Seventh Air Force

Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea)
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) (84 years, 1 month)[1]
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Air Force (18 September 1947 – present) United States Army ( Army Air Forces, 20 June 1941 – 18 September 1947; Army Air Corps 19 October 1940 – 20 June 1941)
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]
Part of	Pacific Air Forces U.S. Indo-Pacific Command U.S. Forces Korea United Nations Command[2]
Headquarters	Osan Air Base, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea
Engagements	See list World War II - Asiatic-Pacific Theater Central Pacific Western Pacific Vietnam War Vietnam Air Vietnam Air Offensive Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III Vietnam Air/Ground Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV TET 69/Counteroffensive Vietnam Summer/Fall 1969 Vietnam Winter/Spring Sanctuary Counteroffensive Southwest Monsoon Commando Hunt V Commando Hunt VI Commando Hunt VII Vietnam Ceasefire [1]
Decorations	See list Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm [1]
Commanders
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.