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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_E._Kepner" class="mw-redirect" title="William E. Kepner">William E. Kepner</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">III Reconnaissance Command Distinctive Unit Insigne<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I_Air_Support_Cd_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/I_Air_Support_Cd_emblem.png/165px-I_Air_Support_Cd_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/I_Air_Support_Cd_emblem.png/248px-I_Air_Support_Cd_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/I_Air_Support_Cd_emblem.png/330px-I_Air_Support_Cd_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="467" data-file-height="475" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>III Reconnaissance Command</b> is a disbanded <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> unit. Its last assignment was with <a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a> stationed at <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City Army Air Base">Rapid City Army Air Base</a>, South Dakota, where it was inactivated on 8 April 1946. After transferring to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> in September 1947, it was disbanded in October 1948. </p><p>The command was organized in September 1941 as the <b>1st Air Support Command</b>, an element of <a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Air Force">1st Air Force</a> to control light bombardment and observation units in its area of responsibility. Following the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a>, the command's units conducted <a href="/wiki/Antisubmarine_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisubmarine warfare">antisubmarine warfare</a> patrols off the Atlantic Coast. In August 1942, it transferred to <a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Air Force">3rd Air Force</a>, which had the responsibility to train <a href="/wiki/Air_support" class="mw-redirect" title="Air support">air support</a> units for the <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> (AAF) and assumed the mission of training units and aircrews for overseas deployment. In 1943, it became the <b>I Tactical Air Division</b> (later <b>III Tactical Air Division</b>) under <a href="/wiki/III_Tactical_Air_Command" title="III Tactical Air Command">III Tactical Air Command</a>. In the final months of the war, it specialized in training <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> units. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_organization_under_1st_Air_Force">Initial organization under 1st Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Initial organization under 1st Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/General_Headquarters_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="General Headquarters Air Force">General Headquarters Air Force</a> (GHQ AF) reorganized its four regional air districts as <a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a> in the spring of 1941. By the fall of that year, each of these had organized as a support command and three combat commands.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the summer of 1941 GHQ AF had decided to establish commands to direct its <a href="/wiki/Air_support" class="mw-redirect" title="Air support">air support</a> mission in each numbered air force, plus one additional command reporting directly to GHQ AF. These commands would be manned from inactivating <a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (military aviation unit)">wings</a>, and would initially control only observation squadrons, which would be transferred from the control of the corps and divisions, although they would remain attached to these ground units.<sup id="cite_ref-Futrell13_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell13-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Air Force">1st Air Force</a> organized <b>1st Air Support Command</b> at <a href="/wiki/Mitchel_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitchel Field">Mitchel Field</a>, New York in September 1941, drawing its personnel and equipment from the <a href="/wiki/7th_Pursuit_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Pursuit Wing">7th Pursuit Wing</a>, which was simultaneously inactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Futrell13_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell13-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:North_American_O-47B_1941.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/North_American_O-47B_1941.jpg/220px-North_American_O-47B_1941.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/North_American_O-47B_1941.jpg/330px-North_American_O-47B_1941.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/North_American_O-47B_1941.jpg/440px-North_American_O-47B_1941.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1013" data-file-height="770" /></a><figcaption>North American O-47B during the 1941 war games</figcaption></figure> <p>New observation groups were formed, with a <a href="/wiki/Cadre_(military)" title="Cadre (military)">cadre</a> drawn from <a href="/wiki/National_Guard" title="National Guard">National Guard</a> squadrons that had been mobilized in 1940 and 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-Futrell13_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell13-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Maneuvers" title="Carolina Maneuvers">Carolina Maneuvers</a> of 1941, the command was attached to <a href="/wiki/First_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="First United States Army">First Army</a>. Unlike the opposing force, the command posts of the air and ground elements were located together, and the commander of the air support command doubled as the air staff officer of the ground force commander. The opposing force command posts were separated by sixty miles, which enabled greater freedom of action and use of airpower more aggressively.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> the command came under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Theater of Operations">Eastern Theater of Operations</a><sup id="cite_ref-Futrell13_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell13-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and flew <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">antisubmarine</a> patrols off the east coast. However, by early 1942, the command's first commander <a href="/wiki/William_E._Kepner" class="mw-redirect" title="William E. Kepner">William E. Kepner</a>, like two of the other commanders of air support commands had moved overseas, and similar demands led GHQ AF to believe it had little more than the "remnants" of the command remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-Futrell13_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell13-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in May, the <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> (AAF) reaffirmed that each of the continental <a href="/wiki/Numbered_air_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbered air force">numbered air forces</a> would have an air support command and the command's manning was brought back up.