00896983 UNCLASSIFIED 2432552 01-01-1948 2437301 01-01-1961

CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND

MICFILM 23471 23471 104 419 43 2448241 12-15-1990 THE CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND (CONAC) WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MAJOR AIR COMMAND (MAJCOM) ON 1 DEC 48 AT MITCHEL AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) NY. THE AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, PREVIOUSLY A MAJCOM, WAS DESIGNATED AN OPERATIONAL AIR COMMAND WITH HEADQUARTERS AT MITCHEL AFB AND ASSIGNED TO CONAC. TACTICAL AIR COMMAND (TAC), PREVIOUSLY A MAJCOM, WAS DESIGNATED AN OPERATIONAL AIR COMMAND WITH HEADQUARTERS AT LANGLEY AFB VA AND ASSIGNED TO CONAC. UNITS ASSIGNED TO TAC AND ADC WERE RELIEVED FROM THOSE COMMANDS AND ASSIGNED TO CONAC WITHOUT CHANGE IN STRENGTH OR STATION. ALL UNITS OF AIR FORCE RESERVE (AFRES) WERE RELIEVED FROM ASSIGNMENT TO ADC AND ASSIGNED TO CONAC WITHOUT CHANGE IN STATION. 1, 4, 9, 10, 12, AND 14 AIR FORCES WERE REASSIGNED FROM ADC TO CONAC. THE MISSION OF CONAC WAS TO PROVIDE FOR AIR FORCE COOPERATION WITH LAND AND/OR AMPHIBIOUS FORCES IN THE UNITED STATES; ORGANIZE, ADMINISTER, EQUIP, TRAIN AND PREPARE FOR COMBAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIRECTIVES, POLICIES, AND SCHEDULES ISSUED BY HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF), SUCH UNITS AND COMBAT CREWS OF THE AIR FORCE ASSIGNED TO CONAC; AND DISCHARGE, WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (CONUS), THE FIELD RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, USAF, WITH RESPECT TO AIR FORCE RESERVE FORCES. NONE MISSION PROJECT CLOSEUP, CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND, 27 DEC 61 ON MICROFILM ONLY; CALL NUMBER 419.201-49.