late 1940s under Air Materiel Command. Among its forces was the Air Materiel Force, European Area, which was transferred from USAFE in on January 1, 1956. Air Materiel Force, European Area, at Chateauroux Air Depot, France, and Air Materiel Force, Pacific Area, at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, were of Numbered Air Force status. Often these formations supervised Air Depot Wings, for example the 75th Air Depot Wing which was based at Chinhae Air Base in South Korea during the Korean War. In 1950, research and development were split off into a separate formation, the Air Research and Development Command. From the early 1950s to 1962, the 3079th Aviation Depot Wing under AMC, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was a weapons of mass destruction unit of key strategic importance. It was active until 1962. In 1961, Air Materiel Command became the Air Force Logistics Command, while the Air Research and Development Command gained responsibility for weapon system acquisition and was renamed the Air Force Systems Command. Lineage Established as Army Air Forces Materiel and Services on July 14, 1944 Organized as a major command on July 17, 1944 Redesignated: Army Air Forces Technical Service Command on August 31, 1944 Redesignated: Air Technical Service Command on July 1, 1945 Redesignated: Air Materiel Command on March 9, 1946 Redesignated: Air Force Logistics Command on April 1, 1961 Inactivated on July 1, 1992 See also Cheli Air Force Station References Further reading Elliot V. Converse III, Rearming for the Cold War 1945–1960, Government Printing Office AMC's History Office published Materiel Research and Development in the Army Air Arm, 1914-1945 (November 1946) United States Army Air Force Commands Major commands of the United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Logistics units and formations of the United States Air Force Military units and formations established in 1946 Military units and formations disestablished in 1961