71st Fighter Wing

The 71st Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Missouri Air National Guard. It was inactivated on 31 October 1950.

History

Lineage

• Organized as 71st Fighter Wing on 11 Ocg 1943

Activated on 15 August 1943

Inactivated on 3 December 1945

• Activated on 24 May 1946

Disbanded on 31 October 1950

Assignments

• Fourth Air Force, 15 August – 23 December 1943
• IX Tactical Air Command, 4 December 1943 – 1 July 1944
• IX Air Defense Command, 1 July 1944 – November 1945
• Missouri Air National Guard, 24 May 1946 – 31 October 1950

Stations

Components

• 366th Fighter Group: 10 January 1944 – 3 December 1945
• 368th Fighter Group: 13 January 1944 – 3 December 1945
• 370th Fighter Group: 12 February 1944 – September 1945

Operations

Provided air defense for liberated areas of Western Europe, 1944–1945. Occupation duty, 1945.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
• Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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