476th Fighter Group

476th Fighter Group
476th Fighter Group - A-10 Thunderbolt II
Active	1943–1943; 1943–1944; 1957–1960; 2009–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Group
Role	Fighter/Attack
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Moody Air Force Base, Georgia
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Michael 'Angry' Schultz (Current as of September 2015)
Insignia
476th Fighter Group emblem (approved 18 May 2010)
Tail Code	FT
Aircraft flown
Attack	A-10 Thunderbolt II

The 476th Fighter Group is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It is part of the Tenth Air Force of Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. If mobilized, the Wing is gained by the Air Combat Command.

The group was active twice during World War II for brief periods, the first time in China as part of Fourteenth Air Force and the second time in the United States as a training unit.

In the late 1950s the group was activated to open Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana, but the role of Glasgow shifted to the support of Strategic Air Command (SAC)'s nuclear strike force and the group was inactivated in April 1960 and it assets transferred to SAC.

The group was most recently activated as a reserve associate unit in 2009.

The group is assigned to the 442d Fighter Wing, at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. The 476th Fighter Group is an Air Force Reserve associate unit linked to the 23d Fighter Group at Moody. The 442 oversees the 476th's administrative and mission-support needs not provided by Moody's host, active-duty wing.

The group works under its own command structure but integrates its operations with the 23d Wing's 74th and 75th Fighter Squadrons and 23d Maintenance Group. The group has approximately 115 airmen consisting of traditional reservists, air reserve technicians and civilians. Eventually, the 476th will grow to about 230 traditional reservists and full-timers, including 20 in the 76th Fighter Squadron, 160 in the 476th Maintenance Squadron and 23 in the medical flight. The remaining airmen will serve on the group staff.

The 476 Fighter Group consists of the following units:

The 476th Fighter Group was activated in China on 19 May 1943 and assigned to Fourteenth Air Force, but the group was never made operational and was disbanded two months later.