III Air Support Command
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The III Air Support Command is an inactive United States Air Force
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 unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force
Third Air Force
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 stationed at Drew Field, Florida
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. It was inactivated on 16 March 1942.

Lineage

  • Constituted as III Air Support Command on 21 August 1941
Activated on 1 September 1941
Disbanded on 16 March 1942.

Stations

  • Savannah AAB
    Hunter Army Airfield
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    , Georgia
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    , 1 September 1941
  • Drew Field, Florida
    Florida
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    , . 1-16 March 1942

Operations

Trained air force organizations for support operations and assisted in training ground forces. Also conducted antisubmarine patrols

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