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458 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1SECOND AIR FORCEI Jul 1948. Barksdale AFB, La, I Nov1949.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen John F Curry,18 Dec 1940; Maj Gen Millard F Harmon,5 Aug 1941; Brig Gen John B Brooks, 19Dec 1941; Maj Gen Frederick L Martin,I Feb 1942; Maj Gen Robert Olds, 14May 1942; Maj Gen Davenport Johnson,25 Feb 1943; Maj Gen St Clair Streett, 9Sep 1943; Maj Gen Uzal G Ent, 14 Jan1944; Maj Gen Robert B Williams, 28Oct 1944; Brig Gen Julius K Lacey, 21Nov 1945; Maj Gen Charles B Stone 111,Constituted as Northwest Air District 21 Feb 1946; Brig Gen Charles F Born,on 19 Oct 1940. Activated on 18 Dec 19-30 Mar 1946. Brig Gen Walter R1940. Redesignated Second AF early in Peck, 6 Jun 1946; Maj Gen Frederick W1941. Served as both an air defense and Evans, 15 Jul 1946; Brig Gen Walter Ra training organization in 1941. After- Peck, 23 Jun 1947; Maj Gen Paul L Wilward,was engaged chiefly in training liams, 15 Sep 1947-1 Jul 1948. Brig Genunits and replacements for heavy and, Paul T Cullen, I Nov 1949; Maj Genlater, very heavy bombardment operations. Joseph H Atkinson, 10 Nov 1949; MajZnactivated on 30 Mar 1946.Gen Frank A Armstrong Jr, 16 Nov qy-.Activated on 6 Jun 1946. Assigned to CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.Air Defense Command. Znactivated on I DECORATIONS. None.Jul 1948.INSIGNE. On a blue square, a goldenActivated on I Nov 1949. Assigned to orange falcon with jesses in striking atti-Strategic Air Command.tude below a white star bearing a red disc.COMMANDS. ZZ Air Support: 1941-1943. (Approved 16 Dec 1943. This insigne wasZZ Bomber: 1941-1943. ZZ Fighter: 1941- superseded by another on 19 Oct 1954.)1942. ZV Air Support: 1942-1943. XX(formerly I) Bomber: 1943. XX BomberTHIRD AIR FORCE(constituted Nov 1943) : 1943-1944. XXZBomber: 1944. XXZZ Bomber: 1944-1945. Constituted as Southeast Air District onSTATIONS. McChord Field, Wash, 18 19 Oct 1940. Activated on 18 Dec 1940.Dec 1940; Ft George Wright, Wash, 9 Jan Redesignated Third AF early in 1941.1941 ; Colorado Springs, Colo, Jun 1943- Trained units, crews, and individuals for30 Mar 1946. Ft Crook, Neb, 6 Jun 1946 bombardment, fighter, and reconnaissance
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-AZR FORCES 459operations. Also had some air defense responsibilitiesduring 1gq-1941 and engagedin antisubmarine activities from Dec1941 to Oct 1942. Assigned in Mar 1946to Tactical Air Command to serve as atroop carrier organization. Znactiuated onI Nov 1946.Organized in England on I May 1951.Assigned to United States Air Forces inEurope.COMMANDS. ZZ Air Support: 1943. ZZZAir Support: 1941-1942. 111 Bomber:1941-1946. ZZZ Fighter: 1941-1946. ZZZReconnaissance (formerly I Ground AirSupport) : 1942-1946. 111 Tactical Air:1942-1945-STATIONS. MacDill Field, Fla, 18 Dec1940; Tampa, Fla, Jan 1941; GreenvilleAAB, SC, 21 Mar-1 Nov 1946. SouthRuislip, England, I May 1g51-.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen Barton KYount, 18 Dec 1940; Maj Gen Lewis HBrereton, 29 Jul 1941; Maj Gen Walter HFrank, 6 Oct 1941; Brig Gen Carlyle HWash, 25 Jun-26 Nov 1942; Maj Gen StClair Streett, 12 Dec 1942; Maj Gen WestsideT Larson, 11 Sep 1943; Brig Gen EdmundC Lynch, 14 May 1945; Brig GenThomas W Blackburn, 26 May 1945; LtGen Lewis H Brereton, I Jul 1945; MajGen Elwood R Quesada, 1-21 Mar 1946;Maj Gen Paul L Williams, 28 Mar-1 Nov1946. Maj Gen Leon W Johnson, 3 May1951 ; Maj Gen Francis H Griswold, 6 May1952-20 Apr 1954; Maj Gen Roscoe C Wdson,30 Apr 1g54-.CAMPAIGNS. Antisubmarine, AmericanTheater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. On and over a blue disc withinL< 99 -a yellow border an Arabic numeral 3 inwhite, in bend sinister, shaded in red perspectivewith a white star charged with ared disc in the lower loop. (Approved1 SeP 19434FOURTH AIR FORCEConstittrted as Southwest Air District on19 Oct 1940. Activated on 18 Dec 1940.Redesignated Fourth AF early in 1941.Provided air defense for the western USuntil 1943, and at the same time trainednew organizations. Later, was engagedprimarily in training replacements forcombat units. Assigned to Air DefenseCommand in Mar 1946 and to ContinentalAir Command in Dec 1948, being concernedchiefly with air defense until 1949and with reserve and national guard activitiesthereafter.
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