XI Fighter Command

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.

History

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.

Assignments

• Eleventh Air Force, 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944

Stations

• Elmendorf Field, Alaska (Territory), 15 March 1942
• Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory), 12 September 1943 – 31 March 1944

Components

• 343d Fighter Group, Assigned: 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944
• Numerous units (groups, squadrons) temporarily attached.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

External links

USAAF Eleventh Air Force in World War II
Previously: Alaskan Air Force (1941-1942)
Bases	Combat Airfields Adak/Davis Alexai Point Amchitka Elmendorf Fort Glenn Fort Morrow Fort Randall Shemya Support Airfields Annette Island Cordova Gakona Juneau Kiska Ogliuga Island Yakutat Air Transport Command Northwest Staging Route (xfr to 11AF 1945) Bethel Big Delta Galena Gambell Ladd McGrath Marks Mile 26 Moses Point Naknek Northway Tanacross
Units	Commands XI Bomber XI Fighter Groups Bombardment 28th Bombardment Fighter 343d Fighter
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