III Fighter Command
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The III Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force
Third Air Force
The Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....

 stationed at MacDill Field, Florida
Florida
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. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.

Lineage

  • Constituted as III Interceptor Command on 26 May 1941
Activated on: 17 June 1941
Redesignated: III Fighter Command in May 1942
Inactivated on 8 April 1946
Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Stations

  • Drew Field, Florida
    Florida
    Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

    , 17 June 1941
  • MacDill Field, Florida
    Florida
    Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

    , c. 1 December 1945-8 April 1946

Operations

Trained fighter organizations and personnel. Also served in the defense of the southeastern United States

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