What is the AFRES mission?

• A. To fly, fight, and win in air, space, and cyberspace.
• B. To provide medical readiness for divers.
• C. To manage base security.
• D. To train aircrews only.

Answer: (A)

The mission of AFRES centers on delivering ready air power across all domains, not just a single function. It emphasizes flying, fighting, and winning in air, space, and cyberspace, reflecting the force’s role in generating, presenting, and sustaining capable airmen for global operations—from combat to humanitarian and disaster response.

The other options miss this breadth: medical readiness for divers is a specialized function irrelevant to the reserve’s overall mission; base security is handled by security forces and local command structures rather than the entire reserve mission; and training aircrews only is too narrow, since AFRES provides operational capability across multiple domains, not just training.