XI Fighter Command

The XI Fighter Command was a command of the United States Army Air Forces. It was assigned to Eleventh Air Force, stationed at Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory). It was activated in March 1943 and inactivated on 31 March 1944.

XI Fighter Command
Active	1942–1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Fighter

It controlled fighter units in Alaska during the World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign under the Eleventh Air Force.

Lineage

• Constituted as XI Interceptor Command on 8 March 1942

Activated in Alaska on 15 March 1942

Redesignated XI Fighter Command in May 1942

Disbanded in Alaska on 31 March 1944.

Assignments

• Eleventh Air Force, 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944

Stations

• Elmendorf Field, Alaska (Territory), 15 March 1942
• Adak Army Airfield, Alaska (Territory), 12 September 1943 – 31 March 1944

Components

• 343d Fighter Group, Assigned: 15 March 1942 – 31 March 1944
• Numerous units (groups, squadrons) temporarily attached.

References

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

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