| Tenth Air Force | |
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 Tenth Air Force emblem |
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| Active | 12 February 1942 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Maj. Gen. Frank J. Padilla |
| Notable commanders |
Lewis H. Brereton |
The Tenth Air Force (10AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.
The command directs the activities of more than 13,363 reservists and 947 civilians located at 30 military installations throughout the United States. In addition, Tenth Air Force units fly satellites for both US SPACECOM and NOAA.
Tenth Air Force was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force created created for operations in India, Burma and Indochina during World War II in the China Burma India Theater of operations. It was established at New Delhi, India on 12 February 1942, around a nucleus of air force personnel newly arrived from Java and the Philippines, under the command of Major General (later Lt. General) Louis Brereton. In the years since World War II, 10 AF has served the US air defense and reserve training programs.
10 AF is commanded by Maj. Gen. Frank J. Padilla.[1]
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Overview
10 AF is responsible for managing and supervising six fighter units, three geographically dispersed rescue units, one bomber unit, one Airborne Warning and Control (AWACs) associate unit, one special operations wing, one space wing, one Regional Support Group, and more than 120 non-flying units in logistics and support roles.
The command directs the activities of more than 13,363 reservists and 947 civilians located at 30 military installations throughout the United States. With a full time staff of 87 and 93 reservist, Tenth Air Force and the 610th Regional Support Group, monitor and provides assistance to all subordinate units to ensure they maintain readiness to supplement the nation's active Air Force units with operationally ready units on a moment's notice. If mobilized, the flying units and their support elements would be gained by Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Air Force Space Command (AFSPACOM) and Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
Reservists from 10 AF units are routinely deployed to Air Expeditionary units in combat areas of Central and Southwest Asia as part of the Global War on Terrorism.
Units
Operational units of Tenth Air Force are:[2]
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Tenth Air Force Squadrons, Flights, and Operational Locations are also stationed at:
History
Lineage
- Established as 10th Air Force on February 4, 1942.
- Activated on February 12, 1942
- Redesignated Tenth Air Force on September 18, 1942
- Inactivated on January 6, 1946
- Activated on May 24, 1946
- Discontinued, and inactivated, on September 1, 1960
- Activated on January 20, 1966
- Organized on April 1, 1966
- Inactivated on December 31, 1969
- Redesignated Tenth Air Force (Reserve) on September 24, 1976
- Activated on October 8, 1976
- Redesignated Tenth Air Force on December 1, 1985
Assignments
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Components
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Stations
- Patterson Field, Ohio 4 Feb 1942
- New Delhi, India, Mar-May 1942
- Barrackpore, India. Oct 1943
- Belvedere Palace, Calcutta, India, Jan 1944
- Kanjikoah, India, Jun 1944
- Myitkyina, Burma, Nov 1944
- Bhamo, Burma, Feb 1945
- Piardoba, India May 1945
- Kunming, China, Jun-Jul 1945
- Liuchow, China, Aug 1945
- Kunming, China, Jun-Jul 1945
- Liuchow, China, Aug 1945
- Kunming, China, Aug 1945
- Shanghai, China, Oct 1945
- Fort Lawton, Washington, 5-6 Jan 1946
- Brooks Field (later, AFB), Texas, 24 May 1946
- Offut AFB, Nebraska, 1 Jul 1948
- Selfridge AFB, Michigan, Jan 1950-1 Sep 1960
- Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, 1 Apr 1966-31 Dec 1969
- Bergstrom AFB, Texas, 8 Oct 1976
- Carswell ARS, Texas, 30 Jun 1996
World War II
Tenth Air Force was constituted on 4 February 1942 and activated on 12 February, built up around a nucleus of air force personnel newly arrived from Java and the Philippines, under the command of Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton. It had its headquarters at New Delhi. Components of the air force moved to India over a three month period from March to May 1942. It was responsible for creating, operating and safeguarding the India-China Ferry, more commonly known as the Hump airlift, between April 8 and December 1, 1942, first with its Assam-Burma-China Command until July 16, then the India-China Ferry Command until December 1, when jurisdiction for the airlift passed to the Air Transport Command.
