Air Forces

Selected  (1940-2007)

First Air Force

 * 18 Dec 1940 - Activated at Mitchel Field, NY, as the Northeast Air District.
 * Early 1941 - Redesignated First Air Force.
 * Until 1943 - Provided air defense for the eastern U.S.
 * 27 Mar 1946 - Assigned to ADC
 * 3 Jun 1946 - Moved to Fort Slocum, NY
 * Dec 1948 - Assigned to Continental Air Defense Command (ConAC)
 * 23 Jun 1958 - Discontinued


 * 20 Jan 1966 - Activated
 * 1 Apr 1966 - Reassigned to ADC
 * 31 Dec 1969 - Inactivated
 * 6 Dec 1985 - Activated at Langley Air Force Base, VA, assumed assets of Air Defense, Tactical Air Command
 * 12 Sep 1991 - Moved to Tyndall Air Force Base, FL
 * 1 Oct 1995 - Redesignated First Air Force (ANG)
 * 1 Nov 2007 - Redesignated First Air Force (Air Forces Northern)

Second Air Force

 * 18 Dec 1940 - Activated at McChord Field, WA, as the Northwest Air District.
 * early 1941 - Redesignated Second Air Force.
 * 30 Mar 1946 - Inactivated
 * 6 Jun 1946 - Reactivated at Fort Crook, NE, and assigned to ADC.
 * 1 Jul 1948 - Inactivated

Fourth Air Force

 * 18 Dec 1940 - Activated at March Field, CA, as the Southwest Air District.
 * early in 1941 - Redesignated Fourth Air Force
 * until 1943 - Provided air defense for the western U.S.engaged primarily in training replacements for combat units.
 * Assigned to ADC in Mar 1946
 * 19 Jun 1946 - Moved to Hamilton Field, CA.
 * Dec 1948 - Reassigned to ConAC, being concerned chiefly with air defense until 1949 and with reserve and national guard activities thereafter.
 * 1 Sep 1960 - Discontinued
 * 1 Apr 1966 - Reactivated and assigned to ADC.
 * 30 Sep 1969 - Inactivated

Tenth Air Force

 * 12 Feb 1942 - Activated at Patterson Field, OH, and served in India, Burma, and China during WWII.
 * 6 Jan 1946 - Inactivated
 * 24 May 1946 - Reactivated at Brooks Field, TX, and assigned to ADC
 * Dec 1948 - Assigned to ConAC.
 * 1 Sep 1960 - Inactivated


 * 1 Apr 1966 - Reactivated at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, MO, and assigned to ADC.
 * 31 Dec 1969 - Inactivated

Eleventh Air Force

 * 13 Jun 1946 - Activated at Olmstead Field, Middletown, PA, and assigned to ADC.
 * 1 Jul 1948 - Inactivated

Fourteenth Air Force

 * 10 Mar 1943 - Activated in China served in combat, mostly in China, until the end of the war
 * 6 Jan 1946 - Inactivated
 * 24 May 1946 - Activated at Orlando Air Base, FL, and assigned to ADC
 * 1948 - Assigned to ConAC
 * 1 Apr 1966 - Reactivated at Gunter Air Force Base, AL, and assigned to ADC
 * 1 Jul 1968 - Redesignated Fourteenth Aerospace Force and moved to Ent Air Force Base, CO
 * 1 Oct 1976 - Inactivated

Air Forces Iceland

 * 1 Jul 1962 - at Keflavik Airport, Iceland, was transferred from the Military Airlift Command (MATS) to ADC and assigned to the 64th Air Division
 * 1 Jul 1963 - Transferred to 26th Air Division (SAGE)
 * 4 Sep 1963 - Transferred to Goose Air Defense Sector
 * 1 Apr 1966 - Transferred to the 37th Air Division
 * 31 Dec 1969 - Transferred to the 21st Air Division
 * 1 Oct 1979 - Reassigned to TAC

Sources:
 * , page 50-51.
 * USAF Fact Sheet - Northern) (ACC)