XXXVI Fighter Command
Encyclopedia
The XXXVI Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Waller Field
, Trinidad
. It was inactivated on 30 April 1943.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Waller Field
Waller Air Force Base
Waller Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II air base located in northeastern Trinidad. It is located about 5 miles southwest of Valencia south of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway.-History:...
, Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
. It was inactivated on 30 April 1943.
Lineage
- Established as Caribbean Interceptor Command, on 3 June 1941
- Redesignated as: Panama Interceptor Command, on 18 September 1941
- Redesignated as: XXXVI Fighter Command on 9 August 1942
- Disbanded on 30 April 1943