V Fighter Command

The V Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Fifth Air Force, based at Fukuoka AB, Japan. It was inactivated on 31 May 1946.

During World War II the unit initially controlled fighter units in the Northwestern United States. In 1942, V Fighter Command became the primary command and control organization for Fifth Air Force, fighter units operating primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater. Its assigned units participated in aerial combat in the Fifth Air Force Area of Responsibility (AOR) flying cover missions for convoys, patrols, escorted bombers, attacked enemy airfields, and supported ground forces.

Afterward, served with the occupation force in Japan before being inactivated in 1946.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as II Interceptor Command on 26 May 1941

Activated on 4 June 1941

Redesignated: II Fighter Command in May 1942

Redesignated: V Fighter Command in August 1942.

Inactivated on 31 May 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Assignments

• Second Air Force, 4 June 1941 – 2 October 1942
• Fifth Air Force, 5 September 1942 – 8 October 1948

Units

*Note; Does not include periods detached to combat wings

Stations

See also

• United States Army Air Forces in Australia (World War II)

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.

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