V Fighter Command

V Fighter Command
Active	4 June 1941 – 8 October 1948
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Command and Control

The V Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Fifth Air Force, based at Fukuoka AB, Japan. It was inactivated on 31 May 1946.

During World War II the unit initially controlled fighter units in the Northwestern United States. In 1942, V Fighter Command became the primary command and control organization for Fifth Air Force, fighter units operating primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater. Its assigned units participated in aerial combat in the Fifth Air Force Area of Responsibility (AOR) flying cover missions for convoys, patrols, escorted bombers, attacked enemy airfields, and supported ground forces.

Afterward, served with the occupation force in Japan before being inactivated in 1946.

*Note; Does not include periods detached to combat wings

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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