The VI Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force. It was based throughout its service at Albrook Field, in the Panama Canal Zone. It was inactivated on 1 November 1946.
It engaged in antisubmarine operations from the Canal Zone. It was credited with two submarines sunk and shared two others.
Constituted as VI Bomber Command on 17 October 1941Activated on 25 October 1941Inactivated on 1 November 1946Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Caribbean Air Force 25 October 1941Redesignated: 6 Air Force on 2 February 1942Redesignated: Sixth Air Force on 18 September 1942-1 November 1946
6th Bombardment Group, 9 December 1941 – 1 November 19439th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 31 October 194225th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 6 April 194440th Bombardment Group, 25 October 1941 – 1 July 19433d Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 194610th Bombardment Squadron, attached December 13, 1943, assigned December 17, 1943 - May 4429th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 194674th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946397th Bombardment Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946