XXVI Fighter Command

XXVI Fighter Command
Active	1942–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Command and Control

The XXVI Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to Sixth Air Force throughout its existence. It was based at Albrook Field, Canal Zone. It was inactivated on 25 August 1946. It engaged in antisubmarine operations from the Canal Zone.

Lineage

Constituted as XXVI Interceptor Command on 28 February 1942

Activated on 6 March 1942

Redesignated: XXVI Fighter Command on 1 May 1942

Inactivated on 25 August 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Units assigned

16th Fighter Group, 6 March 1942 – 1 November 1943
32d Fighter Group, 18 September 1942 – 1 November 1943 (Rio Hato Army Air Base, Panama, 1 January 1941; France Field, Canal Zone, 9 December 1941 – 1 November 1943)
37th Fighter Group, 18 September 1942 – 1 November 1943
53d Fighter Group, 1 January-10 November 1943
24th Fighter Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 25 August 1946
28th Fighter Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 25 August 1946
29th Fighter Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 8 April 1944
30th Fighter Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 25 August 1946
31st Fighter Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 8 April 1944
32nd Fighter Squadron, 13 March 1944 - 25 Aug 1946
43d Fighter Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 25 August 1946
51st Fighter Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 25 August 1946

References

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

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

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