March Air Reserve Base

33°53′20″N 117°15′36″W / 33.889°N 117.260°W / 33.889; -117.260

March Air Reserve Base
Near Moreno Valley California in the United States of America
March Air Reserve Base badge
Type	US Air Reserve Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.march.afrc.af.mil/
Site history
Built	1917 (1917)
Built by	US Army Air Service
In use	1917 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Brigadier General Melissa A. Coburn
Garrison	452nd Air Mobility Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: RIV, ICAO: KRIV, FAA LID: RIV, WMO: 722860
Elevation	468.1 metres (1,536 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 14/32 4,054.4 metres (13,302 ft) concrete 12/30 932.9 metres (3,061 ft) concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

March Air Reserve Base (IATA: RIV, ICAO: KRIV, FAA LID: RIV) (March ARB), previously known as March Air Force Base (March AFB) is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command's Fourth Air Force (4 AF) Headquarters and the host of the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (452 AMW), the largest air mobility wing of the Fourth Air Force.^[2] In addition to multiple units of the Air Force Reserve Command supporting Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command and Pacific Air Forces, March ARB is also home to units from the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, California Air National Guard and the California Army National Guard. For almost 50 years, March AFB was a Strategic Air Command base during the Cold War. The facility covers 2,075 acres (840 hectares) of land.^[3]