I Troop Carrier Command

I Troop Carrier Command
Emblem of the I Troop Carrier Command
Active	1942-1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Command and Control
Engagements	World War II

The I Troop Carrier Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the First Air Force, based at Stout Army Airfield, Indiana. It was inactivated on 4 November 1945

History

Lineage

• Established as Air Transport Command on 30 Apr 1942

Redesignated as I Troop Carrier Command in Jul 1942

Disbanded on 4 Nov 1945

Assignments

• Headquarters, United States Army Air Forces, 30 Apr 1942
• First Air Force, July 1942-4 Nov 1945

Components

• 50th Troop Carrier Wing: 1942-1943, 1945
• 51st Troop Carrier Wing: 1942
• 52d Troop Carrier Wing: 1942-1943, 1945
• 53d Troop Carrier Wing: 1942-1944
• 60th Troop Carrier Wing: 1943-1945
• 61st Troop Carrier Wing: 1943-1945

Stations

• The Pentagon, Virginia, 30 Apr 1942
• Stout Field, Ind, c. 20 May 1942-4 Nov 1945.

Operations

Command and control organization for troop carrier transport mission.

Subordinate units performed theater troop carrier and cargo transport operations, either attached or assigned directly to numbered air forces, performing operations usually with C-47 Skytrain and C-46 Commando aircraft. As a result of the 1946 Army Air Forces reorganization after World War II, the Troop Carrier mission was reassigned to the new major commands, and Troop Carrier Command was inactivated.

Notes

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.