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Introduction

The Air Force Reserve is comprised of the 4th Air Force, the 10th Air Force and the 22nd Air Force. Under those Air Forces are a total of 33 flying wings and seven groups (the space group has ten space associated units). The Air Force Reserve has facilities at 67 locations:

  • 5 Air Reserve Bases
  • 5 Air Reserve Stations
  • 1 Navy Tenant Base
  • 1 ANG Tenant Location
  • 44 AF Tenant Locations
  • 8 Miscellaneous Locations
  • 3 Ranges.

The total membership of the Air Force Reserve is 67,500. Of those 77 percent are Enlisted and 23 percent are Officers. The Headquarters of the Air Force Reserve is at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The Command Structure starts with the President of the United States.

Top Command

The Air Force Reserve ultimately is under the command of the President of the United States of America as the Commander in Chief. This is a chart of the civilian and military positions that form the hierarchy of the command structure.

Barack Obama President
Commander-in-Chief
Robert M. Gates Secretary of Defense
Michael Donley Secretary of the United States Air Force
General Norton Schwartz Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr. Chief of Air Force Reserve Command
Commander, Air Force Reserve Command
Organization

This outline represents the primary locations which fall under the control of one of the three numbered Air Forces which make up the Air Force Reserve. These locations may be Air Force Bases, Air Reserve Bases or air stations that could be shared with another branch of the military. There also could be several "tenant units" assigned to different Air Forces at each of these locations.

The 4th Air Force at March Air Reserve Base, California; the 10th Air Force at NAS JRB Ft. Worth, Texas; and the 22nd Air Force at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, report to Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command. They act as operational headquarters for their subordinate units and provide training; operational, logistical and safety support; and the regional support for geographically separated units.

4th Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
McChord Air Force Base, Washington
Beale Air Force Base, California
Travis Air Force Base, California
March Air Reserve Base, California
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
10th Air Force
Hill Air Force Base, Utah
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona
Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
NAS JRB Ft. Worth (Carswell Field), Texas
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida
22nd Air Force
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minnesota
Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Keesler Air Force Base, Louisiana
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York
Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey
Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia