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Established as Panama Canal Air Force on October 19, 1940. Activated as a major command on November 20, 1940. Redesignated Caribbean Air Force on August 5, 1941; 6th Air Force on September 18, 1942; Caribbean Air Command on July 31, 1946; United States Air Forces Southern Command on July 8, 1963. Inactivated on January 1, 1976.


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