46th Fighter Wing (World War II)

40th Fighter Wing
Active 1942–1948
Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Force
Role Command and Control
Engagements  
  • World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)

The 46th Figher Wing (46th FW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces, based on Guam. It was inactivated on 24 August 1948.

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History

During most of its existence, the organization was known as the VII Fighter Command, which served in the Pacific War between 1941 and 1945. It was a part of the United States Army Air Forces Seventh Air Force, and later Twentieth Air Force where its units engaged in fighter and bomber escort operations against the armed forces of the Empire of Japan.

Lineage

Activated on 2 February 1942.
Redesignated VII Fighter Command in May 1942
Redesignated 20th Fighter Wing in May 1946
Redesignated 46th Fighter Wing in December 1947
Inactivated on 24 August 1948.

Assignments

Stations

Units Assigned

Operational history

The VII Fighter Command was established in Hawaii in February 1942. Its units engaged in patrol activity from Hawaii. Later, served in combat in the Western Pacific.

The command remained in the western Pacific theater as part of Far East Air Forces after the war. Redesignated 20th Fighter Wing in May 1946, and 46th Fighter Wing in December 1947.

The organization was inactivated on Guam on 24 August 1948.

References

External links

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal