 Under the "Total Force" concept, West Virginia Air National Guard units are considered to be Air Reserve Components (ARC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).West Virginia ANG units are trained and equipped by the Air Force and are operationally gained by a Major Command of the USAF if federalized.In addition, the West Virginia Air National Guard forces are assigned to Air Expeditionary Forces and are subject to deployment tasking orders along with their active duty and Air Force Reserve counterparts in their assigned cycle deployment window.