II Air Support Command

II Air Support Command
Active	1941-1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Command and Control

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

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

History

Lineage

• Constituted as II Air Support Command on 21 August 1941

Activated on 1 September 1941

Redesignated II Ground Air Support Command in April 1942

Redesignated II Air Support Command in September 1942

Redesignated II Tactical Air Division in August 1943

Inactivated on 22 December 1945

Disbanded on 8 October 1948.

Assignments

• Second Air Force, 21 August 1941 – 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
• 77th Reconnaissance Group, 12 March-24 May 1942; 7 September 1942-6 August 1943

Attached to III Ground Air [later, III Air] Support Command, 7 September 1942-5 August 1943

• 312th Bombardment Group, 15–16 March 1942

Stations

• Fort Douglas, Utah, 1 September 1941
• Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, c. October 1941
• Birmingham MAP, 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 Airbase, Louisiana, c. 31 March 1944
• Stuttgart Army Airfield, Arkansas, February 1945
• Barksdale Field, Louisiana, c. 12 November 1945
• Biggs Field, Texas, c. 23 November-22 December 1945.

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.