Force headquarters alone, rather than reporting through a Major Command. The term "Direct Reporting Unit" comes from the fact that the unit reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force or to a designated representative on the Air Staff.
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Operations
A DRU has a specialized and restricted mission, meaning that it is a single purpose unit, usually to the exclusion of other duties, reporting to Air Force Air Staff alone. It is separate and independent from any organization structure or supervision: major command, numbered air force, operational command, division, wing, group, squadron, or field operating agency. It is a DRU because the unit's specific and focused duties, legal issues that necessitate the unit's independence, or other factors such as national security concerns.
Components
The Air Force has a very limited number of Direct Reporting Units:
DRU Location Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Maryland Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) United States Air Force Academy, Colorado References
External links
- Air Force Historical Research Agency: Direct Reporting Units
- Airman magazine January 2004 Web Edition Airman magazine Web Edition copyright notice: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/notice.shtml
Categories:- Direct reporting units of the United States Air Force
- Military units and formations of the United States Air Force
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