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History:Established as 10 Air Force on 4 February 1942. Activated on 12 February 1942. Redesignated as Tenth Air Force on 18 September 1942. Inactivated on 6 January 1946. Activated on 24 May 1946. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 September 1960. Activated on 20 January 1966. Organized on 1 April 1966. Inactivated on 31 December 1969. Redesignated as Tenth Air Force (Reserve), and activated in the Reserve, on 8 October 1976. Redesignated as Tenth Air Force on 1 December 1985. Activated for air operations in the China-India-Burma (CBI) theater; commanded tactical units from March 1942-December 1943, then served as a strategic bombardment headquarters in the CBI; later, resumed command over tactical fighter units in June 1944 until August 1945, when it conducted primarily air transport and troop carrier missions through the end of its operations in December 1945. Following WWII, initially conducted air defense operations and training beginning in the late 1940s, then later concentrated on air reserve training throughout the 1950s. Responsible for air defense and early warning forces based in the northern central and later southern central U.S. from 1966-1969. From 1976, exercised intermediate command over reserve component flying training, fighter, bomber, air refueling, rescue, space and special operations forces. | |||
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Revision as of 05:50, 13 August 2024
10TH AIR FORCE, US AIR FORCE
History:Established as 10 Air Force on 4 February 1942. Activated on 12 February 1942. Redesignated as Tenth Air Force on 18 September 1942. Inactivated on 6 January 1946. Activated on 24 May 1946. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 September 1960. Activated on 20 January 1966. Organized on 1 April 1966. Inactivated on 31 December 1969. Redesignated as Tenth Air Force (Reserve), and activated in the Reserve, on 8 October 1976. Redesignated as Tenth Air Force on 1 December 1985. Activated for air operations in the China-India-Burma (CBI) theater; commanded tactical units from March 1942-December 1943, then served as a strategic bombardment headquarters in the CBI; later, resumed command over tactical fighter units in June 1944 until August 1945, when it conducted primarily air transport and troop carrier missions through the end of its operations in December 1945. Following WWII, initially conducted air defense operations and training beginning in the late 1940s, then later concentrated on air reserve training throughout the 1950s. Responsible for air defense and early warning forces based in the northern central and later southern central U.S. from 1966-1969. From 1976, exercised intermediate command over reserve component flying training, fighter, bomber, air refueling, rescue, space and special operations forces.
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Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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