<sup id="cite_ref-Futrell15_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell15-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although most of the command's observation units were withdrawn from antisubmarine operations in June 1942, the command continued limited antisubmarine patrols until 15 October 1942, when <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces_Antisubmarine_Command" title="Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command">Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command</a> took over the mission.<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Futrell15_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell15-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transfer_to_3rd_Air_Force">Transfer to 3rd Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Transfer to 3rd Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AAF determined that its continental air forces would specialize in their training operations and that all their air support commands would be reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Futrell15_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Futrell15-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1942, the command was one of the first reassigned to Third Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-1AFfacts_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1AFfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3AFfacts_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3AFfacts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by a move to <a href="/wiki/Morris_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris Field">Morris Field</a>, North Carolina, a base in the Third Air Force area in November 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1942, AAF directed that half of the observation groups assigned to the command were to be reduced to 50% strength or less with their personnel used to form new <a href="/wiki/Target_tug#World_War_2" title="Target tug">tow target</a> squadrons, or transferred to <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bomber</a> <a href="/wiki/Operational_-_Replacement_Training_Units#Operational_Training_Units" title="Operational - Replacement Training Units">Operational Training Unit</a> (OTU)s or <a href="/wiki/Operational_-_Replacement_Training_Units#Replacement_Training_Units" title="Operational - Replacement Training Units">Replacement Training Unit</a> (RTU)s.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The command continued to train <a href="/wiki/Light_bomber" title="Light bomber">light bomber</a> crews.<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1943, the command was redesignated the <b>I Tactical Air Division</b> with the intent that the command would engage in combined training with army ground forces.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This included participation in <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">maneuvers</a>. The command became the <b>III Tactical Air Division</b> in the spring of 1944. In May 1944, the command began to specialize in training <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> aircrews and organizations. In June 1945, this mission change was recognized by a change in name to <b>III Reconnaissance Command</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the end of the war, the command moved to <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City Army Air Base">Rapid City Army Air Base</a>, South Dakota in November 1945, and was inactivated there in April 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>1st Air Support Command</b> on 21 August 1941</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 4 September 1941</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>1st Ground Air Support Command</b> c. 30 April 1942</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>I Air Support Command</b> c. 18 September 1942</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>I Tactical Air Division</b> on 28 August 1943</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>III Tactical Air Division </b> c. 15 April 1944</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>III Reconnaissance Command</b> c. 1 June 1945</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 9 April 1946</dd> <dd>Disbanded on 8 October 1948<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1st Air Force, 4 September 1941<sup id="cite_ref-1AFfacts_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1AFfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3rd Air Force (later Third Air Force), 17 August 1942<sup id="cite_ref-3AFfacts_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3AFfacts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Tactical_Air_Command" title="III Tactical Air Command">III Tactical Air Command</a>, c. 15 April 1944<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Third Air Force, c. 1 June 1945 – 9 April 1946<sup id="cite_ref-3AFfacts_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3AFfacts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Groups</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/26th_Observation_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Observation Group">26th Observation Group</a>: 1 September 1941 – 17 August 1942<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="45th Bombardment Group">45th Bombardment Group</a>: 21 August 1941 – 5 January 1942<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Bombardment Group">46th Bombardment Group</a>: 10 November 1942 – 25 January 1943<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Fighter-Bomber Group">48th Fighter-Bomber Group</a>: attached 10 September 1943 – 14 January 1944<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Observation_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="59th Observation Group">59th Observation Group</a>: 1 September 1941 – 21 August 1942<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="69th Tactical Reconnaissance Group">69th Tactical Reconnaissance Group</a>, 