associating with the C-40 Clipper-equipped 932d Airlift Wing with the 375th Air Mobility Wing at Scott AFB, Illinois, and the 433d Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. On the horizon, associate units will include future weapon systems such as the F-35 Lightning II and the Next-Generation Bomber in the 2020s. Lineage The War Department established an Army Air Forces Air Reserve Program as part of the United States Army Air Forces, July 1946. With the establishment of an independent U.S. Air Force in September 1947, Air Force Reserve personnel and units were assigned to Continental Air Command (CONAC). Established as Air Force Reserve (AFRES) and activated as an Air Force Separate Operating Agency (SOA) on 21 June 1968 Organized on 1 August 1968, assuming reserve assets of Continental Air Command (Inactivated) Status changed from SOA to an Air Force Direct Reporting Unit (DRU) on 1 July 1978 Status changed from DRU and returned to SOA status on 1 May 1983 Status changed from SOA to an Air Force Field Operating Agency (FOA) on 5 February 1991 Re-designated as Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and status changed from a FOA to a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force on 17 February 1997 Assignments United States Air Force, 1 August 1968 – present Components Air Forces Air Force Reserve's entire intermediate management structure was realigned effective 8 October 1976. The Reserve Regions were inactivated and succeeded by the reactivated Fourth, Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces Fourth (Reserve) (later, Fourth) Air Force: 8 October 1976 – present Tenth (Reserve) (later, Tenth) Air Force: 8 October 1976 – present Fourteenth (Reserve) (later, Fourteenth) Air Force: 8 October 1976 – 1 July 1993 Twenty-Second Air Force: 1 July 1993 – present Regions First Air Force Reserve Region: 1 August 1968 – 31 December 1969 Third Air Force Reserve Region: 1 August 1968 – 31 December 1969 Fourth Air Force Reserve Region: 1 August 1968 – 31 December 1969 Fifth Air Force Reserve Region: 1 August 1968 – 31 December 1969 Sixth Air Force Reserve Region: 1 August 1968 – 31 December 1969 Central Air Force Reserve Region: 31 December 1969 – 8 October 1976 (Ellington AFB, TX) Became Responsible for the Fourth and Fifth Region areas Eastern Air Force Reserve Region: 31 December 1969 – 8 October 1976 (Dobbins AFB, GA) Became responsible for the First and Third