IV Fighter Command

IV Fighter Command
Active	1941–1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Command and Control

The IV Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Fourth Air Force, based at Oakland Airport, California. It was inactivated on 31 March 1944.

History

Activated on 8 July 1941

Redesignated as IV Fighter Command in May 1942

Disbanded on 31 March 1944.

Provided air defense for the west coast; trained fighter organizations and personnel.

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

Airfields

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	12th Bombardment 30th Bombardment 41st Bombardment 42d Bombardment 47th Bombardment 380th Bombardment 385th Bombardment 389th Bombardment 392d Bombardment 399th Bombardment 449th Bombardment 450th Bombardment 451st Bombardment 453rd Bombardment 454th Bombardment 455th Bombardment 456th Bombardment 461st Bombardment 463d Bombardment 465th Bombardment 466th Bombardment 470th Bombardment 483rd Bombardment 486th Bombardment 491st Bombardment 492d Bombardment
Fighter	1st Fighter 14th Fighter 20th Fighter 35th Fighter 51st Fighter 55th Fighter 78th Fighter 81st Fighter 82d Fighter 328th Fighter 329th Fighter 339th Fighter 354th Fighter 360th Fighter 363rd Fighter 364th Fighter 369th Fighter 367th Fighter 372d Fighter 412th Fighter 473d Fighter 474th Fighter 478th Fighter 479th Fighter
Reconnaissance	68th Reconnaissance 69th Reconnaissance
Troop Carrier	64th Troop Carrier

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