Antilles Air Command

Antilles Air Command

Emblem of the United States Antilles Command
Active 1943–1946
Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Forces
Role Command and Control

The Antilles Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico. It was inactivated on 25 August 1946.

Engaged in antisubmarine operations, 1941–1945. Inactivated 1946.

On 28 July 1948, it was reactivated as the Antilles Air Division and assumed the mission of the 24th Composite Wing. It was to act as a supply organization for all U.S. Air Force Bases in the Caribbean area and to maintain operational and administrative control over these bases. The following bases were under the Division's control:

The division was inactivated on 26 May 1949 with the closure of the Caribbean bases (Ramey was reassigned to Strategic Air Command).

History

Lineage

Redesigned as: Curacao Department, VI Fighter Command, Antilles Air Task Force on 21 July 1942
Redesigned as: Antilles Air Task Force, VI Fighter Command, on 4 September 1942
Redesigned as: Headquarters, Antilles Air Task Force, on 1 March 1943
Redesigned as: Antilles Air Command, on 1 June 1943
Inactivated on 25 August 1946
Inactivated and Disbanded on 22 January 1949

Assignments

Stations

Units assigned

Attached to Puerto Rican Department: 29 March 1942-23 March 1943
Attached to Antilles Air Task Force: 23 March-1 June 1943
Assigned to Antilles Air Command: 1 July 1943-25 August 1946
Attached to Trinidad Wing, Antilles Air Command: 5 August–December 1943
Detached to 25th Bombardment Squadron: 26 April-1 August 1943
Attached: 26 July-21 October 1948
Assigned: 21 October 1948-22 January 1949
Attached to Trinidad Sector and Base Command, 6 August 1942-1 June 1943
Assigned to Antilles Air Command: 1 June 1943-15 March 1944

References

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