Air Forces

Selected Air Forces (1940-2007) First Air Force 18 Dec 1940 - Activated at Mitchel Field, NY, as the Northeast Air District. Early 1941 - Redesignated First Air Force. Until 1943 - Provided air defense for the eastern U.S. 27 Mar 1946 - Assigned to ADC 3 Jun 1946 - Moved to Fort Slocum, NY Dec 1948 - Assigned to Continental Air Defense Command (ConAC) 23 Jun 1958 - Discontinued 20 Jan 1966 - Activated 1 Apr 1966 - Reassigned to ADC 31 Dec 1969 - Inactivated 6 Dec 1985 - Activated at Langley Air Force Base, VA, assumed assets of Air Defense, Tactical Air Command 12 Sep 1991 - Moved to Tyndall Air Force Base, FL 1 Oct 1995 - Redesignated First Air Force (ANG) 1 Nov 2007 - Redesignated First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) Second Air Force 18 Dec 1940 - Activated at McChord Field, WA, as the Northwest Air District. early 1941 - Redesignated Second Air Force . 30 Mar 1946 - Inactivated 6 Jun 1946 - Reactivated at Fort Crook, NE, and assigned to ADC. 1 Jul 1948 - Inactivated Fourth Air Force 18 Dec 1940 - Activated at March Field, CA, as the Southwest Air District. early in 1941 - Redesignated Fourth Air Force until 1943 - Provided air defense for the western U.S.engaged primarily in training replacements for combat units. Assigned to ADC in Mar 1946 19 Jun 1946 - Moved to Hamilton Field, CA. Dec 1948 - Reassigned to ConAC, being concerned chiefly with air defense until 1949 and with reserve and national guard activities thereafter. 1 Sep 1960 - Discontinued 1 Apr 1966 - Reactivated and assigned to ADC. 30 Sep 1969 - Inactivated Tenth Air Force 12 Feb 1942 - Activated at Patterson Field, OH, and served in India, Burma, and China during WWII. 6 Jan 1946 - Inactivated 24 May 1946 - Reactivated at Brooks Field, TX, and assigned to ADC Dec 1948 - Assigned to ConAC. 1 Sep 1960 - Inactivated 1 Apr 1966 - Reactivated at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, MO, and assigned to ADC. 31 Dec 1969 - Inactivated Eleventh Air Force 13 Jun 1946 - Activated at Olmstead Field, Middletown, PA, and assigned to ADC. 1 Jul 1948 - Inactivated Fourteenth Air Force 10 Mar 1943 - Activated in China served in combat, mostly in China, until the end of the war 6 Jan 1946 - Inactivated 24 May 1946 - Activated at Orlando Air Base, FL, and assigned to ADC 1948 - Assigned to ConAC 1 Apr 1966 - Reactivated at Gunter Air Force Base, AL, and assigned to ADC 1 Jul 1968 - Redesignated Fourteenth Aerospace Force and moved to Ent Air Force Base, CO 1 Oct 1976 - Inactivated Air Forces Iceland 1 Jul 1962 - at Keflavik Airport, Iceland, was transferred from the Military Airlift Command (MATS) to ADC and assigned to the 64th Air Division 1 Jul 1963 - Transferred to 26th Air Division (SAGE) 4 Sep 1963 - Transferred to Goose Air Defense Sector 1 Apr 1966 - Transferred to the 37th Air Division 31 Dec 1969 - Transferred to the 21st Air Division 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC Sources: Cornett, Lloyd H. & Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization (1946-1980), Office of History ADC, Peterson AFB, Colorado, 31 Dec 1980, 179 pages, Pdf, page 50-51. USAF Fact Sheet - Northern) (ACC)