<P> One of the four original numbered air forces , First Air Force was activated as the Northeast Air District of the GHQ Air Force on 18 December 1940 , at Mitchel Field , Long Island , New York . It was redesignated First Air Force on 9 April 1941 with a mission for the defense of the Northeast and Great Lakes regions of the United States . </P>
<P> One of the four original numbered air forces , First Air Force was activated as the Northeast Air District of the GHQ Air Force on 18 December 1940 , at Mitchel Field , Long Island , New York . It was redesignated First Air Force on 9 April 1941 with a mission for the defense of the Northeast and Great Lakes regions of the United States . </P>
where was the first air force base located
where was the first air force base located
Mitchel Field , Long Island , New York
Mitchel Field , Long Island , New York