The primary resident (host) unit at Elmendorf AFB is the 3rd Wing. As the largest and most important unit of the 11th Air Force, the 3rd Wing trains and equips a 6,900-personnel, Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) led wing of F-15C/D, E-3B, C-17, F-22A and C-12F/J aircraft.
The 3rd Wing provides air superiority, surveillance, tactical airlift and flexible combat support forces for global deployments. It also maintains the infrastructure at Elmendorf Air Force Base for critical troop transshipment and throughput operations in support of contingencies around the world, as well as providing medical care for the entire force in Alaska.
The 3rd Wing consists of four brigades with their own specific functions. The Operations Brigade controls all flight and airfield operations. The Maintenance Brigade accomplishes the maintenance of aircraft and aircraft support equipment. The Mission Support Brigade has a wide variety of responsibilities, but a small portion of its functions are safety and security, civil engineering, communications, personnel management, logistics, maintenance, and contract support. And the Medical Brigade provides medical and dental care.
- 3rd Operations Brigade (3d Operations Group, tail code: AK)
- 3rd Operations Support Squadron (3d Operations Support Squadron)
- --19th Fighter Squadron (19th Fighter Squadron, F-15C/D)
--90th Fighter Squadron (90th Fighter Squadron, F-22A)
--517th Airlift Squadron (517th Airlift Squadron, C-17, C-12F/J)
-- 525th Fighter Squadron, F-22A)
--962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron (962d Airborne Air Control Squadron, E-3B)
--3rd Mission Support Group)
- 3rd Mission Support Squadron (3d Mission Support Squadron)
- 3rd Logistics Reserve Squadron (3d Logistics Readiness Squadron)
-- 3d Contracting Squadron
-- 3d Civil Engineer Squadron)
--3rd Security Forces Squadron (3d Security Forces Squadron)
--3rd Maintenance Services Squadron (3d Services Squadron)
--3rd Communications Squadron (3d Communications Squadron)
--3rd Maintenance Group (3d Maintenance Group)
--3d Maintenance Operations Squadron (3d Maintenance Squadron)
--3d Equipment Maintenance Squadron)
-- 3d Component Maintenance Squadron
-- 3d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (3d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron)
--703d Air Maintenance Squadron
--3d Medical Group
--3d Medical Group)
- Leased Resident Units
- 477th Fighter Group (477th Fighter Group)
- --302nd Fighter Squadron (302d Fighter Squadron, flying the F-22A, tail code AK)
--Air Force Band of the Pacific Pacific)
--11th Operational Weather Squadron (11th Operational Weather Squadron)
--176th Air Control Squadron ( 176th Air Control Squadron, AKANG/NORAD)
-- 381st Intelligence Squadron
-- 732nd Air Mobility Squadron (AMS)
- --732nd Air Mobility Squadron (732d Air Mobility Squadron)
--372nd Training Squadron, Det. 14 (372d Training Squadron)
--804th Civil Engineer Squadron (804th Civil Engineer Squadron)
--Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Det. 631 (Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Det 631)
--Air Force Audit Agency, Det 215
--Defense Supply Agency (DSA)
- -Defense Commissary Agency (DCA)
-Area Defence Council (ADC)
- Defense Energy Support Center, Alaska Office
-- Defense Information Systems Agency, Alaska Office
-- Defense Energy Support Center, Alaska Office
-- Defense Energy Support Center, Alaska Office
--Defense Logistic Agency, Pacific
- Command, Anchorage)
--Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AFES)
--Alaska National Security Agency, Alaska
--Defense Courier Service, Anchorage
--Defense Security Service (Defense Security Service)
--Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence)