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    Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on...
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    of air combat forces for the Air Force, and it is the direct successor to Tactical Air Command. Air Combat Command is headquartered at Langley Air Force...
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    was one of two Numbered Air Forces of Tactical Air Command. Co-designated as United States Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) on 1 January 1983, on 2009...
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    Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC) was a Named Unit of the United States Air Force, and operated at the Numbered Air Force echelon of Tactical...
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    The XII Tactical Air Command was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe...
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    The III Tactical Air Command was a United States Army Air Forces formation. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at Barksdale Field,...
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    Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated...
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    The IX Tactical Air Command was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces. It fought in the European theater of World War II. Its last assignment...
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    12 AF was one of the Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and later Tactical Air Command (TAC), Its units engaged in combat...
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    immediate post-Cold War period, primarily for the Tactical Air Command (TAC) and later the Air Combat Command (ACC), training USAF, NATO and other Allied pilots...
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    The 432nd Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command at Creech Air Force Base near Indian Springs, Nevada. It flies General...
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    September 1970, Clarence J. Douglas, also of the Air Force, assumed duties as chief of staff. Tactical Air Command reassigned the 314th Troop Carrier Wing, with...
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    regional unified combatant commands. Before 1983, Air Force special operations forces were primarily assigned to the Tactical Air Command (TAC) and were generally...
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    XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional) was a provisional United States Army Air Forces unit, primarily formed from units of IX Fighter Command. Its last...
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    reassigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, replacing the Air Training Command 542d Crew Training Wing. On 1 June 1992, Tactical Air Command was inactivated...
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    Training Command, 31 July 1943 First Air Force, 1 April 1945 Continental Air Forces, 16 April 1945 Air Defense Command, 1 March 1946 Tactical Air Command, 23...
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    strategic airlift organization of the Air Force until 1974, when Air Force tactical airlift units in the Tactical Air Command (TAC) were merged into MAC to create...
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    The XIX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The unit's last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force based at Biggs Field...
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    The RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force (RAF) during and after the Second World War....
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    Training Command, 1 July – 31 December 1946, 30 August 1947 Tactical Air Command, 1 July 1958 Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 – present 79th Air Base Group...
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    combat missions with F-106 squadrons in the summer of that year. Tactical Air Command finally began to participate in late 1972 when it sent F-4Es to function...
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  • The term Tactical Air Force was used by the air forces of the British Commonwealth during the later stages of World War II, for formations of more than...
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    B-47 Stratojet bombers. In the early 1960s, it transitioned to a Tactical Air Command (TAC) installation, briefly operating the F-84 Thunderstreak jet...
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    on an Air Force organization composed of the Strategic Air Command, the Air Defense Command, the Tactical Air Command, the Air Transport Command and the...
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  • Fighter Command XIX Tactical Air Command XX Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command XXII Bomber Command XXII Tactical Air Command XXVI Fighter Command XXXVI Fighter...
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    oldest major air combat unit in the United States Air Force, its origins formed on 5 May 1918. The wing was initially part of Tactical Air Command being formed...
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    provides tactical command and control of air power assets for the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps. In this role its subordinate squadrons provide tactical combat...
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    the headquarters of the newly formed Air Combat Command, as Tactical Air Command was inactivated as part of the Air Force's restructuring. On 15 December...
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    retired US Air Force General Wilbur L. Creech, the former commanding officer of Tactical Air Command (TAC), the predecessor command of the current Air Combat...
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    the Continental Air Forces, the predecessor of the later established Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command, and Air Defense Command, which were all...
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