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I Tactical Air Division
I Tactical Air Division
	A-24 Banshee, used in training dive bomber units
Active	1941–1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army; United States Air Force
Role	Command and training of tactical units

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The I Tactical Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force, based at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 22 December 1945.

History

General Headquarters Air Force (GHQ AF) reorganized its four regional air districts as Numbered Air Forces in the spring of 1941. By the fall of that year, each of these had organized as a support command and three combat commands.^[1]

In the summer of 1941 GHQ AF had decided to establish commands to direct its air support mission in each numbered air force, plus one additional command reporting directly to GHQ AF. These commands would be manned from inactivating wings, and would initially control only observation squadrons, which would be transferred from the control of the corps and divisions, although they would remain attached to these ground units.^[2] 4th Air Force organized 4th Air Support Command at Fresno Army Air Base, California in September 1941, soon moving to Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma where it drew cadre and equipment from the 15th Bombardment Wing, which was simultaneously inactivated.^[3]^[2]^[4] New observation groups were formed, with a cadre drawn from National Guard squadrons that had been mobilized in 1940 and 1941.^[2]

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the command came under the control of the Western Theater of Operations^[2] and flew antisubmarine patrols off the Pacific coast. Most of the command's observation units were withdrawn form antisubmarine operations in June 1942, although some patrols continued until January 1943.^[4]^[5] However, by early 1942, the command's first commander, like two of the other commanders of air support commands had moved overseas, and similar personnel demands led GHQ AF to believe it had little more than the "remnants" of the command remaining.^[2]

The AAF determined that its continental air forces would specialize in their training operations and that all their air support commands would be reassigned to Third Air Force.^[5]

In August 1943, the command was redesignated the III Tactical Air Division with the intent that the command would engage in combined training with army ground forces.^[6]

At various times, it supervised heavy bomber flights to Hawaii, gave air support to ground units in training, participated in air-ground maneuvers, and put on air support demonstrations.^[3]

Lineage

Constituted as the 4th Air Support Command on 21 August 1941^{[note 1]}

Activated on 3 September 1941

Redesignated 4th Ground Air Support Command 30 April 1942^[4]

Redesignated IV Air Support Command 12 September 1942^[4]

Redesignated III Tactical Air Division 4 September 1943^[4]^[7]

Redesignated I Tactical Air Division c. 15 April 1944

Inactivated on 22 December 1945

Disbanded on 8 October 1948^[3]^[4]

Assignments

Fourth Air Force, 3 September 1941
Second Air Force, 12 August 1942^[8]
Desert Training Center, 21 January 1943^[4]
Second Air Force, 1 December 1943^[4]
III Tactical Air Command, c. 15 April 1944^[9]
Third Air Force, 24 October 1945
Second Air Force, 23 November – 22 December 1945

Stations

Fresno Army Air Base, California, 3 September 1941
Hamilton Field, California, 11 September 1941
Presidio of San Francisco, California, 7 February 1942
Thermal Army Airfield, California, 20 January 1943
Camp Young, California, c. September 1943
Thermal Army Air Field, California, c. 15 December 1943
Esler Field, Louisiana, c. 13 April 1944
Alexandria Army Air Base, Louisiana, September 1945
Barksdale Field, Louisiana, c. 16 November 1945
Biggs Field, Texas, c. 23 November – 22 December 1945^[3]

Components

Groups

12th Bombardment Group, 3 September 1941 – 21 January 1942^[10]
47th Bombardment Group, 3 September 1941 – 15 February 1942 (attached to IV Bomber Command after 17 December 1941)^[11]
69th Observation Group, 3 September 1941 – 21 August 1942^[12]
70th Observation Group, 13 September 1941 – November 1942^[13]
71st Observation Group, March 1942 – August 1942^[14]
75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 18 April – 1 May 1944^[15]
85th Bombardment Group, 2 November 1942 - 21 January 1943^[16]

