XI Fighter Command
Encyclopedia
The XI Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with Eleventh Air Force
, stationed at Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory)
. It was inactivated on 31 March 1944
The command controlled fighter units assigned or deployed to Alaska during the World War II
Aleutian Islands Campaign in conjunction with Eleventh Air Force.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. Its last assignment was with Eleventh Air Force
Eleventh Air Force
The Eleventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska....
, stationed at Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory)
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. It was inactivated on 31 March 1944
The command controlled fighter units assigned or deployed to Alaska during the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Aleutian Islands Campaign in conjunction with Eleventh Air Force.
Lineage
- Constituted as XI Interceptor Command on 8 March 1942
- Activated in Alaska on 15 March 1942
- Redesignated XI Fighter Command in May 1942
- Disbanded in Alaska on 31 March 1944.
Stations
- Elmendorf Field, Alaska (Territory)AlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, 15 March 1942 - Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory)AlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, 12 September 1943 – 31 March 1944
Components
- 343d Fighter Group, Assigned: 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944
- Numerous units (groups, squadrons) temporarily attached.