Fifteenth Air Force World War II was well underway when the Fifteenth Air Force was established in the Mediterranean theater as a strategic air force. The new air force drew its operational forces from existing air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed. In the postwar years it became one of Strategic Air Command's primary numbered air forces. Since its transfer to Air Mobility Command in 1992, Fifteenth Air Force has assumed responsibility for airlift and air refueling missions. - Lineage
- Established as Fifteenth Air Force on October 30, 1943. Activated on November 1, 1943, at Tunis, Tunisia. Moved to Bari, Italy, effective December 1, 1943. Assigned to United States Strategic Air Forces about February 1944. Inactivated on September 15, 1945. Activated on March 31, 1946, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, and assigned to Strategic Air Command. Moved to March AFB, California, in November 1949. Relieved from assignment to Strategic Air Command and assigned to Air Mobility Command on January 1, 1992. Moved from March AFB, California, to Travis AFB, California, on July 1, 1993.
- The preceding web-site text was obtained from the Air Force Historical Agency. The text layout has been modified to conform to this webpage and for ease of reading.
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