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IV Fighter Command

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Active
  
1941–1944

Type
  
Command and Control

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Army Air Forces

The IV Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Fourth Air Force, based at Oakland Airport, California. It was inactivated on 31 March 1944.

Contents

Lineage

  • Constituted as IV Interceptor Command on 26 May 1941
    • Activated on 8 July 1941Redesignated as IV Fighter Command in May 1942Disbanded on 31 March 1944.

    Assignments

  • Fourth Air Force, 8 July 1941 – 31 March 1944

    • Components

  • Los Angeles Fighter Wing: 1942-1944
  • Seattle Fighter Wing: 1942-1944
  • San Diego Fighter Wing: 1942-1944
  • San Francisco Fighter Wing: 1942-1944.

    • Stations

  • March Field, California, 8 July 1941
  • Riverside Municipal Airport, California, c. July 1941
  • Oakland Airport, California, June 1942-31 March 1944.

    • Operational history

    Provided air defense for the west coast; trained fighter organizations and personnel.

    References

    IV Fighter Command Wikipedia
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