Brig. Gen. Russell A. Muncy is Vice Commander, 4th Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, March Air Reserve Base, California. Fourth Air Force has command supervision over the Reserve's long-range airlift and air-refueling units located throughout the continental U.S., Hawaii and Guam. Fourth Air Force is dedicated to ensuring that assigned units and personnel are properly organized, trained, equipped and ready to support national security requirements across the full spectrum of operations, from war to contingency situations. Fourth Air Force provides leadership, management and oversight to 17 flying wings and one regional support group, which provide strategic airlift, airdrop, aeromedical, air refueling and associated expeditionary support activities. Fourth Air Force’s responsibilities encompass 300 units and more than 33,500 personnel.
General Muncy was commissioned from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1983 and served on active duty as a KC-135A/R pilot and squadron flying safety officer before leaving the service in December 1990. He reentered the service with a direct commission with the Air Force Reserve in 1995 serving as an aircraft commander, instructor pilot, evaluator pilot, flying safety officer, operations plans officer, chief pilot, director of operations, group commander, vice wing commander and three-time wing commander since that time. General Muncy served at the major command level as the AFRC headquarters tanker operations officer at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. He has deployed numerous times in support of operations Desert Shield, Joint Forge, Deliberate Guard, Northern Watch and Enduring Freedom and deployed in a joint role for operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. He became a Level II Joint Qualified Officer in 2013.
EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1989 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 ACC Flight Safety Program Management Course, Dyess AFB, Texas
2004 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2007 Master’s degree, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 DIRMOBFOR-Air Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2012 Joint Air and Space Operations Senior Staff Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2013 Reserve Component National Security Course, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2014 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1983 - October 1984, student, undergraduate pilot training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
2. October 1984 - April 1985, student, KC-135A weapons systems training, Castle AFB, Calif.
3. April 1985 - October 1988, KC-135A/R Co-Pilot, Aircraft Commander and Flying Safety Officer, 306th ARW, Altus AFB, Okla.
4. October 1988 - December 1990, KC-135R Aircraft Commander And Flying Safety Officer, 305th ARW, Grissom AFB, Ind.
5. January 1991 - October 1995, break in military service; corporate aviation, insurance auditor and medical management career fields
6. October 1995 - December 2000, Operations Plans Officer, Flying Safety Officer And Instructor Pilot, 434rd ARW, Grissom ARB, Ind.
7. December 2000 - March 2001, Chief Pilot, 74th Air Refueling Squadron, Grissom ARB, Ind.
8. March 2001 - October 2002, Operations Officer, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB, Ga.
9. October 2002 - August 2007, Director of Operations, 64th ARS, 939th Operations Group, Portland International Airport, Ore.
10. August 2007 - June 2010, Commander, 459th OG, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
11. June 2010 - February 2011, Vice Commander, 459th Air Refueling Wing, JB Andrews, Md.
12. March 2011 - October 2011, Commander, 459th Air Refueling Wing, JB Andrews, Md.
13. October 2011 - November 2013, Commander, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla.
14. November 2013 – July 2017, Commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March ARB, Calif.
15. July 2017 – present, Vice Commander, 4th Air Force, March ARB, Calif.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS/QUALIFICATION
August 2010 – February 2011, Chief of Staff, Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command-Iraq, Camp Liberty, Baghdad, as a colonel
July 2013, Level II Joint Officer Qualified
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 4,500 hours
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, KC-135A/R, C-17A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and three oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two bronze service stars
Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze service star
Iraq Campaign Medal with bronze service star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold border
Kuwait Liberation Medal, government of Kuwait
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 5, 1983
First Lieutenant Aug. 5, 1985
Captain* Aug. 5, 1987
*recalculated due to break in service to June 2, 1992
Major June 16, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 30, 2004
Colonel Feb. 7, 2008
Brigadier General March 26, 2015
(Current as of September 2017)