4th Fighter Wing

The wing consists of four active duty groups—4th Maintenance Group, 4th Mission Support Group, 4th Operations Group and 4th Medical Group—and is assigned over 6,400 military members, about 600 civilians and 95 F-15E Strike Eagles. An additional organization, the 414th Fighter Group (414 FG) of the Air Force Reserve Command, is an Air Force Reserve "associate" unit to the 4th Fighter Wing, with its flight crews and maintenance crews flying, maintaining and supporting the same F-15E aircraft as their active duty counterparts. • 4th Operations Group(Tail Code: SJ). The 4th Operations Group is the largest organization in the 4th Fighter Wing. The group consists of two operational fighter squadrons, the 335th and 336th; two fighter training squadrons, the 333rd and 334th; and two support squadrons, which include the 4th Training Squadron (Strike Eagle Academics) and the 4th Operations Support Squadron. The group provides worldwide command and control for two operational F-15E squadrons and is responsible for conducting the Air Force's only F-15E training operation, qualifying crews to serve in worldwide combat-ready positions. • 4th Maintenance GroupThe 4th Maintenance Group consists of four squadrons and more than 2,300 military and civilian personnel. The group is responsible for the maintenance support used to maintain, mobilize and deploy 96 F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft for worldwide expeditionary aerospace operations. The group also oversees all on- and off-aircraft equipment maintenance, while providing standardized weapons loading and academics training to support the execution of the wing's flying hour program consisting of more than 16,000 sorties and 25,000 hours • 4th Mission Support GroupThe 4th Mission Support Group is responsible for the leadership and management of civil engineering, communications-computer systems support, security and law enforcement, personnel, information management, education, food services, housing, and recreation for a community of more than 13,000 people. The group is also responsible for maintaining the capability to deploy readiness teams worldwide to build, secure and operate bases to support combat forces • 4th Medical Group • 414th Fighter Group(Tail Code: SJ). The group consists of approximately 340 personnel comprising both part-time Traditional Reservists (TR) and full-time Air Reserve Technicians (ART) and Active Guard and Reserve (AGR). Collectively, they make up an operational fighter squadron, the 307th Fighter Squadron (307 FS) and the 414th Maintenance Squadron (414 MXS). The 307 FS reports operationally to the 4th Operations Group and the 414 MXS to the 4th Maintenance Group. ==History==

Korean War in the livery of 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing As the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing it flew the North American F-86 Sabre during the Korean War and was the top MiG-killing organization during the conflict. In 1974, the wing mission reverted to training, with increased emphasis on short-term European contingency support. Elements of the wing deployed to Norway in June 1974. Three short-term deployments to Spangdahlem AB, West Germany, were conducted in March 1974, July and September 1975. The highlight of 1976 came in November when the wing took first place in the William Tell worldwide weapons competition at Tyndall AFB, Florida, becoming the first F-4 unit to win the Aerospace Defense Command-sponsored event. The wing executed short-term deployments to South Korea and Japan during 1977 and assumed a dual-based mission with Ramstein AB in October of that year. In 1980 the 4th TFW became one of the first squadrons in the Rapid Deployment Force, which committed 2 squadrons of aircraft to a 48-hour response to anywhere in the world. The 337th Fighter Squadron was activated 1 April 1982 and inactivated 1 July 1985. The overall mission commitment was restructured to reflect worldwide contingency emphasis in October 1986. , McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey On 1 October 1994, the 333d Fighter Squadron was transferred back to the 4th Operations Group, after a 29-year absence, from the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona to accommodate the training mission. The 333d was transferred to the 355th TFW while at Takhli RTAFB during the Vietnam War. The 334th FS began transitioning from an operational squadron to an F-15E training squadron in 1995, giving the 4th two F-15E training squadrons. The 4th Fighter Wing was involved in the 2026 Iran War, three F-15Es were shot down due to friendly fire. ==Lineage==

