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XXII Tactical Air Command

Field	Value
unit_name	XXII Tactical Air Command
image	Tuskegee Airmen - Circa May 1942 to Aug 1943.jpg
image_size	300px
caption	Members of [332d Fighter Group](332d-fighter-group) of XII Fighter Command
dates	1942-1945
country
branch
role	Command of fighter and air support units
battles	Mediterranean Theater of Operations
notable_commanders	Brig Gen Elwood Richard Quesada
Brig Gen Benjamin W. Chidlaw

Brig Gen Benjamin W. Chidlaw

The XXII Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Twelfth Air Force, at Pomigliano Airfield, Italy, where it was inactivated on 4 October 1945.

The command was formed in the southeast United States in early 1942. It moved to the United Kingdom in September 1942 and to North Africa during October–November 1942. Served in combat in the Mediterranean theater until the end of the war. Inactivated in Italy

Lineage

Constituted as the 12th Interceptor Command on 26 February 1942 : Activated on 5 March 1942 : Redesignated 12th Fighter Command 15 May 1942 : Redesignated XII Fighter Command c. 24 September 1942 : Redesignated XXII Tactical Air Command in November 1944 : Inactivated on 4 October 1945 : Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Assignments

Third Air Force, 5 March 1942
Twelfth Air Force, 12 September 1942 – 4 October 1945 (attached to Eighth Air Force, 12 September-26 October 1942)

Stations

Drew Field, Florida, 5 March-27 August 1942
RAF Wattisham, England, 12 September 1942
RAF Bushey Hall, England, 17 September-26 October 1942
Oran Tafaraoui Airport, Algeria, 8 November 1942
La Senia Airfield, Algeria, 12 November 1942
Tebessa Airfield, Algeria, December 1942
La Senia Airfield, Algeria, 12 January 1943
Algiers, Algeria, 20 March 1943
Caserta, Italy, 14 July 1944
Florence Airfield, Italy, 15 September 1944
Pomigliano Airfield, Italy, August-4 October 1945

Components

; Wings

1st Air Defense Wing (later 62d Fighter Wing): 30 January 1943 – 12 September 1945
2d Air Defense Wing (later 63d Fighter Wing): 27 January 1943 – 14 June 1945
3rd Air Defense Wing: 22 February – 9 March 1943
87th Fighter Wing: 11 January 1944 – 1 April 1945.

; Groups

1st Fighter Group: 14 September – 24 December 1942
14th Fighter Group: 14 September – 11 December 1942
31st Fighter Group: 27 September – November 1942
33d Fighter Group: 6 December 1942 – 13 January 1943
47th Bombardment Group: 15 September 1944 – 7 June 1945
52d Fighter Group: 14 September 1942 – 18 February 1943 (attached to Tunis Fighter Sector after c. 19 January 1943)
79th Fighter Group: assigned 20 September 1944 – 1 October 1944 (attached to 64th Fighter Wing to 30 September 1944); attached 12 May – 7 June 1945
86th Fighter Group: 15 September 1944 – 20 February 1945
332d Fighter Group: 15 September 1944 – 20 February 1945

; Squadrons

1st Emergency Rescue Squadron, 12 March − 1 October 1944 (attached to Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force after 14 September 1944)
414th Night Fighter Squadron: 1 April – 7 June 1945
417th Night Fighter Squadron: 1 April – 17 August 1945
350th Fighter Group:The group operated with Twelfth Air Force from January 1943 until the end of the war with three subordinate Squadrons, the 345th, 346th and 347th; The First Brazilian Fighter Squadron joined the 350th Fighter Group as a fourth squadron in October 1944.

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 434
Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 434 (years only).
Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 434, except as noted.
(5 October 2007). "Factsheet 64 Air Division (Defense)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(November 7, 2017). "Factsheet 1 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(June 3, 2019). "Factsheet 14 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(June 27, 2017). "Factsheet 31 Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(October 18, 2016). "Factsheet 33 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(July 7, 2017). "Factsheet 47 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(May 7, 2013). "Factsheet 52 Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(July 11, 2017). "Factsheet 53 Test and Evaluation Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(April 4, 2018). "Factsheet 86 Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(May 2011). "Factsheet 332 Expeditionary Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(9 June 2015). "Factsheet 1 Expeditionary Rescue Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 506-507
Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 509-510

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