Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) | |
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![]() Shield of the Seventh Air Force | |
Active | 18 January 2008 – present (as Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea)) 8 September 1986 – 18 January 2008 28 March 1966 – 30 June 1975 5 January 1955 – 1 July 1957 10 December 1954 – 5 January 1955 (as Seventh Air Force) 15 December 1947 – 1 June 1949 (as Pacific Air Command) 18 September 1942 – 15 December 1947 (as Seventh Air Force) 5 February 1942 – 18 September 1942 (as 7 Air Force) 19 October 1940 – 5 February 1942 (Hawaiian Air Command) (83 years, 10 months)[1] |
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Type | Numbered Air Force |
Role | Provide combat-ready air forces to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea, along with serving as the air component for U.S. Forces Korea and United Nations Command[2] |
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Headquarters | Osan Air Base, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea |
Engagements | See list
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Current commander | Lt Gen David R. Iverson |
Notable commanders | Frederick L. Martin Clarence L. Tinker Lucius D. Clay. William W. Momyer George S. Brown Ronald R. Fogleman Joseph H. Moore |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II |
Fighter | General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon |
The Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (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 David R. Iverson. The Vice Commander is Brig Gen Ryan P. Keeney.
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