Los Angeles Fighter Wing
Active	1942–1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army  United States Air Force[note 1]
Role	Command and training offighter units
Engagements	World War II

TheLos Angeles Fighter Wing was a unit of theUnited States Army Air Forces. Thewing providedair defense of southern California and trainedfighter units and pilots. It was stationed atLos Angeles, California, where it was disbanded on 7 June 1944.

Along the Pacific coast,Western Defense Command established a "vital air defense zone", extending from the coast approximately 150 miles (240 km) inland and 200 miles (320 km) to sea.^[1] To carry out this mission,Fourth Air Force organized regional air defense wings in August 1942.^[2][3] TheLos Angeles Air Defense Wing was organized to provide air defense for theLos Angeles area and train fighter groups and pilots.^[4]

TheArmy Air Forces later found that standard military units like thewing, whose manning was based on relatively inflexibletables of organization were not well adapted to the training mission, even more so to the replacement mission. Accordingly, theArmy Air Forces adopted a more functional system in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit, with similar flexible units established for headquarters.^[5]

In this reorganization, the wing's headquarters squadron was replaced by the 410th AAF Base Unit (Fighter Wing) on 1 April 1944. The wing itself was disbanded on 7 July 1944,^[4] and the 410th was redescribed as the 410th AAF Base Unit (Air Defense Region). In 1946, it became the 410th AAF Base Unit (Los Angeles Control Group), and was discontinued on 1 January 1947.

• Constituted as theLos Angeles Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942

Activated on 11 August 1942

RedesignatedLos Angeles Fighter Wing c. 2 July 1943

Disbanded 7 June 1944^[4]

• IV Fighter Command, 11 August 1942
• Fourth Air Force, 31 March – 7 June 1944^[4]

• Los Angeles, California, 11 August 1942 – 7 June 1944^[4]

Explanatory notes

Citations

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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• Goss, William A. (1955). "The Organization and its Responsibilities, Chapter 2 The AAF". In Craven, Wesley F.; Cate, James L. (eds.).The Army Air Forces in World War II(PDF). Vol. VI, Men & Planes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.LCCN 48003657.OCLC 704158. Retrieved17 December 2016.
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• White, Jerry (August 1949)."Combat Crew and Unit Training in the AAF 1939-1945, USAF Historical Study No. 61"(PDF). Air Historical Office, United States Air Force. Retrieved30 January 2022.

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