Antilles Air Command

Antilles Air Command
Active	1943–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Command of tactical units

Military unit

The Antilles Air Command is a disbanded United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, where it was inactivated on 25 August 1946.

Engaged in antisubmarine operations, 1941–1945. Inactivated 1946.

History

Lineage

Constituted as the Antilles Air Task Force on 20 February 1943

Activated on 1 March 1943

Redesigned Antilles Air Command c. 1 June 1943

Inactivated on 25 August 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948^[1]

Assignments

Sixth Air Force, 20 February 1943 – 25 August 1946

Stations

San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1 March 1943
Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1 March 1943 – 25 August 1946^[1]

Components

Trinidad Wing, 1 March 1943 – 15 March 1944
4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 11 July 1941 – 29 March 1942

Attached to Puerto Rican Department: 29 March 1942-23 March 1943

Attached to Antilles Air Task Force: 23 March-1 June 1943

Assigned to Antilles Air Command: 1 July 1943-25 August 1946

23d Antisubmarine Squadron:

Attached to Trinidad Wing, Antilles Air Command: 5 August–December 1943

32d Fighter Squadron: 3 August 1943 – 13 March 1944
59th Bombardment Squadron: 19 March-26 April 1943

Detached to 25th Bombardment Squadron: 26 April-1 August 1943

91st Reconnaissance Squadron

Attached: 26 July-21 October 1948

Assigned: 21 October 1948-22 January 1949

101st Bombardment (Photographic) Squadron

Attached to Trinidad Sector and Base Command, 6 August 1942-1 June 1943

Assigned to Antilles Air Command: 1 June 1943-15 March 1944

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Maurer, p. 455

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

USAAF Sixth Air Force in World War II

Previously: Panama Canal Air Force (1940-1941); Caribbean Air Force (1941-1942)

Airfields

Caribbean	Coolidge (Antigua) Dakota (Aruba) Batista (Cuba) Camaguey (Cuba) Hato (Curaçao) Vernam (Jamaica) Arecibo (Puerto Rico) Borinquen (Puerto Rico) Losey (Puerto Rico) Benedict (Saint Croix) Beane (Saint Lucia) Carlsen (Trinidad) Piarco Airport (Trinidad) Waller (Trinidad)
Canal Zone	Albrook France Howard
Panama	Aguadulce Anton Calzada Larga Chame David La Chorrera Madden Patilla Point Pocri Río Hato
Central and South America	Belém (Brazil) Atkinson (British Guiana) Zandery (Dutch Guiana) Salinas (Ecuador) Baltra (Galápagos Islands) Guatemala City (Guatemala) Talara (Peru)

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Fighter	16th Fighter 32d Fighter 36th Fighter 37th Fighter 53d Fighter
Bomber	6th Bombardment 9th Bombardment 25th Bombardment 40th Bombardment
Reconnaissance	72d Reconnaissance