P-51 Mustang of the command's 42d Fighter Squadron at Hillsborough Army Air Field in 1944[note 1]
Active
1941-1946
Country
United States
Branch
United States Army United States Air Force
Role
Command and training of fighter units
Commanders
Notable commanders
Clarence L. Tinker Ralph Royce
Military unit
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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