Continental Air Command was a Major Command of the United States Air Force responsible primarily for administering the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. During the Korean War, ConAC provided the necessary augmentation to the regular Air Force while it rebuilt itself under wartime conditions. Later, during the 1950s, it was a training force for reservists with no prior military service. ConAC provided peacetime airlift missions for the Air Force. It was mobilized twice in 1961 and 1962 by president Kennedy for the Berlin and Cuban Missile Crisis. Lastly, it was used by president Lyndon B. Johnson for airlift operations into the Dominican Republic and South Vietnam.
Mitchel Field was the original home of the Continental Air Command (CONAC). CONAC was established on 1 December 1948. Mitchel Field was the home of CONAC headquarters and remained so until April 1961. In 1961, Mitchel Field was deactivated and CONAC HQ was moved to Robins AFB GA where it remained until CONAC deactivated on 1 August 1968 and was replaced by the Air Force Reserve. At the outset, the Continental Air Command had jurisdiction over the Tactical Air Command and Air Defense Command and focused on tactical aviation, air defense, and the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve programs. In 1950, the Tactical Air Command became an independent organization. The Air Defense Command became an independent organization, in 1951. Beginning in February 1951, CONAC concentrated on administering the two reserve programs.
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Reserve Unit Structure of Continental Air Command (ConAC) 1950
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10 Mar 1951 94th BW, Light Fourteenth Air Force B-26 Invader Marietta AFB, Georgia Comment: Inactivated on 1 April 1951
10 Mar 1951 319th BW, Light Fourteenth Air Force B-26 Invader Philadelphia IAP, Pa Comment:Inactivated on 1 April 1951
10 Mar 1951 323rd BW, Light Fourteenth Air Force B-26 Invader Tinker AFB, Oklaholma Comment: Inactivated on 17 March 1951
17 Mar 1951 448th BW, Light Fourth Air Force B-26 Invader Long Beach MAP, Ca. Comment:Inactivated on 21 March 1951
10 Aug 1950 452nd BW, Tactical Fourth Air Force B-26 Invader Long Beach MAP, Ca. Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952* - Inactivated on 10 May 1952
1 May 1951 63rd TCW First Air Force C-47 Skytrain Floyd Bennet NAS, N.Y. Comment:Inactivated on 9 May 1951
1 May 1951 89th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Hanscom Apt, Mass. Comment: Inactivated on 10 May 1951
1 Apr 1951 349th TCW Fourth Air Force C-46 Commando Hamilton AFB, Ca. Comment:Inactivated on 2 April 1951
15 Oct 1950 375th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Pittsburgh, Pa. Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 10 May 1952
1 Apr 1951 403rd TCW Fourth Air Force C-46 Commando Portland MAP, Oregon Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 1 January 1953
1 May 1951 419th TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Scott AFB, Illinois Comment:Inactivated on 2 May 1951
1 Apr 1951 433rd TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Cleveland MAP, Ohio Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 14 July 1952
1 May 1951 434th TCW Tenth Air Force C-47 Skytrain Atterbury AFB, Indiana Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 11 February 1953
1 Mar 1951 435th TCW Fourteenth Air Force C-46 Commando Miami IAP, Florida Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 1 January 1953
1 Apr 1951 436th TCW First Air Force C-47 Skytrain Godman AFB, Kentucky Comment:Inactivated on 15 April 1951
10 Aug 1950 437th TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Chicago Orchard APT, Il Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 1 January 1953
10 Mar 1951 438th TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Offutt AFB, Nebraska Comment: Inactivated on 15 March 1951
1 Apr 1951 439th TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Selfridge AFB, Michigan Comment: Inactivated on 3 April 1951
1 May 1951 440th TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Wold-Chamberlain MAP, Mn Comment: Inactivated on 4 May 1951
10 Mar 1951 441st TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Chicago Orchard APT, Mn. Comment:Inactivated on 14 March 1951
10 Mar 1951 442rd TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Fairfax Field, Kansas Comment:Inactivated on 12 March 1951
1 May 1951 443rd TCW Fourteenth Air Force C-46 Commando Hensley Field, Texas Comment: Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 8 January 1953
15 Mar 1951 512th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Reading MAP, Pa. Comment:Inactivated on 1 April 1951
1 May 1951 514th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Birmingham MAP, Alabama Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 1 February 1953
15 Apr 1951 516th TCW Fourteenth Air Force C-46 Commando Memphis MAP, Tennessee Comment:Combat in Korea 10 Dec 1950- 10 May 1952 - Inactivated on 16 January 1953 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of the Unit is Based on Wingman Profile date of assignments, by Wiki and other Sources. ------------------------------------------------------------ Inquires for this Unit. please email to dwithers4@airforce.togetherweserved.com. Doug Withers, TWS Historian. This page was last modified on 16 March 2014