Squadrons

3rd Observation Squadron: 7 September 1942 – 21 January 1943^[17]
4th Communications Squadron, Air Support (later 4th Air Support Communications Squadron): 5 June 1942 – 21 January 1943^[18]
5th Liaison Squadron: 11 August – 12 October 1943 (attached to 74th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 17 August – c. 15 September 1943)^[19]
7th Tow Target Squadron: (see Tow Target Detachment, March Field)
8th Photographic Squadron: 1 February – 29 March 1942^[20]
8th Tow Target Squadron: (see Tow Target Detachment, McChord Field)
10th Air Support Communications Squadron: 7 September 1941 – unknown^[4]
13th Air Support Communications Squadron (later 13th Tactical Air Communications Squadron): c. 7 June 1943 – 15 April 1944^[21]
31st Observation Squadron: 3 September 1941 – 29 March 1943 (attached to 69th Observation Group after December 1941)^[22]
39th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: 29 March 1944 – 12 April 1944^[23]
112th Liaison Squadron: 1 January – 4 June 1941^[24]
116th Observation Squadron: 3–13 September 1941^[25]
125th Liaison Squadron: c. 11 October 1943 – 4 June 1944 (attached to 76th Tactical Reconnaissance Group until January 1944)^[26]
155th Liaison Squadron: 10 January – 1 May 1944^[27]
156th Liaison Squadron: 10 February – 1 May 1944^[28]
157th Liaison Squadron: 18 April – 1 May 1944^[29]
161st Liaison Squadron: 24 June 1944 – 1 September 1945 (attached to Fourth Air Force, after 3 May 1945)^[30]
455th Fighter-Bomber Squadron: attached 8 March – 1 April 1944^[31]

Battalions

835th Engineer Aviation Battalion: c. 16 April 1942 – c. January 1943^[4]

Companies

319th Signal Company, Air Wing, 3 September 1941 – unknown^[4]

Detachments

Tow Target Detachment, March Field (later 7th Tow Target Squadron), 3 September 1941 – November 1943^[4]
Tow Target Detachment, McChord Field (later 8th Tow Target Squadron), 3 September 1941 – July 1942^[4]

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

^ Maurer indicates unit was constituted as the "IV" Air Support Command. However, the unit was constituted and activated with an arabic number in its name. The use of roman numerals to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. "Air Force Historical Research Agency Organizational Reconds: Types of USAF Organizations". Air Force History Index. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

Citations

^ Cate & Williams, p. 152, 155
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Futrell, p. 13
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 432–433
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Abstract, History 4 Air Support Command Sep 1941 – Sep 1943". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b Futrell, p. 15
^ White, p. 87
^ Maurer indicates this redesignation occurred in August
^ Ream, Margaret M. (9 September 2020). "Factsheet Second Air Force (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ See Futrell, p. 27
^ Robertson, Patsy (26 June 2017). "Factsheet 12 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ Robertson, Patsy E. (7 July 2017). "Factsheet 47 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ Robertson, Patsy (10 July 2017). "Factsheet 69 Reconnaissance Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ Kane, Robert B. (18 April 2012). "Factsheet 70 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (AFISRA)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
^ Robertson, Patsy (10 June 2011). "Factsheet 71 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ Ream, Margaret (13 May 2021). "Factsheet 75 Air Base Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ Robertson, Patsy (29 September 2008). "Factsheet 85 Group". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 24
^ Dollman, TSG David (5 August 2016). "Factsheet 4 Air Support Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 35
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 48
^ Dollman, TSG David (27 March 2018). "Factsheet 13 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 155
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 184
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 342
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 345
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 350
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 354
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 356
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 356-357
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 360
^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 561

Bibliography

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

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Futrell, Robert F. (September 1956). "Command of Observation Aviation: A Study in Control of Tactical Airpower, USAF Historical Study No. 24" (PDF). Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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.
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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.

[7] Maurer indicates unit was constituted as the "IV" Air Support Command. However, the unit was constituted and activated with an arabic number in its name. The use of roman numerals to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. "Air Force Historical Research Agency Organizational Reconds: Types of USAF Organizations". Air Force History Index. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[1] Cate & Williams, p. 152, 155

[Futrell13-2] Futrell, p. 13

[Maurer-3] Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 432–433

[4ASC4143-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Abstract, History 4 Air Support Command Sep 1941 – Sep 1943". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[Futrell15-5] Futrell, p. 15

[6] White, p. 87

[8] Maurer indicates this redesignation occurred in August

[9] Ream, Margaret M. (9 September 2020). "Factsheet Second Air Force (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[10] See Futrell, p. 27

[11] Robertson, Patsy (26 June 2017). "Factsheet 12 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[12] Robertson, Patsy E. (7 July 2017). "Factsheet 47 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[13] Robertson, Patsy (10 July 2017). "Factsheet 69 Reconnaissance Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[14] Kane, Robert B. (18 April 2012). "Factsheet 70 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (AFISRA)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

[15] Robertson, Patsy (10 June 2011). "Factsheet 71 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[16] Ream, Margaret (13 May 2021). "Factsheet 75 Air Base Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[17] Robertson, Patsy (29 September 2008). "Factsheet 85 Group". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[18] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 24

[19] Dollman, TSG David (5 August 2016). "Factsheet 4 Air Support Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[20] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 35

[21] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 48

[22] Dollman, TSG David (27 March 2018). "Factsheet 13 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[23] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 155

