Eighteenth Air Force Extensive troop carrier operations within Tactical Air Command during the early 1950s called for some intermediate echelon of command, and HQ USAF created a new numbered air force for this purpose in March 1951. Later, Eighteenth Air Force received other combat units in addition to troop carrier wings. Twelfth Air Force absorbed all of its resources on January 1, 1958. - Lineage
- Established as Eighteenth Air Force (Troop Carrier) on March 7, 1951. Organized on March 28, 1951, at Donaldson AFB, South Carolina, and assigned to Tactical Air Command. Redesignated Eighteenth Air Force on June 26, 1951. Moved to Waco, Texas, effective September 1, 1957. Inactivated on January 1, 1958.
- 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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