▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁My ron ▁R . ▁Wood ▁succeeded ▁General ▁Miller ▁as ▁commander ▁of ▁the ▁IX ▁AF SC . ▁In ▁mid - Nov ember , ▁the ▁service ▁command ▁headquarters ▁moved ▁into ▁newly ▁constructed ▁qu arters ▁across ▁from ▁the ▁As cot ▁race ▁course , ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁N inth ▁Air ▁Force ▁headquarters ▁at ▁Sun ning hill ▁Park . ▁ ▁The ▁project ed ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁N inth ▁Air ▁Force ▁and ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁its ▁operations ▁clearly ▁required ▁a ▁large ▁and ▁mobile ▁service ▁command . ▁The ▁service ▁command , ▁in ▁turn , ▁recognized ▁early ▁that ▁its ▁own ▁size ▁and ▁wide - fl ung ▁operations ▁made ▁decent ral ization ▁of ▁its ▁organization ▁des irable . ▁According ly , ▁borrow ing ▁from ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁VIII ▁AF SC , ▁in ▁October ▁it ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁base ▁air ▁dep ot ▁area ▁( B AD A ) ▁and ▁an ▁advanced ▁air ▁dep ot ▁area ▁( A AD A ) ▁which ▁were ▁areas ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁function ▁rather ▁than ▁ge ography . ▁The ▁base ▁air ▁dep ot ▁area ▁was ▁intended ▁primarily ▁for ▁supply ▁and ▁aircraft ▁assembly ▁functions . ▁For ▁a ▁time , ▁B AD A ▁was ▁located ▁at ▁Constitution ▁Hill , ▁Sud bury , ▁in ▁Su ff olk . ▁In ▁December ▁the ▁IX ▁AF SC ▁divided ▁the ▁advanced ▁air ▁dep ot ▁area ▁into ▁a ▁ 1 st ▁and ▁ 2 d ▁A AD A . ▁This ▁further ▁decent ral ization ▁of ▁the ▁command ▁was ▁pur port edly ▁in ▁prepar ation ▁for ▁the ▁move ▁to ▁the ▁continent , ▁where ▁mobile