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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Air Force Reserve of Continental Air Command (ConAC) 1955
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26 May 1952 94th TRW First Air Force RB/B-26 Invader Dobbins AFB, Georgia
26 May 1952 94th BW Wing, Tact First Air Force RB/B-26 Invader Scott AFB, Illinois
6 Jun 1952 452nd TRW Fourth Air Force RB/B-26 Invader 6 Jun 1952 452nd BW, Tact Long Beach Airport, California
14 Jun 1952 89th FBW First Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Hanscom Field, Mass. F-84E Thunderjet Comment:Inactivated 16 November 1957
18 May 1955 319th FBW Fourteenth Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Memphis IAP, Tennessee F-84E Thunderjet Comment:Inactivated 16 November 1957
13 June 1952 349th FBW Fourth Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Hamilton AFB, California F-84E Thunderjet Comment: Re-designated 349th TCW on 1 September 1957
15 June 1952 438th FBW Tenth Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Billy Mitchell Field, Wisconsin F-84E Thunderjet Commenty:Inactivated 16 November 1957[1]
15 June 1952 439th FBW Tenth Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Selfridge AFB, Michigan F-84E Thunderje Comment:Inactivated 16 November 1957[1]
15 June 1952 440th FBW Tenth Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Minneapolis-St Paul IAP, Minnesota F-84E Thunderjet
24 June 1952 445th FBW First Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Niagara Falls MAP, New York F-84E Thunderjet
12 April 1955 448th FBW Fourteenth Air Force F-80C Shooting Star NAS Dallas/Hensley Field, Texas F-84E Thunderjet Comment: Inactivated 16 November 1957
18 May 1955 482d FBW Fourteenth Air Force F-80C Shooting Star Dobbins AFB, Georgia F-84E Thunderjet Comment: Inactivated 16 November 1957
14 June 1952 302d TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Clinton County AFB, Ohio
14 July 1952 375th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pennsylvania
1 January 1953 403d TCW Fourth Air Force C-46 Commando Portland IAP, Oregon
18 May 1955 433d TCW Fourteenth Air Force C-46 Commando Brooks AFB, Texas
1 Feb 1953 434th TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Atterbury AFB, Indiana
1 Dec 1952 434th TCW Fourteenth Air Force C-46 Commando Miami IAP, Florida
18 May 1955 436th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando NAS Floyd Bennett Field, New York Comment:Inactivated 15 May 1958
15 June 1952 437th TCWTenth Air Force C-46 Commando O�??Hare IAP, Illinois Comment: Inactivated 16 November 1957
15 June 1952 442d TCW Tenth Air Force C-46 Commando Grandview AFB, Missouri
25 May 1955 446th TCW Fourteenth Air Force C-46 Commando Ellington AFB, Texas
26 Jan 1955 459th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando Andrews AFB, Maryland
14 June 1952 512th TCW First Air Force C-46 Commando New Castle County Airport, Delaware
1 April 1953 514th TCW First Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar Mitchel AFB, New York
