US Air Force officials announced May 16 their selection of Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX, as the site of the headquarters for the service's new Cyber Command, which will be a numbered Air Force. Following an environmental impact study of Lackland that should conclude by the end of this ...
Numbered Air Forces and organizations that use Roman Numerals, for example XX Bomber Command, are listed using Arabic numbers in links to the organizational histories and the cross reference. When there is more than one organization with an identical designation in the links to the organizational hi...
Drawing upon American industrial prowess and human resources, the AAF reached a peak strength of 80,000 aircraft and 2.4 million personnel organized into major commands, numbered air forces, air divisions, groups, and squadrons. AAF units conducted a wide range of air operations over every theater...
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(MACRs) were written to record the facts of the last known circumstances regarding missing air crews. First authorized in May of 1943, MACRs were prepared by the unit shortly after the aircrew loss, and they were then sent to AAF Heaquarters where they were filed. The MACRs were numbered ...
In mid-1968, the USAF Special Air Warfare Center (SAWC) was RedesignatedUSAF Special Operations Forceand became the equivalent of a Numbered Air Force. Subordinate units were Redesignated as Special Operations Wings and Squadrons, thus eliminating all reference to Air Commandos. ...