Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (USAFPOA), a command to incorporate both USAFICPA and USAFISPA, with Harmon under Richardson as Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (AAFPOA). Harmon was finally made responsible to Nimitz for all matters regarding 'plans, operations, training, and dispositions' of his forces. In addition, as deputy commander of the Twentieth Air Force, Harmon was made responsible directly to Arnold in all matters affecting elements of the Twentieth Air Force in POA. Activation of Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas at Hickam Field followed on 1 August 1944. The Seventh Air Force, formerly the senior command, was made "mobile and tactichi" on 15 August by the reassignment of 112 units of various types to AAFPOA. The VII Air Force Service Command, its former administrative functions having been assumed by Breene as AAFPOA deputy commander for administration, was transferred to ASC/AAFPOA, where it lost its identity as an operating agency. The Seventh Air Force was left only VII Bomber Command and VII Fighter Command. The other AAFPOA operating forces were XXI Bomber Command and the Hawaiian Air Defense Wing(?) (probable source misprint for 7th Fighter Wing). In preparation for the support of VHB units, the Hawaiian Air Depot was expanded and assigned directly to AAFPOA. For the forward or combat area, plans were laid for a Guam Air Depot (later, Harmon Air Force Base), which was established in November. Allied air forces included units of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Commanders Commanders, South Pacific Area Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley (19 June–18 October 1942) Vice Adm./Adm. William Halsey, Jr. (18 October 1942 – 15 June 1944) Vice Adm. John H. Newton (15 June 1944 – 13 March 1945) Vice Admiral William L. Calhoun (13 March–2 September 1945) Commanders, North Pacific Area Rear Adm. Robert A. Theobald (17 May 1942 – 4 January 1943) Rear Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid (4 January–11 October 1943) Vice Adm. Frank J. Fletcher (11 October 1943 – 2 September 1945) See also United States Navy in World War II US Naval Advance Bases References Citations Sources External links Strategy and Command: The First Two Years The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Appendix I Allied commands of World War II Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations disestablished in the 1940s