XXXVI Fighter Command

XXXVI Fighter Command
Active	1942–1943
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Role	Command and Control

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.

History

Redesignated as: Panama Interceptor Command, on 18 September 1941

Redesignated as: XXXVI Fighter Command on 9 August 1942

Disbanded on 30 April 1943

Engaged in antisubmarine operations

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

Previously: Panama Canal Air Force (1940-1941); Caribbean Air Force (1941-1942)

Airfields

Caribbean	Coolidge (Antigua) Dakota (Aruba) Batista (Cuba) Camaguey (Cuba) Hato (Curacao) Vernam (Jamaica) Arecibo (Puerto Rico) Borinquen (Puerto Rico) Losey (Puerto Rico) Benedict (Saint Croix) Beane (Saint Lucia) St. Thomas Airport (Saint Thomas) Carlsen (Trinidad) Piarco Airport (Trinidad) Waller (Trinidad)

Canal Zone	Albrook France Howard

Panama	Aguadulce Anton Calzada Larga Chame David La Chorrera Madden Patilla Point Pocri Río Hato

Central and South America	Belem (Brazil) Atkinson (British Guiana) Zandery (Dutch Guiana) Salinas (Ecuador) Baltra (Galápagos Islands) Guatemala City (Guatemala) Talara (Peru)

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Fighter	16th Fighter 32d Fighter 36th Fighter 37th Fighter 53d Fighter

Bomber	6th Bombardment 9th Bombardment 25th Bombardment 40th Bombardment

Reconnaissance	72d Reconnaissance

Squadrons

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