First Air Force selected as future air component of Space Command By (0) First Air Force, based at Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base, has been selected as the air component of U.S. Space Command. Photo by Solomon Cook/U.S. Air Force March 11 (UPI) -- The Air Force announced Thursday that it has named First Air Force as the future air component to U.S. Space Command. "The U.S. Air Force is a critical contributor to the U.S. Space Command mission as evidenced by their support to Human Space Flight," said U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, USSPACECOM commander, in the Air Force's announcement.