[24] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 184

[25] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 342

[26] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 345

[27] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 350

[28] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 354

[29] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 356

[30] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 356-357

[31] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 360

[32] Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 561

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 ==History==
+[[General Headquarters Air Force]] (GHQ AF) reorganized its four regional air districts as [[Numbered Air Force]]s in the spring of 1941.  By the fall of that year, each of these had organized as a support command and three combat commands.<ref>Cate & Williams, p. 152, 155</ref>
-The [[Air Division (United States)|air division]] was activated at [[Fresno Army Air Base]], California as the '''4th Ground Air Support Command''' in September 1941,<ref name=Maurer>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 432–433</ref> drawing its [[en cadre|cadre]] from the [[15th Bombardment Wing]], which was simultaneously inactivated. It was one of five such commands activated that month.<ref name=4ASC4143>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/201/236.xml |title=Abstract, History 4 Air Support Command Sep 1941 – Sep 1943|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
+In the summer of 1941 GHQ AF had decided to establish commands to direct its [[air support]] mission in each numbered air force, plus one additional command reporting directly to GHQ AF.  These commands would be manned from inactivating [[wing (military aviation unit)|wings]], and would initially control only observation squadrons, which would be transferred from the control of the corps and divisions, although they would remain attached to these ground units.<ref name=Futrell13>Futrell, p. 13</ref>  [[4th Air Force]] organized '''4th Air Support Command''' at [[Fresno Army Air Base]], California in September 1941, soon moving to [[Will Rogers Field]], Oklahoma where it drew [[cadre (military)|cadre]] and equipment from the [[15th Bombardment Wing]], which was simultaneously inactivated.<ref name=Maurer>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 432–433</ref><ref name=Futrell13/><ref name=4ASC4143>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/201/236.xml |title=Abstract, History 4 Air Support Command Sep 1941 – Sep 1943|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>  New observation groups were formed, with a [[cadre (military)|cadre]] drawn from [[National Guard]] squadrons that had been mobilized in 1940 and 1941.<ref name=Futrell13/>
-Following the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], the command's [[aerial reconnaissance|observation]] units performed [[antisubmarine]] patrols off the Pacific coast.  These patrols continued until January 1943.<ref name=4ASC4143/>
+Following the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] the command came under the control of the [[Western Theater of Operations]]<ref name=Futrell13/> and flew antisubmarine patrols off the Pacific coast. Most of the command's [[aerial reconnaissance|observation]] units were withdrawn form [[anti-submarine warfare|antisubmarine operations]] in June 1942, although some patrols continued until January 1943.<ref name=4ASC4143/><ref name=Futrell15>Futrell, p. 15</ref>  However, by early 1942, the command's first commander, like two of the other commanders of air support commands had moved overseas, and similar personnel demands led GHQ AF to believe it had little more than the "remnants" of the command remaining.<ref name=Futrell13/>
-At various times, supervised heavy bomber flights to [[Hawaii]], gave air support to ground units in training, participated in air-ground maneuvers, and put on air support demonstrations.<ref name=Maurer/>
+The AAF determined that its continental air forces would specialize in their training operations and that all their air support commands would be reassigned to [[Third Air Force]].<ref name=Futrell15/>
+In August 1943, the command was redesignated the '''III Tactical Air Division''' with the intent that the command would engage in combined training with army ground forces.<ref>White, p. 87</ref>
+At various times, it supervised heavy bomber flights to [[Hawaii]], gave air support to ground units in training, participated in air-ground maneuvers, and put on air support demonstrations.<ref name=Maurer/>
 ==Lineage==
-* Constituted as the '''4th Air Support Command''' on 21 August 19411<ref group=note>Maurer indicates unit was constituted as the "IV" Air Support Command.  However, the unit was constituted and activated with an [[arabic number]] in its name.  The use of [[roman numeral]]s to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. {{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433913/types-of-usaf-organizations/ |title=Air Force Historical Research Agency Organizational Reconds: Types of USAF Organizations|date=9 January 2008|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>
+* Constituted as the '''4th Air Support Command''' on 21 August 1941<ref group=note>Maurer indicates unit was constituted as the "IV" Air Support Command.  However, the unit was constituted and activated with an [[arabic number]] in its name.  The use of [[roman numeral]]s to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. {{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433913/types-of-usaf-organizations/ |title=Air Force Historical Research Agency Organizational Reconds: Types of USAF Organizations|date=9 January 2008|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>
 : Activated on 3 September 1941
 : Redesignated '''4th Ground Air Support Command''' 30 April 1942<ref name=4ASC4143/>
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 : Redesignated '''I Tactical Air Division''' c. 15 April 1944
