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10th Fighter Wing

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10th Fighter Wing
Active1 October 1942 – 1 December 1943
Disbanded1 December 1943
Country United States
Allegiance United States Air Force
RoleFighter 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

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

Lineage

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  • 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

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Stations

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Components

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from 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
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