10th Fighter Wing

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

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

Southwest Air District (later 4th Air Force), 10 December 1940 – 1 May 1943.

Stations

Hamilton Field, California, 10 December 1940 – 1 May 1943

Components

20th Fighter Group, 18 December 1940 – 1 October 1941
35th Fighter Group, 9 December 1941 – 12 January 1942

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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

External links

USAAF Fourth Air Force in World War II

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