How Does The US Air Force Control Air Traffic?

The military provides airport traffic control at airports not served by an FAA or contract civil tower. This can be delegated to contractors, or it can be handled by the United States Air Force or other service branch. Air force bases can get very busy handling a broad range of aircraft, from massive C-5M Super Galaxies to fighter jets to secretive, stealthy reconnaissance drones (although it is hard to say which is the busiest US Air Force base). In times of combat operations, air traffic control may have to deal with an extremely challenging environment with a high sortie rate, many damaged aircraft making emergency landings, and even the base coming under attack.