18 April 1944 – 27 March 1945<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/411th_Bombardment_Group" title="411th Bombardment Group">411th Bombardment Group</a>: c. 15 August 1943 – 1 May 1944</li></ul> <dl><dt>Squadrons</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Support_Communications_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Air Support Communications Squadron">1st Air Support Communications Squadron</a>, attached, c. 8 September 1943; assigned 3 November 1943 – 31 March 1944<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2d_Balloon_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2d Balloon Squadron (page does not exist)">2d Balloon Squadron</a>: 1 September 1941 – 3 February 1942 (thereafter disbanded)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3d_Observation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Observation Squadron">3d Observation Squadron</a>: 1 September 1941 – 12 March 1942 (attached to the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Monroe#Coast_Artillery_School" title="Fort Monroe">Coast Artillery School</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5th Communications Squadron, Air Support (later <a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Support_Communications_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Air Support Communications Squadron">5th Air Support Communications Squadron</a>): 15 May 1942 – c. 13 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6th Reconnaissance Squadron: 18 April – 1 October 1944<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303d_Tactical_Electronic_Warfare_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron">7th Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 8 November 1943 – 1 October 1944<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9th Communications Squadron, Air Support (later <a href="/wiki/9th_Air_Support_Communications_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Air Support Communications Squadron">9th Air Support Communications Squadron</a>): 21 August 1942 – c. 21 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14th Air Support Communications Squadron (later <a href="/wiki/14th_Tactical_Air_Communications_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Tactical Air Communications Squadron">14th Tactical Air Communications Squadron</a>): 3 March 1943 – 18 April 1944<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Liaison_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Liaison Squadron">14th Liaison Squadron</a>: 11 August 1943 – 4 April 1944<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Tow_Target_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Tow Target Squadron">14th Tow Target Squadron</a>: 17 December 1942 – 4 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Air_Support_Communications_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Air Support Communications Squadron">18th Air Support Communications Squadron</a>, 3 November 1943 – c. 12 February 1944<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Liaison_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Liaison Squadron">19th Liaison Squadron</a>: 11 August 1943 – c. 15 April 1944<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="36th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron">36th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 29 March – c. November 1944<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="37th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron">37th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 12 April – 15 November 1944<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron">39th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 12 April 1944 – 6 January 1945<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron">40th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 18 April – 3 June 1944<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer,_p._188_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer,_p._188-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="41st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron">41st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 24 June – 1 October 1944; 4 December 1944 – 18 April 1945<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="57th Reconnaissance Squadron">57th Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 21 July 1945 – 25 January 1946<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="58th Reconnaissance Squadron">58th Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 21 July 1945 – 31 March 1946<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Liaison_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Liaison Squadron">72d Liaison Squadron</a>: 11 August 1943 – c. 14 June 1944<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103d_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="103d Reconnaissance Squadron">103d Reconnaissance Squadron</a>: 18 April 1944 – 3 June 1944<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer,_p._188_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer,_p._188-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/119th_Observation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="119th Observation Squadron">119th Observation Squadron</a>: 1 September 1941 – 29 March 1942 (attached to <a href="/wiki/59th_Observation_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="59th Observation Group">59th Observation Group</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/115th_Liaison_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="115th Liaison Squadron">115th Liaison Squadron</a>: 18 April – 29 October 1944<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/121st_Liaison_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="121st Liaison Squadron">121st Liaison Squadron</a>: 11 August 1943 – c. 20 March 1944<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/127th_Liaison_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="127th Liaison Squadron">127th Liaison Squadron</a>: 11 August 1943 – 31 April 1944<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/158th_Liaison_Squadron" title="158th Liaison Squadron">158th Liaison Squadron</a>: 1 March – 1 October 1944<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/162nd_Liaison_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="162nd Liaison Squadron">162nd Liaison Squadron</a>: 15 May – 24 June 1944<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=163rd_Liaison_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="163rd Liaison Squadron (page does not exist)">163rd Liaison Squadron</a>: 15 May 44 – 20 January 