The Tenth Air Force initially provided control of all USAAF combat operations in the China Burma India Theater under theater commander Lt. Gen. Joseph Stillwell. Units based in China were controlled by the China Air Task Force of the Tenth Air Force, created July 4, 1942 to replace the American Volunteer Group, and commanded by Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault. Units based in India were controlled by the India Air Task Force, created October 8, 1942, commanded by Brigadier General Caleb V. Haynes.
In March 1943 the China Air Task Force was dissolved and its components made part of the new Fourteenth Air Force, activated in China under Chennault. The Tenth operated in India and Burma as part of the Allied Eastern Air Command until it moved to China late in July 1945.[3]
The Tenth Air Force conducted offensive strategic bombing operations in Burma and supported Allied ground efforts with close air support and operations against Japanese communications and supply installations.
World War II Campaigns
Burma, 1942; India-Burma; China Defensive; Central Burma; China Offensive.[3]
World War II Commanders
- Colonel Harry A Halverson, 17 February 1942;
- Major-General Lewis H Brereton, 5 March 1942;
- Brigadier-General Earl L Naiden, 26 June 1942;
- Major-General Clayton Bissell, 18 August 1942;
- Major-General Howard C Davidson, in August 1943;
- Major-General Albert F Hegenberger, 1 August 1945 - ?[3]
Post World War II
Air Defense Command
Activated on 24 May 1946 at Brooks Field (later, AFB), Texas, Tenth Air Force was assigned to Air Defense Command. It moved to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, 1 July 1948; Fort Benjamin Harrison (later, Benjamin Harrison AFB), Indiana, 25 September 1948.
Air Force Reserve
Assigned to Continental Air Command on 1 December 1948, became reserve command and control component of Air Defense Command. Moved to Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 16 January 1950. On July 1, 1960, the Fourth Air Force Reserve Region was formed at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. The Fourth Region was one of five Reserve regions and became operational on September 1, 1960, under the control of Continental Air Command (CAC), as a result, Tenth Air Force was discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 September 1960.
Tenth Air Force was reactivated on 20 January 1966, and assigned to Air (later, Aerospace) Defense Command. Organized on 1 April 1966 at Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. In the 1960s the Commander of the Central North American Air Defense Region had additional duty as commander, Tenth Air Force, located at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, MO.
Continental Air Command was discontinued on August 1, 1968, and was replaced by Headquarters Air Force Reserve, located at Robins Air Force Base, GA. In July 1969, the Fourth Region moved from Randolph AFB to Ellington AFB, near Houston, TX. On December 31, 1969, the five regions were merged into three. The responsibilities of the Fourth and Fifth Regions were consolidated into the new Central Air Force Reserve Region. Eastern Region became responsible for the First and Second Region areas, the Sixth Region became the Western Region. This change increased the area of responsibility of Central Region from five states to 14, ranging from the Canadian to the Mexican borders. As a result of these consolodations, Tenth Air Force was agan inactivated on 31 December 1969.
When Air Force operations were phased out of Ellington AFB, Central Region Headquarters moved to Bergstrom AFB, in Austin, TX, on March 10, 1976. The Air Force Reserve’s entire intermediate management structure was then realigned effective October 8, 1976; and the Reserve Regions were inactivated and succeeded by the currently activated Tenth Air Force. Redesignated Tenth Air Force (Reserve) on 24 September 1976, the unit activated in the Reserve on 8 October 1976 at Bergstrom AFB, TX, assigned to Air Force Reserve. It was redesignated Tenth Air Force on 1 December 1985.
As a result, the unit assumed command over all Tactical Air Command-gained and Strategic Air Command-gained Air Force Reserve units regardless of geographic location. With the inactivation of TAC and SAC in 1992, Tenth Air Force today is responsible for command supervision of fighter, bomber, rescue, airborne warning and control, special operations, flying training, combat air operations battle staff, and space reserve units.
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
- Tenth Air Force Factsheet
- Dedicated to the members of the 341st Bomb Group China-Burma-India Theater
- Second World War 10th Air Force history
- Life and Times of the 341st Bomb Group
- Second World War 10th Air Force Unit Listing
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