Tactical Air Command

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former military organization major command of the United States Air Force

Tactical Air Command was a major United States Air Force command responsible for organizing, training, and equipping tactical fighter and attack forces during much of the Cold War.

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Label Occurrences
Tactical Air Command canonical 10
USAF Tactical Air Command 4
Tactical Air Command (assumed some functions) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former military organization ⓘ
major command of the United States Air Force ⓘ
abbreviation TAC NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1992-06-01 ⓘ
follows Army Air Forces Tactical Air Command (World War II lineage) NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Langley Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainTask equipping tactical air forces ⓘ
organizing tactical air forces ⓘ
providing air defense ⓘ
providing air interdiction ⓘ
providing close air support ⓘ
providing tactical airlift (at various times) ⓘ
providing tactical reconnaissance ⓘ
tactical air operations ⓘ
training tactical air forces ⓘ
hasMotto Vigilance for Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOperationalArea Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific region ⓘ
continental United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfUnit air refueling unit (at various times) ⓘ
tactical air control unit ⓘ
tactical fighter group ⓘ
tactical fighter wing ⓘ
tactical reconnaissance wing ⓘ
headquartersLocation Hampton, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Langley Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1946-03-21 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
nickname TAC NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander Gen. Gabriel P. Disosway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gen. John M. Loh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gen. Otto P. Weyland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gen. Robert J. Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gen. Wilbur L. Creech NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Air Combat Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAircraft A-10 Thunderbolt II NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-100 Super Sabre NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-105 Thunderchief NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-111 Aardvark NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-15 Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-16 Fighting Falcon NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-4 Phantom II NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-5 Freedom Fighter NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-84 Thunderjet NERFINISHED ⓘ
F-86 Sabre NERFINISHED ⓘ
KC-135 Stratotanker (in support roles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
OV-10 Bronco NERFINISHED ⓘ
RF-4 Phantom II NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Air Combat Command → replaces → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
Red Flag exercises → developedBy → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
McCoy Air Force Base (code MCO) → usedBy → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
subject surface form: McCoy Air Force Base
TR-1A → serviceBranch → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAF Tactical Air Command
33rd Fighter Wing → commandStructure → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tactical Air Command (historical)
Continental Air Command → followedBy → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tactical Air Command (assumed some functions)
Air Defense Command → followedBy → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
Advanced Medium STOL Transport program → customer → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II → enteredServiceWith → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAF Tactical Air Command
27th Fighter Wing → previousCommandStructure → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
Century Series fighters → primaryUser → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAF Tactical Air Command
AC-119K Stinger → usedBy → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
Convair F-106 Delta Dart → primaryUser → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
RF-101A → usedBy → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
RF-101C → serviceBranch → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAF Tactical Air Command
21st Tactical Fighter Wing → partOf → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron → role → Tactical Air Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: tactical air command