1945<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Base Units</dt></dl> <ul><li>321st AAF Base Unit (Headquarters, III Tactical Air Division [later Headquarters, III Reconnaissance Command]): 1 May 1944 – c. 1 November 1945</li> <li>322nd AAF Base Unit (56th Bombardment Operational Training Wing, Light): 1 May 1944 – c. 1 November 1945</li> <li>333rd AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Light, Bombardment [later Combat Crew Training Station, Light Bombardment]):<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 May 1944 – 31 January 1945http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/175/854.xml</li> <li>334th AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Light, Bombardment [later Combat Crew Training Station, Light Bombardment]):<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 May – 1 October 1944<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>347th AAF Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Tactical Reconnaissance): c. 1 June 1945 – c. 28 March 1946</li> <li>348th AAF Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Photographic Reconnaissance): c. 1 June 1945 – 29 December 1944</li> <li>349th AAF Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Liaison):<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> c. 1 June 1945 – c. 7 November 1945</li> <li>353rd AAF Base Unit (Maneuver Station):<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 May 1944 – c. 31 January 1946</li> <li>379th AAF Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Tactical Reconnaissance): c. 1 June 1945 – 1945</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mitchel Field, New York, 4 September 1941</li> <li>Morris Field, North Carolina, c. 10 November 1942</li> <li>Key Field, Mississippi, c. 3 April 1944</li> <li>Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, November 1945 – 9 April 1946<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign">Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Campaign Streamer </th> <th>Campaign </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Campaign_Streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/American_Campaign_Streamer.png/200px-American_Campaign_Streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/American_Campaign_Streamer.png/300px-American_Campaign_Streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/American_Campaign_Streamer.png/400px-American_Campaign_Streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="2444" data-file-height="188" /></a></span></td> <td>Antisubmarine</td> <td>7 December 1941 – 1 August 1943</td> <td>1st Air Support Command (later 1st Ground Air Support Command, I Air Support Command)<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_(Plain).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png/200px-World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png/300px-World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png/400px-World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>American Theater without inscription</td> <td>1 August 1943 – 2 March 1946</td> <td>I Air Support Command (later I Tactical Air Division, III Tactical Air Division, III Reconnaissance Command)<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Reconnaissance_Command&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Approved 23 July 1942.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The command was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> in inactive status in September 1947. The Air Force disbanded it a year later.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-MaurerIIIRC-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaurerIIIRC_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 440-441</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cate & Williams, p. 152, 155</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Futrell13-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell13_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell13_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell13_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell13_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell13_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Futrell, p 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Futrell, p. 19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Futrell15-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell15_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell15_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Futrell15_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Futrell, p. 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, p. 437</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1AFfacts-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1AFfacts_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1AFfacts_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKane2009" class="citation web cs1">Kane, Robert B. (11 June 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433194/first-air-force-air-forces-northern-acc/">"Factsheet First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) (ACC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Factsheet+First+Air+Force+%28Air+Forces+Northern%29+%28ACC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2009-06-11&rft.aulast=Kane&rft.aufirst=Robert+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433194%2Ffirst-air-force-air-forces-northern-acc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIII+Reconnaissance+Command" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3AFfacts-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-3AFfacts_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-3AFfacts_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-3AFfacts_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaulman2019" class="citation web cs1">Haulman, Daniel L. 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style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8th_Operations_Group" title="8th Operations Group">8th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Operations_Group" title="31st Operations Group">31st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Operations Group">33d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Operations Group">52d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Operations_Group" title="56th Operations Group">56th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Operations_Group" title="58th Operations Group">58th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Medical_Wing" title="59th Medical Wing">59th Fighter</a></li> <li><a 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