Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the 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...

, established on 21 March 1946 being headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia

Virginia

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. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992 and its personnel and equipment were absorbed by Air Combat Command.
Tactical Air Command was established to provide a balance between strategic, air defense, and tactical forces of the post–World War II Air Force.