Theater of Operations, United States Army, 3 November 1943 United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (later, United States Air Forces in Europe), 22 February 1944 – 2 December 1945 Tactical Air Command, 28 March 1946 Continental Air Command, 1 December 1948 Tactical Air Command, 1 December 1950 Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 – present Stations Bowman Field, Kentucky, 1 September 1941 New Orleans Army Air Base, Louisiana, 24 January 1942 Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., 22 July – October 1942 Cairo, Egypt, 12 November 1942 – October 1943 Sunninghill Park, Berkshire, England, November 1943 – September 1944 Chantilly, France, 15 September 1944 Bad Kissingen, Germany, 6 June – 2 December 1945 Biggs Field, Texas, 28 March 1946 Greenville Army Air Base (later Greenville Air Force Base), South Carolina, 31 October 1946 Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 14 February 1949 Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 1 August 1950 Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 20 August 1954 – 5 Aug 2009 Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, 5 August 2009 – 20 August 2020 Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 20 August 2020 – present Major components World War II Units Commands IX Air Defense Command: 1 July 1944 – 28 November 1945 IX Bomber Command: 24 July 1942 – 20 November 1943 IX Engineer Command: 1 July 1944 – 2 December 1945 IX Troop Carrier Command: 16 October 1943 – 1 November 1944 IX Fighter Command: 23 December 1942 – 16 November 1945 IX Air Support (later, IX Tactical Air) Command): 4 December 1943 – 17 August 1945 XIX Air Support (later, XIX Tactical Air Command): 4 January 1944 – 20 November 1945 XXIX Air Support (later, XXIX Tactical Air) Command: 30 November 1943 – 3 October 1945 Groups 12th Bombardment Group: 21 January 1941 – 18 April 1942, 16 August 1942 – 22 August 1943 36th Fighter Group: 4 April-1 October 1944 366th Fighter Group: 8 January-15 February 1944 67th Observation Group, 29 March 1942 – 15 May 1942 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group: 20 November – 11 December 1945 Squadrons 12th Observation Squadron: 21 January – 29 March 1942 15th Bombardment Squadron: 14 October 1941 – unknown 425th Night Fighter Squadron: 23 May – 10 June 1944; 7 July – 9 September 1945 USAF Air Divisions 12th Air Division: 23 February – 27 June 1949 19th Air Division (formerly, 19 Bombardment Wing; IX Bomber Command; 9 Bombardment Division;