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    Continental Air Command (ConAC) (1948–1968) was a Major Command of the United States Air Force (USAF) responsible primarily for administering the Air...
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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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    Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) was a Unified Combatant Command of the United States Department of Defense, tasked with air defense for the Continental...
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    by, in 1947, the U.S. Air Force. In 1948, the Continental Air Command assumed control over air defense, tactical air, and air reserve forces. After two...
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    the peacetime command of Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, GA. Continental Division, Air Transport Command Established as...
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    The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia...
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    July 1973 from the former Continental Army Command, which in turn supplanted Army Field Forces and Army Ground Forces. The command has formations and units...
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    Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible...
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    air sovereignty, and protection for Canada and the continental United States. Headquarters for NORAD and the NORAD/United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)...
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    Force subsequently served Air Defense Command, Continental Air Command, and the Air Force Reserve (AFR). 14 AF was commanded by Major General Stephen N...
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    Air Materiel Command (AMC) was a United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force command. Its headquarters was located at Wright-Patterson Air...
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  • major commands (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force. A major command is a significant Air Force organization subordinate to Headquarters, US Air Force...
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    Air Force (Air Forces Northern & Air Forces Space; 1 AF-AFNORTH & AFSPACE) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC)...
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    of the Air Defense Command, a command charged with the mission of developing the air defense for cities, vital industrial areas, continental bases, and...
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  • defensive effort.: 4  The Air Force established the Continental Air Command under both the Air Defense Command and Tactical Air Command on 1 December 1948,...
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    The Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana...
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    Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint Department of Defense combatant command responsible for...
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    The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered...
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    Command, 1 July 1945-12 August 1945 Air Defense Command, 1 July 1947 Continental Air Command, 1 December 1948 Air Defense Command, 1 January 1951 Air...
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    Fourth Air Force. In addition to multiple units of the Air Force Reserve Command supporting Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command and Pacific Air Forces...
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    States Air Force in protecting continental airspace under the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The RCAF also provides all primary air resources...
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  • A Numbered Air Force (NAF) is a type of organization in the United States Air Force that is subordinate to a major command (MAJCOM) and has assigned to...
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    The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California...
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    was declared inactive on 31 January 1946. Although assigned to Continental Air Command, Abilene AAF was classified as an inactive subbase of Fort Worth...
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    the EADF. Air Defense Command (ADC) was reestablished as a major command on 1 January 1951. Continental Air Command lost responsibility for air defense...
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    Redesignated: Strategic Air Command, March 21, 1946 Tactical Air Command, April 1, 1946 Continental Air Command, December 1, 1948 Air Defense Command, January 1,...
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    Gordon Blake (category United States Air Force generals)
    Command with its headquarters in Hawaii. Blake came to Headquarters Continental Air Command in July 1961 as commander-designate. He assumed command of...
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    Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and its fleet of C-130 Hercules aircraft, and is also the location of the headquarters for AFRC's Twenty-Second Air Force...
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    Strategic Air Command, 21 March 1946 Continental Air Command,1 January 1949 Air Defense Command, 1 January 1951 Strategic Air Command, 1 April 1960 Air Combat...
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  • Continental Air Forces (CAF) was a United States Army Air Forces major command, active 1944–1946. It was tasked with combat training of bomber and fighter...
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