Pacific Air Command
| Seventh Air Force | |
|---|---|
 F-16s from the 35th Fighter Squadron taking off from Kunsan Air Base  25th Fighter Squadron Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II taking off at Osan Air Base |
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| Active | November 1940 – June 1975 September 1986 – present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Type | Field Air Force |
| Role | Ground Attack and Air Superiority |
| Part of |
 Pacific Air Forces
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| Garrison/HQ | Osan Air Base, South Korea |
| Engagements |
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| Decorations |
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Lieutenant General Thomas W. Bergeson |
| Notable commanders |
Clarence L. Tinker Lucius D. Clay, Jr. William W. Momyer George S. Brown Joseph H. Moore |
| Insignia | |
| Emblem of the Seventh Air Force |  |
United States Air Forces Korea and USAFK redirect here.
The Seventh Air Force (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, South Korea.
The command's mission is to plan and direct air component operations in the Republic of Korea and in the Northwest Pacific.
Established on 19 October 1940 as the Hawaiian Air Force at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii, the 7 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat unit in the Pacific Theater of World War II, providing air defense of the Hawaiian Islands and engaging in combat operations primarily in the Central Pacific AOR. It was assigned units engaging enemy forces in the Gilbert Islands; Marshall Islands; Caroline Islands; Mariana Islands, and in the last major battle of the Pacific War, the Battle of Okinawa. Returning to its defense role in Hawaii after the war, 7 AF became the primary USAF command and control organization in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
7 AF is commanded by Lt Gen Thomas W. Bergeson. The Vice Commander is Brig Gen Kyle W. Robinson.
On 8 September 1986, Seventh Air Force was activated at Osan Air Base in South Korea and assumed the mission of maintaining the fragile armistice on the Korean peninsula previously performed by the 314th Air Division.
Since then, both as U.S. Air Forces Korea, under the joint U.S. Forces Korea, and the U.S. Air Force component to the United States and Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command's Air Component Command, 7 AF has been an integral part of deterring aggression from North Korea. It develops the total air campaign and reinforcement plans for ROK defense and sustains mission readiness of 117 operational units and 8,300 U.S. Air Force personnel.
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