India in December 1943 and was tasked with a number of roles in support of a variety of allied forces. Another component, the US Fourteenth Air Force in China, was under the jurisdiction of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as China theater commander. Although the India-China Division of the AAF's Air Transport Command received its tonnage allocations from Stratemeyer as Stilwell's deputy, ICD reported directly to Headquarters ATC in Washington, D.C. In the spring of 1944, with the arrival of command B-29s in the theater, another factor would be added to air force operations. XX Bomber Command of the Twentieth Air Force was tasked with the strategic bombing of Japan under Operation Matterhorn, and reported directly to the JCS in Washington, D.C. However, XX Bomber Command remained totally dependent on Eastern Air Command for supplies, bases, ground staff, and infrastructure support. After a period of reshuffling, Eastern Air Command's air operations began to show results. In August 1944, Admiral Mountbatten noted in a press conference that EAC fighter missions had practically swept the Japanese air force from Burmese skies. Between the formation of SEAAC in November 1943, and the middle of August 1944, American and British forces operating in Burma destroyed or damaged more than 700 Japanese aircraft with a further 100 aircraft probably destroyed. This achievement considerably reduced dangers to Air Transport Command cargo planes flying in support of the Hump airlift operation. By May 1944, EAC resupply missions in support of the Allied ground offensive had carried 70,000 tons of supplies and transported a total of 93,000 men, including 25,500 casualties evacuated from the battle areas. These figures did not include tonnage flown in the Hump airlift missions to China. USAAF Order of Battle Tenth Air Force 1st Air Commando Group (1944–1945)Burma, India (B-25, P-51, P-47, C-47) 1st Combat Cargo Group (1944–1945)Burma, India, China (C-47, C-46). 2nd Air Commando Group (1944–1945)Burma, India (P-51, C-47) 3d Combat Cargo Group (1944–1945)Burma, India (C-47). 4th Combat Cargo Group (1944–1945)Burma, India (C-47, C-46). 7th Bombardment Group (1942–1945)India (B-17, B-24). 12th Bombardment Group (1944–1945)India (B-25). 33d Fighter Group (1944–1945)India (P-38, P-47) 80th Fighter Group (1943–1945)India, Burma (P-38, P-40, P-47) Transferred in 1944 to Fourteenth Air Force: 311th Fighter Group (1943–1944)India, Burma (A-36, P-51) 341st Bombardment Group (1943–1944)India, Burma (B-25) 443d Troop Carrier Group (1944–1945)India (C-47/C-53) 426th Night Fighter Squadron (1944) India (P-61) 427th Night Fighter Squadron (1944) India (P-61) Fourteenth Air Force 68th Composite Wing