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XI Fighter Command

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Active
  
1942–1944

Type
  
Fighter

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Army Air Forces

The XI Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Eleventh Air Force, stationed at Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory). It was inactivated on 31 March 1944

Contents

The command controlled fighter units assigned or deployed to Alaska during the World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign in conjunction with Eleventh Air Force.

Lineage

  • Constituted as XI Interceptor Command on 8 March 1942
    • Activated in Alaska on 15 March 1942 Redesignated XI Fighter Command in May 1942 Disbanded in Alaska on 31 March 1944.

    Assignments

  • Eleventh Air Force, 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944

    • Stations

  • Elmendorf Field, Alaska (Territory), 15 March 1942
  • Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory), 12 September 1943 – 31 March 1944

    • Components

  • 343d Fighter Group, Assigned: 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944
  • Numerous units (groups, squadrons) temporarily attached.

    • References

    XI Fighter Command Wikipedia
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