attack on 7 December 1941. The 1941 Flightline, hangars and barracks survive today. Casualties at Wheeler totaled 33 killed and 75 wounded. Of the 233 aircraft assigned to the Hawaiian Air Force, 146 were in commission before the attack; afterward, only 83 were in commission (including 27 P-40s) and 76 had been totally destroyed. During World War II as part of the US Army Air Forces and until 1949 as part of the newly established United States Air Force, Wheeler was assigned to the Seventh Air Force (former Hawaiian Air Force) and successor commands. World War II USAAF units assigned 7th Fighter Wing, 18 November 1946 – 1 May 1948 15th Fighter Group, 1 February – 15 October 1946 30th Bombardment Group, 1 March – 29 September 1945; 1 February – 25 January 1946 41st Bombardment Group, 14 October 1944 – 7 June 1945 81st Fighter Group, 15 October 1946 – 21 May 1949 6th Pursuit Squadron, 11 January 1927 – 30 August 1942; 2 October 1945 – 31 May 1946 19th Pursuit Squadron, 1 May 1923 – 15 January 1924; 11 January 1927 – 20 February 1942 26th Attack (later Bombardment) Squadron, 1 September 1930 – 1 February 1940; 20 December 1941 – 19 July 1942; 11 May – 11 November 1943 27th Bombardment Squadron, 23 May – 25 September 1945 38th Bombardment Squadron, 17 March – 21 September 1945 86th Observation Squadron, 1 February 1940 – 15 March 1941; 17 August 1942 – 28 June 1944 Re-designated: 43d Reconnaissance Squadron, 22–28 February 1946 44th Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron, 12–27 December 1941; 25 January – 23 June 1942 44th Troop Carrier Squadron, 29 September 1945 – 25 March 1946 45th Troop Carrier Squadron, 29 September – 20 December 1945 46th Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadron, 1 December 1940 – 6 February 1942; 17 February – 13 October 1944 47th Bombardment Squadron, 5 November 1944 – 7 June 1945 47th Fighter Squadron, 9 February – 16 October 1946 48th Bombardment Squadron, 14 October 1944 – 20 May 1945 72d Fighter Squadron, 21 October – 18 December 1943 78th Pursuit (Later Fighter) Squadron, 1 February 1940 – 9 December 1941; 9 February – 15 October 1946 91st Fighter Squadron, 15 October 1946 – 21 May 1949 92d Fighter Squadron, 15 October 1946 – 21 May 1949 93d Fighter Squadron, 15 October 1946 – 21 May 1949 321st Bombardment Squadron, 12 September –