MISSION:
Train, equip and deploy Airmen to capture Air Force operations & support the DoD and Joint Services through visual imagery and written stories.
VISION:
To provide ground and aerial Combat Camera capabilities anytime, anywhere.
The 4th CTCS mission is unique and highly specialized. The Airmen of the 4th CTCS are an operational asset designed to assist in shaping the information landscape, and to help senior Department of Defense officials, combatant commanders, and joint leaders understand, visualize, describe, and direct forces by providing high-quality battlefield video and still imagery. Additionally, the 4th CTCS manages the U.S. Air Force Reserve's only fully mission-qualified aircrew photographers, a unique asset providing aerial documentation from a variety of USAF and Department of Defense aircraft. The unit supports wartime operations, worldwide crises, contingencies, joint exercises and humanitarian operations.
Updated May 2024