10th Fighter Wing

10th Fighter Wing
Active	1 October 1942 – 1 December 1943
Disbanded	1 December 1943
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter Command and Control

The 10th Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with the Fourth Air Force, based at Hamilton Army Airfield, California. It was inactivated on 1 December 1943.

History

Assigned to Fourth Air Force as prewar Pursuit Wing, remained active at Hamilton Field, California until 1 December 1943.

Lineage

• Constituted as 10th Pursuit Wing on 1 December 1940

Activated on 10 December 1940

Inactivated on 7 December 1941.

• Redesignated 10th Fighter Wing and activated on 1 October 1942

Inactivated on 1 May 1943

• Disbanded on 1 December 1943

Assignments

• Southwest Air District (later 4th Air Force), 10 December 1940 – 1 May 1943.

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, 10 December 1940 – 1 May 1943

Components

• 20th Fighter Group, 18 December 1940 – 1 October 1941
• 35th Fighter Group, 9 December 1941 – 12 January 1942

References

 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 0-89201-092-4.
• US Army Air Force Units 1941-1945