XXVI Fighter Command

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.

XXVI Fighter Command
Active1942–1946
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
RoleCommand and Control

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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