476th Fighter Group

476th Fighter Group
476th Fighter Group – A-10 Thunderbolt II
Active1943–1943; 1943–1944; 1957–1960; 2009–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGroup
RoleFighter/Attack
Part of  Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQMoody Air Force Base, Georgia
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Kelly (Current as of April 2020)
Insignia
476th Fighter Group emblem (approved 18 May 2010)[1]
Tail CodeFT
Aircraft flown
AttackA-10 Thunderbolt II

The 476th Fighter Group (476 FG) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) unit of the United States Air Force. It is part of the Tenth Air Force (10 AF) of Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. If mobilized to active duty, the group is gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC).

The group was active twice during World War II for brief periods, the first time in China as part of Fourteenth Air Force and the second time in the United States as a training unit.

In the late 1950s the group was activated to open Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana, but the role of Glasgow shifted to the support of Strategic Air Command (SAC)'s nuclear strike force and the group was inactivated in April 1960 and its assets transferred to SAC.

The group was most recently activated as a reserve associate unit in 2009.

  1. ^ Robertson, Patsy (15 June 2011). "Factsheet 476 Fighter Group (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.