 : Inactivated on 22 December 1945
-: Disbanded on 8 October 1948<ref name=Maurer /><ref name=4ASC4143/>
+: Disbanded on 8 October 1948<ref name=Maurer/><ref name=4ASC4143/>
 ===Assignments===
 * [[Fourth Air Force]], 3 September 1941
-* [[Second Air Force]], 12 August 1942<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432145/second-air-force-aetc/ |last1=Ream|first1=Margaret M.|title=Factsheet Second Air Force (AETC)|date=September 9, 2020|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
+* [[Second Air Force]], 12 August 1942<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432145/second-air-force-aetc/ |last1=Ream|first1=Margaret M.|title=Factsheet Second Air Force (AETC)|date=9 September 2020|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>
 * [[Desert Training Center]], 21 January 1943<ref name=4ASC4143/>
 * Second Air Force, 1 December 1943<ref name=4ASC4143/>
-* [[Third Air Force]], April 1944
+* [[III Tactical Air Command]], c. 15 April 1944<ref>''See'' Futrell, p. 27</ref>
+* [[Third Air Force]], 24 October 1945
 * Second Air Force, 23 November – 22 December 1945
 ===Stations===
 * Fresno Army Air Base, California, 3 September 1941
-* [[Hamilton Army Airfield|Hamilton Field]], California, 11 September 1941
+* Hamilton Field, California, 11 September 1941
 * [[Presidio of San Francisco]], California, 7 February 1942
 * [[Thermal Army Airfield]], California, 20 January 1943
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 ===Components===
+'''Groups'''
-* [[12th Bombardment Group]], 3 September 1941 – 21 January 1942<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9637 |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 12 Operations Group (AETC)|date=February 6, 2015|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
+{{div col|colwidth=40em}}
-* [[47th Bombardment Group]], 3 September 1941 – 15 February 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9697|last1=Bailey|first1=Carl E.|title=Factsheet 47 Operations Group (AETC)|date=September 10, 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=July 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222112754/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9697|archive-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref>
-* [[69th Observation Group]], 3 September 1941 – 21 August 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=19398|last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 69 Reconnaissance Group (ACC)|date=April 9, 2012|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927115638/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=19398|archive-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref>
+* [[12th Bombardment Group]], 3 September 1941 – 21 January 1942<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434131/12-operations-group-aetc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 12 Operations Group (AETC)|date=26 June 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
-* [[70th Observation Group]], 13 September 1941 – November 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16306|last1=Kane|first1=Robert B.|title=Factsheet 70 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (AFISRA)|date=April 18, 2012|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=March 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052404/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16306|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
+* [[47th Bombardment Group]], 3 September 1941 – 15 February 1942 (attached to [[IV Bomber Command]] after 17 December 1941)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433520/47-operations-group-aetc/|last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy E.|title=Factsheet 47 Operations Group (AETC)|date=7 July 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=31 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228135346/https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433520/47-operations-group-aetc/}}</ref>
-* [[71st Observation Group]], March 1942 – August 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9812|last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=71 Operations Group (AETC)|date=June 10, 2011|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=July 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927123651/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9812|archive-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref>
+* [[69th Observation Group]], 3 September 1941 – 21 August 1942<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432093/69-reconnaissance-group-acc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 69 Reconnaissance Group (ACC)|date=10 July 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
+* [[70th Observation Group]], 13 September 1941 – November 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16306|last1=Kane|first1=Robert B.|title=Factsheet 70 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (AFISRA)|date=18 April 2012|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052404/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16306|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
-* [[85th Bombardment Group]], November 1942 – January 1943<ref name=4ASC4143/>
+* [[71st Observation Group]], March 1942 – August 1942<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432318/71-operations-group-aetc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 71 Operations Group (AETC)|date=10 June 2011|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
-* 10th Air Support Communications Squadron, 7 September 1941 – unknown<ref name=4ASC4143/>
+* [[75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group]], 18 April – 1 May 1944<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432881/75-air-base-wing-afmc/ |last1=Ream|first1=Margaret|title=Factsheet 75 Air Base Wing (AFMC)|date=13 May 2021|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
