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4th Air Force

Fourth Air Force
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McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender 82-0191 taking off at Travis AFB


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A Travis C-5 Galaxy returns from a training flight
Active 18 December 1940 – present
Country  United States
Branch Flag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Part of AFR Shield.svg  Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ March Air Reserve Base, California
Engagements
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    World War II - American Theater
Decorations
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    Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (5x)
Commanders
Current
commander
Maj. Gen. John C. Flournoy, Jr.
Notable
commanders
Carroll W. McColpin
Insignia
Emblem of the Fourth Air Force Fourth Air Force - Emblem.png


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The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California.

4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reservists. If called to active duty, 4 AF's ready reserve units would be assigned to Air Mobility Command.

One of the four original pre–World War II numbered air forces, 4 AF was activated on 18 December 1940, at March Field, California with a mission of air defense of the Southwestern United States and Lower Midwest regions. During the war, its primary mission became the organization and training of combat units prior to their deployment to the overseas combat air forces.

4 AF is commanded by Major General John C. Flournoy, Jr.

Fourth Air Force is dedicated to ensuring its units and personnel are fully prepared to accomplish all assigned missions in support of national objectives. The sixty person staff consists of Traditional Reservists, Air Reserve Technicians and civilian employees. They direct the activities and supervise the equipping and training of more than 30,000 Air Force reservists in unit programs located across the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. Reservists from 4 AF units are routinely deployed to Air Expeditionary units in combat areas of Central and Southwest Asia as part of the Global War on Terrorism.

Fourth Air Force flying units include one unit-equipped air mobility and two unit- equipped airlift wings, five unit-equipped air refueling wings, one associate air mobility wing, two associate airlift wings and one associate air refueling group.

One of the four original numbered air forces, Fourth Air Force was activated as the Southwest Air District of the GHQ Air Force on 18 December 1940, at March Field, California. It was redesignated Fourth Air Force on 26 March 1941 with a mission for the defense of the Southwest and Lower Midwest regions of the United States.


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