• Established as the 4th Fighter Wing on 28 July 1947 : Organized on 15 August 1947 : Redesignated 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 20 January 1950 : Redesignated 4th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 8 March 1955 : Redesignated 4th Fighter-Day Wing on 25 April 1956 : Redesignated 4th Tactical Fighter Wing on 1 July 1958 : Redesignated 4th Wing on 22 April 1991 : Redesignated 4th Fighter Wing on 1 December 1995 Components Wings • 354th Tactical Fighter Wing: attached 5–24 July 1968 Groups • 4th Fighter Group (later 4th Fighter-Interceptor Group, 4th Fighter-Bomber Group 4th Fighter-Day Group 4th Operations Group): 15 August 1947 – 8 December 1957; 22 April 1991 – present • 23d Fighter Group: 27 June 2000 – 18 August 2006 • 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group: attached 26 April 1949 – c. 1 August 1950 Squadrons • 7th Fighter-Bomber Squadron: attached 21 March – 1 October 1957 • 333d Fighter-Day Squadron (later 333d Tactical Fighter Squadron, 333d Fighter Squadron): 8 December 1957 – 4 December 1965; 1 October 1994 – present (detached 10 March 1964 – c. 15 March 1965) • 334th Fighter-Day Squadron (later 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 334th Fighter Squadron): 8 December 1957 – present (detached 1 April – 13 August 1963, 15 February – 29 May 1965, 28 August 1965 – 5 February 1966, 13 December 1969 – c. 31 May 1970, 11 April – 5 August 1972, 30 September 1972 – 18 March 1973, 29 August – 29 September 1980, 26 August – 29 September 1981, 22 May – 20 June 1984) • 335th Fighter-Day Squadron (later 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 335th Fighter Squadron): 8 December 1957 – present (detached 1 May 1960 – 22 November 1961, 16 November 1964 – 21 February 1965, 3 July – 15 December 1965, 4 December 1969 – c. 25 May 1970, 6 July – 22 December 1972, 2 September – 2 October 1978, 28 August – 29 September 1979, 27 December 1990 – 22 April 1991) • 336th Fighter-Day Squadron (later 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 336th Fighter Squadron): 8 December 1957 – present (detached 12 August 1963 – 7 January 1964, 25 May – 30 August 1965, 12 April – 30 September 1972, 9 March – 7 September 1973, 25 March – 17 April 1977, 11 September – 13 October 1978, 31 August – 1 October 1979, 26 August – 26 September 1980, 5 September – 3 October 1983, 26 August – 26 September 1985, 9 August 1990 – 13 March 1991) • 337th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 1 April 1982 – 1 July 1985 • 339th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: attached 18 November 1954 – 15 September 1957 • 344th Air Refueling Squadron: 22 April 1991 – 29 April 1994 • 476th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 25 September 1968 – 18 March 1969 • 558th Tactical Fighter Squadron: attached 4 February – 10 March 1968 and 26 March – 22 July 1968 • 711th Air Refueling Squadron: 29 April – 1 October 1994 • 744th Air Refueling Squadron: 29 April 1994 – 1 December 1995 • 911th Air Refueling Squadron: 22 April 1991 – 29 April 1994 Bases assigned • Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 15 August 1947 • Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 26 April 1949 • New Castle County Airport, Delaware, 8 September – 19 November 1950 • Johnson Air Base, Japan, 28 November 1950 • Suwon Air Base (K-13), South Korea, 7 May 1951 • Kimpo Air Base (K-14), South Korea, 23 August 1951 • Chitose Air Base, Japan, 1 October 1954 – 8 December 1957 • Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, 8 December 1957–present : Operated from: :: McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, 21 October – c. 29 November 1962 (Cuban Missile Crisis) :: Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, 29 January – 29 July 1968 (Pueblo Crisis) :: Components of wing deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia as the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional), December 1990 – June 1991 (Operation Desert Shield/Storm) ==Medal of Honor recipients==

• George Andrew Davis Jr., Korean War ace ==References==