-* [[31st Observation Squadron]], 3 September 1941 – 29 March 1943 (attached to 69th Observation Group after December 1941)<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p.155</ref>
+* [[85th Bombardment Group]], 2 November 1942 - 21 January 1943<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433508/85-group/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 85 Group|date=29 September 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
-* [[158th Liaison Squadron]], 1 March – 1 October 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 357</ref>
+{{div col end}}
-* 835th Engineer Aviation Battalion, c. 16 April 1942 – c. January 1943<ref name=4ASC4143/>
+'''Squadrons'''
+{{div col|colwidth=40em}}
+* [[3rd Observation Squadron]]: 7 September 1942 – 21 January 1943<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 24</ref>
+* 4th Communications Squadron, Air Support (later [[4th Air Support Communications Squadron]]): 5 June 1942 – 21 January 1943<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/970373/4-air-support-operations-group-usafe/ |last1=Dollman|first1=TSG David|title=Factsheet 4 Air Support Operations Group (USAFE)|date=5 August 2016|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
+* [[5th Liaison Squadron]]: 11 August – 12 October 1943 (attached to [[74th Tactical Reconnaissance Group]] 17 August – c. 15 September 1943)<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 35</ref>
+* 7th Tow Target Squadron: (see Tow Target Detachment, March Field)
+* [[8th Photographic Squadron]]: 1 February – 29 March 1942<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 48</ref>
+* 8th Tow Target Squadron: (see Tow Target Detachment, McChord Field)
+* 10th Air Support Communications Squadron: 7 September 1941 – unknown<ref name=4ASC4143/>
+* 13th Air Support Communications Squadron (later [[13th Tactical Air Communications Squadron]]): c. 7 June 1943 – 15 April 1944<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432437/13-air-support-operations-squadron-acc/ |last1=Dollman|first1=TSG David|title=Factsheet 13 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)|date=27 March 2018|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
+* [[31st Observation Squadron]]: 3 September 1941 – 29 March 1943 (attached to 69th Observation Group after December 1941)<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 155</ref>
+* [[39th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron]]: 29 March 1944 – 12 April 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 184</ref>
+* [[112th Liaison Squadron]]: 1 January – 4 June 1941<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 342</ref>
+* [[116th Observation Squadron]]: 3–13 September 1941<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 345</ref>
+* [[125th Liaison Squadron]]: c. 11 October 1943 – 4 June 1944 (attached to [[76th Tactical Reconnaissance Group]] until January 1944)<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 350</ref>
+* [[155th Liaison Squadron]]: 10 January – 1 May 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 354</ref>
+* [[156th Liaison Squadron]]: 10 February – 1 May 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 356</ref>
+* [[157th Liaison Squadron]]: 18 April – 1 May 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 356-357</ref>
+* [[161st Liaison Squadron]]: 24 June 1944 – 1 September 1945 (attached to [[Fourth Air Force]], after 3 May 1945)<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 360</ref>
+* 455th Fighter-Bomber Squadron: attached 8 March – 1 April 1944<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 561</ref>
+{{div col end}}
+'''Battalions'''
+* 835th Engineer Aviation Battalion: c. 16 April 1942 – c. January 1943<ref name=4ASC4143/>
+'''Companies'''
 * 319th Signal Company, Air Wing, 3 September 1941 – unknown<ref name=4ASC4143/>
+'''Detachments'''
 * Tow Target Detachment, March Field (later 7th Tow Target Squadron), 3 September 1941 – November 1943<ref name=4ASC4143/>
 * Tow Target Detachment, McChord Field (later 8th Tow Target Squadron), 3 September 1941 – July 1942<ref name=4ASC4143/>
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 ===Notes===
-; Explanatory notes
+'''Explanatory notes'''
 {{Reflist|group=note}}
-; Citations
+'''Citations'''
-{{Reflist|40em}}
+{{Reflist|30em}}
 ===Bibliography===
 {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
-* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
+* {{cite book|last1=Cate|first1=James L. |last2=Williams|first2=E. Kathleen |editor=Craven, Wesley F |editor2=Cate, James L|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Nov/05/2001329898/-1/-1/0/AFD-101105-005.pdf |access-date=17 December 2016| title=The Army Air Forces in World War II|volume=I, Plans and Early Operations|year=1948|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, IL|oclc=704158|lccn=48003657|chapter=Prelude to War, Chapter 4, The Air Corps Prepares for War, 1939-41}}
+* {{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/1-50/AFD-090602-049.pdf |last1=Futrell|first1=Robert F.|title=Command of Observation Aviation: A Study in Control of Tactical Airpower, USAF Historical Study No. 24|date=September 1956|publisher=Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University |access-date=23 January 2022}}
-* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf|edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
+* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-date= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
+* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-date=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf|edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
-==External links==
+* {{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/51-100/AFD-090601-030.pdf |last1=White|first1=Jerry|title=Combat Crew and Unit Training in the AAF 1939-1945, USAF Historical Study No. 61|date=August 1949|publisher=Air Historical Office, United States Air Force|access-date=30 January 2022}}
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