The Trinidad Wing, Antilles Air Command is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

unit. Its last assignment was with

Antilles Air Command 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 ...

at Waller Field,

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

. It was disbanded on 15 March 1944.

History

Engaged in antisubmarine operations.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 6th Interceptor Command on 17 October 1941Maurer indicates that the unit was constituted as the "VI" Interceptor Command. However, the unit was constituted and activated with an arabic number in its name. The use of

roman numeral Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, ea ...

s to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. : Activated on 25 October 1941 : Redesignated 6th Fighter Command 15 May 1942 : Redesignated VI Fighter Command c. 18 September 1942 : Redesignated Trinidad Wing, Antilles Air Command in October 1943. : Disbanded on 15 March 1944Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 430

Assignments

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, 17 October 1941 – 1942 * Unknown, 1942 – 1 March 1943 * Antilles Air Task Force (later

), 1 March 1943 – 15 March 1944

Stations

Borinquen Field Ramey Air Force Base also known as Borinquen Field, is a former United States Air Force base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It was named after United States Army Air Forces Brigadier General Howard Knox Ramey. Following its closure, it was redevelo ...

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, 25 October 1941 * Henry Barracks, Puerto Rico, 20 March 1943 * Waller Field,

, 15 May 1943 – 15 March 1944

Units assigned

; Wing * 12 Pursuit Wing, 25 October 1941 – 6 March 1942 ; Groups *

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: attached 28 January – c. 31 October 1942 * 36th Fighter Group: 25 October 1941 – 4 June 1943 *

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: attached 15 January 1942; assigned 6 April – 22 June 1942 ; Squadrons * 12th Bombardment Squadron: 1 November 1942 – 24 July 1943 (Under Operational Control) * 59th Bombardment Squadron: 21 July 1942 – 19 March 1943 (Attached to Trinidad Detachment)Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 232

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes ; Citations

Bibliography

* * {{USAAF 6th Air Force World War II Wings of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II Military units and formations disestablished in 1944