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72nd Fighter Wing information


72d Fighter Wing
Active1943–1946
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
TypeFighter
RoleCommand and control of Fighter Operational and Replacement Training Units

The 72d Fighter Wing was a wing of the United States Army Air Forces. It was assigned to Second Air Force, stationed at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado. It was inactivated on 9 April 1946.[1]

  1. ^ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 406. ISBN 0-912799-02-1.

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