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Fourth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force in Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and is located at March Air Reserve Base. Riverside, California. It is an intermediate echelon responsible primarily for all Air Mobility Command (AMC) gained AFRC air refueling units in the United States and AMC gained AFRC strategic airlift units in the western United States.
Formed in the United States during World War II to provide air defense and combat training for the personnel of newly formed units. After World War II, Fourth Air Force was assigned to the reestablished Air Defense Command, later to Continental Air Command, and back to Air Defense Command. From September 1960 to January 1966 the organization was inactive. It was deactivated again in September 1969. In October 1976 Fourth Air Force reactivated as a part of the Air Force Reserves (AFRES).
[edit] Commands During World War II
- IV Bomber Command 1941-44
- IV Fighter Command 1941-44
- IV Ground Air Support Command 1941-42
[edit] Current structure
- Section source: USAF-AFRC[1]
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The Museum is located off the grounds of the Base and displays in its aircraft collection examples bombers, fighters, cargo, refueling and reconnaissance aircraft, many of which served at March Field, March AFB and/or March ARB.
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