III Reconnaissance Command

The III Reconnaissance Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.

III Reconnaissance Command
A Lockheed F-5 Lightning as used by photographic reconnaissance units training under III Reconnaissance Commband
Active1941-1946
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Rolereconnaissance training
Insignia
III Reconnaissance Command Distinctive Unit Insigne (approved 23 July 1942)[1]

History

Flew antisubmarine patrols off the east coast, 7 December 1941 – 15 October 1942. Trained light bombardment crews, participated in air-ground maneuvers, and demonstrated air support techniques, September 1941-May 1944. Trained reconnaissance personnel and organizations, May 1944 – 1946.[1]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the I Air Support Command on 21 August 1941
Activated on 4 September 1941
Redesignated I Ground Air Support Command in April 1942
Redesignated I Air Support Command in September 1942
Redesignated I Tactical Air Division in August 1943
Redesignated III Tactical Air Division in April 1944
Redesignated III Reconnaissance Command in June 1945
Inactivated on 9 April 1946
Disbanded on 8 October 1948[1]

Assignments

Components

Stations

References

Notes

  1. Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 440-441
  2. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 188
  3. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 351

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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