10th Fighter Wing

December 2012 February 2014 March 2020 10th Fighter Wing 1 October 1942 – 1 December 1943 United States 23px United States 23px Fighter Command and Control 1 December 1943 The 10th Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with the Fourth Air Force, based at Hamilton Army Airfield, California. It was inactivated on 1 December 1943. History Assigned to Fourth Air Force as prewar Pursuit Wing, remained active at Hamilton Field, California until 1 December 1943. Lineage Constituted as 10th Pursuit Wing on 1 December 1940 Activated on 10 December 1940 Inactivated on 7 December 1941. Redesignated 10th Fighter Wing and activated on 1 October 1942 Inactivated on 1 May 1943 Disbanded on 1 December 1943 Assignments Southwest Air District (later 4th Air Force), 10 December 1940 – 1 May 1943. Stations Hamilton Field, California, 10 December 1940 – 1 May 1943 Components 20th Fighter Group, 18 December 1940 – 1 October 1941 35th Fighter Group, 9 December 1941 – 12 January 1942 References Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. 0-89201-092-4. US Army Air Force Units 1941-1945 External links 010 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1943