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III Fighter Command
P-51 Mustang of the command's 42d Fighter Squadron at Hillsborough Army Air Field in 1944[note 1]
Active1941-1946
CountryIII Fighter Command United States
BranchIII Fighter Command United States Army
III Fighter Command United States Air Force
RoleCommand and training of fighter units
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Clarence L. Tinker
Ralph Royce

The III Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.
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