10th Fighter Wing

10th Fighter Wing
Active 1 October 1942 – 1 December 1943
Disbanded 1 December 1943
Country  United States
Allegiance  United States Air Force
Role Fighter Command and Control

The 10th Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with the Fourth Air Force, based at Hamilton Army Airfield, California. It was inactivated on 1 December 1943.

History

Assigned to Fourth Air Force as prewar Pursuit Wing, remained active at Hamilton Field, California until 1 December 1943.

Lineage

  • Constituted as 10th Pursuit Wing on 1 December 1940
Activated on 10 December 1940
Inactivated on 7 December 1941.
  • Redesignated 10th Fighter Wing and activated on 1 October 1942
Inactivated on 1 May 1943
  • Disbanded on 1 December 1943

Assignments

Stations

Components

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.
    • US Army Air Force Units 1941-1945

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