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  • History: Fourth Air Force (AFRC)

    Lineage. Established as Southwest Air District on 19 Oct 1940. Activated on 18 Dec 1940. Redesignated: 4 Air Force on 26 Mar 1941; Fourth Air Force on 18 Sep 1942. Discontinued, and inactivated on 1 Sep 1960. Activated on 20 Jan 1966. Organized on 1 Apr 1966. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1969. Redesignated

  • Bomber in-air refueling at RIMPAC 2024

    A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer attached to the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Base, Texas, is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 927th Air Refueling Wing, Florida, during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) over the Pacific ocean, July 18, 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three

  • 433rd CRF Kickstarts, Transforms, and Closes CLOR 2024

    A team from the 433rd Contingency Response Flight kickstarted the Contingency Location Operations Rehearsal (CLOR 24) at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, on June 24. Reserve Citizen Airmen played a critical role in leading CLOR 24, working with the host of the event, Air

  • Niagara Supports Checkered Flag

    A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Checkered Flag, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 14, 2024. Checkered Flag, hosted by the 325th Fighter Wing, is one of the DoD’s largest air-to-air exercises and is designed to integrate 4th- and

  • Stepping up with lives on the line, Airmen help after crash

    The evening commute turned from calm to crisis for several 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen on their way home from a day of work at Joint Base San-Antonio-Lackland on May 9, 2024. They provided first aid to two people involved in a rollover crash just outside one of the installation gates.