II Air Support Command

The II Air Support Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Third Air Force at Biggs Field, Texas, where it was inactivated on 22 December 1945.

II Air Support Command
Active	1941-1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Command of tactical air support units

The unit participated in various air-ground maneuvers, supported ground units in training, and put on air support demonstrations.

Lineage

• Constituted as 2nd Air Support Command on 21 August 1941

Activated on 1 September 1941

Redesignated 2nd Ground Air Support Command c. 30 April 1942

Redesignated II Air Support Command c. 18 September 1942

Redesignated II Tactical Air Division c. 15 August 1943

Inactivated on 22 December 1945

Disbanded on 8 October 1948[1]

Assignments

• Second Air Force, 21 August 1941
• Third Air Force, c. 15 August 1943
• III Tactical Air Command, October 1944 – 22 December 1945

Components

• 48th Bombardment Group, 1 September 1941 – 2 May 1942
• 71st Reconnaissance Group, 1 October 1941-March 1942; August 1942-November 1943
• 72d Reconnaissance Group, 26 September 1941 – c. 18 January 1942
• 77th Reconnaissance Group, 12 March-24 May 1942; 7 September 1942-6 August 1943 (attached to III Ground Air [later, III Air] Support Commanduntil 5 August 1943)
• 312th Bombardment Group, 15–16 March 1942

Stations

Fort Douglas, Utah, 1 September 1941 Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, c. October 1941 Birmingham Municipal Airport, Alabama, c. 1 April 1942 Geiger Field, Washington, 26 May 1942 Reno Army Air Base, Nevada, 27 May 1942 Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, July 1942

Barksdale Field, Louisiana, 15 March 1943 DeRidder Army Air Base, Louisiana, c. 31 March 1944 Stuttgart Army Air Field, Arkansas, February 1945 Barksdale Field, Louisiana, c. 12 November 1945 Biggs Field, Texas, c. 23 November-22 December 1945.

References

Notes

1. Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 433-434

Bibliography

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

• 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 December 17, 2016.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved December 17, 2016.