The Heavy Airlift Squadron Director of Operations is responsible for the administration, training, and employment of the Squadron as directed by the Squadron Commander.

Assistant Director of Operations is responsible for supervising the execution of the missions assigned to the Squadron. Assisting the HAS/DO for all operations conducted by the Squadron in accordance with the Strategic Airlift Capability Operating Instructions.

Standards and evaluations plans and prepares for global missions. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence and weather information. Supervises mission planning, preparation, filing a flight plan, and crew briefing.

Scheduling directs a 12-member section ensuring all aircrew members are properly scheduled for required training flights, operational flights.

The Squadron Safety Officer ensures that the squadron maintains a "safety first" culture. Assists HAW Safety with expertise during investigations and inspections, and advises safety staff, commanders, and supervisors on safety concerns.

Aviation Management is directly responsible for managing aircrew members' flying time, currency, and flight authorizations.

The Heavy Airlift Wing Combat Security (HAWCS) program is designed to provide discrete, low-visibility, flyaway security that ensures protection for HAW aircraft transiting airfields where security is unknown or deemed inadequate to counter local threats.

Training is responsible for building the aircrew quarterly simulator schedule, planning aircrew ground currency training, processing aircrew write-ups, managing training folders, and creating waivers.

Tactics section assesses unit combat capability to accomplish anticipated missions. It ensures that the squadron maintains the capability to perform combat missions.

Provides full administrative support to the Squadron Commander, the Director of Operations, and to the Sections.

Responsible for Squadron activities delegated by the Squadron Commander. Main responsibilities are director of operations for all missions assigned to the HAW regarding planning and execution, coordinating with SAC participants and within the SAC program.

Responsible for the planning and execution of all C-17 missions assigned to the Heavy Airlift Wing.

Responsible for providing full administrative support to the Squadron in the areas of Squadron operations, general administration, personnel, financial management and security. Information Analyst is responsible for collecting, analyzing and presenting statistics.

Responsible for mission planning and execution in accordance with regulations.

Responsible for the requests and the availability of the diplomatic clearances needed for all C-17 missions assigned to the HAW.

Responsible to provide timely, dense, and accurate intelligence and information to the HAW, supporting mission planning, execution and evaluation as well as threat mitigation management.

Evaluates logistics and maintenance programs, establishes responsibilities, estimates trends, and projects requirements and needed capabilities for areas such as maintenance, supply, aerial port, aerial delivery, aircrew flight equipment and infrastructure.

The Aircraft Maintenance Section is the information conduit between the Heavy Airlift Wing and Contractor Logistics Support. The Flying Crew Chiefs, as part of the Aircraft Maintenance Section perform off-station operational level maintenance and train with CLS at home station.

The Aerial Port Section coordinates and manages efforts to aggregate cargo at the Main Operating Base. The main duties for the Section are to manage day-to-day Air Transportation Operations, such as passenger and cargo manifesting, determining passenger/cargo eligibility, loading/unloading the C-17 aircraft, among others.

The Aircrew Flight Equipment Section executes the HAW logistics procedures meeting, or exceeding, USAF standards to assure aircrew flight equipment.

The Supply section is responsible for ordering, receiving, storage, distribution and disposal of NATO Airlift Management Programme owned material through either local purchase or Foreign Military Sales.

The Vehicle Maintenance Section conducts all organization-level servicing requirements and limited intermediate-level vehicle maintenance tasks.

Responsible for providing full secretarial and administrative support to the Squadron Commander and to the Squadron.