Seventh Air Force
The Seventh Air Force (7 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, Republic of 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 air force 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 Lieutenant General Jan-Marc Jouas. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Scott A. Delveau.
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