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  • ALBRIGHT, Joseph Leroy Papers (1919-1943)

    .55 cu ftCall No. 167.603IRIS Nos. 00121400-00121410Photographic specialist. USAF, 1918-1960.Born in  Brooklyn, NY. Served to grade of Master Sergeant, Air Service, 1918-1919. Photographer, War Dept and Air Corps, 1919-1942; successively Chief Photographic Technician and Senior Administrative

  • ADAMS, Marvin Papers (1944)

    .05 cu ft Call No. 753.04-1 IRIS No. 0262092 Major. USAAF, XIII Air Force Service Command, 1944. Personal papers relating to Adams' World War II service. Includes a diary of a trip to Bellona Island (near Guadalcanal) in 1944 for the purpose of salvaging a C-47 that had crashed with medical evacuees

  • Sixth Air Force

    The first air units arrived in the Canal Zone in February 1917. By 1940, a rapid increase in the number of units warranted a new organization, and the Panama Canal Air Force was created as a major command. When the command inactivated in 1976, most of its functions and resources passed to the

  • Pacific Air Command

    Seventh Air Force evolved from the Hawaiian Air Force that was originally established to control a growing number of air units arriving in the Territory of Hawaii in 1940. Following World War II it was briefly a named command before inactivating. HQ USAF revived the Seventh Air Force to serve

  • Air Force Logistics Command

    Although the logistics function can be traced back to the earliest days of the Air Service, the functional antecedents of Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) usually are not traced beyond October 15, 1926, when the Materiel Division was set up near Dayton, Ohio. The Materiel Division, controlled by

  • Air Force Communications Command

    Established as Army Airways Communications System Wing on April 13, 1943. Activated, as part of Flight Control Command, on April 26, 1943. Reassigned directly to the Army Air Forces on July 14, 1943. Redesignated Army Airways Communications System on April 26, 1944. Redesignated Air Communications

  • Alaskan Defense Command

    Military aircraft began to deploy to Alaska during the last half of 1940. To coordinate air activities there, the Alaskan Defense Command established the Air Field Forces, Alaskan Defense Command, on May 29, 1941. Under authority from Western Defense Command, the Alaskan Defense Command replaced the

  • Tactical Air Command

    HQ USAF established this command to provide a balance between strategic, air defense, and tactical forces of the post-World War II Air Force. In 1948 the Continental Air Command assumed control over air defense, tactical air, and air reserve forces. After two years in a subordinate role, Tactical

  • Strategic Air Command

    The Continental Air Forces, created in December 1944, coordinated the activities of the four numbered air forces (First, Second, Third, and Fourth) in the United States. Strategic bombardment operations during World War II, however, had shown the need for a major command devoted exclusively to

  • Special Weapons Command

    The Special Weapons Command was created to direct specialized organizations dealing with atomic and other unconventional weapons. Because much of the work involved research and development, the command was eventually absorbed by the Air Research and Development Command. Lineage Established as