List of former unified combatant commands information
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Since the first Unified Command Plan was approved on 14 December 1946, several unified and specified (see JP 1-02, p. 222) combatant commands have been established and disestablished.[1] Some of the commands existed before they were officially established as unified or specified commands, or continued to exist after they were disestablished as such.
Emblem
Command
Acronym
Type
Established
Disestablished
Comments
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Specified
1946-12-14
1992-05-31
Replaced by United States Strategic Command, which also took over its command facilities at Offutt AFB, NB.
Alaskan Command
ALCOM
Unified
1947-01-01
1975-06-30
Became a subunified command under U.S. Pacific Command; subsequently a subunified command under U.S. Northern Command
Far East Command
FECOM
Unified
1947-01-01
1957-07-01
Duties assumed by United States Pacific Command
Caribbean Command
CARIBCOM
Unified
1947-11-01
1963-06-06
Replaced by USSOUTHCOM
U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
NELM
Specified
1947-11-01
1963-12-01
Became part of USEUCOM as its USN component and renamed United States Naval Forces Europe.
Atlantic Command
LANTCOM
Unified
1947-12-01
1999-09-31
Replaced by United States Joint Forces Command
Northeastern Command
USNEC
Unified
1950-10-01
1956-09-01
Most functions assumed by Northeast Air Command.[2]
United States Air Forces in Europe
USAFE
Specified
1951-01-22
1956-07-01
Became part of USEUCOM as its USAF component command; still remains a USAF major command (MAJCOM)
Continental Air Defense Command
CONAD
Unified
1954-09-01
1975-06-30
Replaced by ADCOM
Strike Command
USSTRICCOM
Unified
1962-01-01
1971-12-31
Reorganized as United States Readiness Command
Aerospace Defense Command
ADCOM
Specified
1975-07-01
1979-10-01
Duties assumed by Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC); responsibilities now rest with First Air Force.
Readiness Command
USREDCOM
Unified
1972-01-01
1987-04-15
Military Airlift Command
MAC
Specified
1977-02-01
1987-07-01
Duties as a specified command assumed by USTRANSCOM; later replaced as a USAF major command (MAJCOM) by Air Mobility Command in 1992
U.S. Space Command
USSPACECOM
Unified
1985-09-23
2002-10-01
Merged with US Strategic Command to form a new US Strategic Command. A second Space Command, separate from the first incarnation, was established 29 August 2019.
U.S. Strategic Command
USSTRATCOM
Unified
1992-06-01
2002-10-01
Merged with US Space Command to form a new US Strategic Command.
Joint Forces Command
USJFCOM
Unified
1999-10-01
2011-09-03
Duties assumed by the Joint Staff and various other combatant commands
^JCS (1977), p. 38
^"History of the Unified Command Plan, 1946–1977" (PDF). 20 December 1977. pp. 15, 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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