List of former Unified Combatant Commands

Since the first Unified Command Plan was approved on 14 December 1946, several unified and specified combatant commands have been established and disestablished.^[1] Some of the commands existed before they were officially established as unified or specified commands, or continued to exist after they were disestablished as such.

Emblem	Command	Acronym	Type	Established	Disestablished	Comments
	Strategic Air Command	SAC	Specified	1946-12-14	1992-05-31	Duties assumed by USSTRATCOM
	Alaskan Command	ALCOM	Unified	1947-01-01	1975-06-30	Became a Subunified Command under USPACOM; subsequently a Subunified Command under USNORTHCOM
	Far East Command	FECOM	Unified	1947-01-01	1957-07-01	Duties assumed by USPACOM
	Caribbean Command	CARIBCOM	Unified	1947-11-01	1963-06-06	Replaced by USSOUTHCOM
	U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean	NELM	Specified	1947-11-01	1963-12-01	Became part of USEUCOM as its USN component and renamed U.S. Naval Forces Europe
	Atlantic Command	LANTCOM	Unified	1947-12-01	1999-09-31	Replaced by USJFCOM
	Northeast Command	USNEC	Unified	1950-10-01	1956-09-01
	US Air Forces, Europe	USAFE	Specified	1951-01-22	1956-07-01	Became part of USEUCOM as its USAF component command; still remains a USAF major command (MAJCOM)
	Continental Air Defense Command	CONAD	Unified	1954-09-01	1975-06-30	Replaced by ADCOM
	Strike Command	USSTRICCOM	Unified	1962-01-01	1971-12-31	Reorganized as USREDCOM
	Aerospace Defense Command	ADCOM	Specified	1975-07-01	1979-10-01	Duties assumed by Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC); duties subsequently assumed by Air Combat Command
	Readiness Command	USREDCOM	Unified	1972-01-01	1987-04-15	Replaced by USSOCOM
	Military Airlift Command	MAC	Specified	1977-02-01	1987-07-01	Duties as a specified command assumed by USTRANSCOM; later replaced as a USAF major command (MAJCOM) by Air Mobility Command in 1992
	US Space Command	USSPACECOM	Unified	1985-09-23	2002-10-01	Duties assumed by USSTRATCOM
	United States Joint Forces Command	USJFCOM	Unified	1999-10-01	2011-09-03	Duties assumed by the Joint Staff and various other Combatant Commands

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