San_Diego_Fighter_Wing

San Diego Fighter Wing

San Diego Fighter Wing

Military unit

The San Diego Fighter Wing is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. The wing provided air defense of southern California and trained fighter units and pilots. It was stationed at San Diego, California, where it was disbanded on 7 June 1944.

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History

Along the Pacific coast, Western Defense Command established a "vital air defense zone", extending from the coast approximately 150 miles (240 km) inland and 200 miles (320 km) to sea.[1] To carry out this mission, Fourth Air Force organized regional air defense wings in August 1942.[2] [3] Only one squadron of Army Air Forces fighters were attached to the wing, with most tactical elements drawn from the Navy.[4]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the San Diego Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942
Activated on 11 August 1942
Redesignated San Diego Fighter Wing in July 1943
Disbanded on 7 June 1944[4]

Assignments

Stations

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. [N 1]
    When the United States Air Force became a separate service in September 1947, all former Army Air Forces units, including disbanded units were transferred to its control.
Citations
  1. [1]
    Goss, p. 296, map, p. 297
  2. [2]
    Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 426-430; Goss, p. 296
  3. [3]
    White, p. 38
  4. [4]
    Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 428-429

Bibliography

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Goss, William A. (1955). "Tactical Demands, Chapter 8, Air Defense of the Western Hemisphere". In Craven, Wesley F; Cate, James L (eds.). The Army Air Forces in World War II (PDF). Vol. I, Plans and Early Operations. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. LCCN 48003657. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • White, Jerry (August 1949). "Combat Crew and Unit Training in the AAF 1939-1945, USAF Historical Study No. 61" (PDF). Air Historical Office, United States Air Force. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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