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== Lineage ==

* Constituted as the '''3rd Air Support Command''' on 21 August 1941<ref group=note>Maurer indicates unit was constituted as the "III" Air Support Command. However, the unit was constituted and activated with an [[arabic number]] in its name. The use of [[roman numeral]]s to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942. {{cite web |url= httphttps://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433913/types-of-usaf-organizations/ |title=Air Force Historical Research Agency Organizational Reconds: Types of USAF Organizations|date=9 January 2008|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

: Activated on 1 September 1941

: Disbanded on 16 March 1942<ref name=MaurerIIIASC/>

===Assignments===

* 3rd Air Force, 1 September 1941 – 16 March 1942<ref name=MaurerIIIASC/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433565/third-air-force-usafe/ |last1=Haulman|first1=Daniel L.|title=Factsheet Third Air Force (USAFE)|date=4 April 2019|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref>

===Components===

* [[3rd Bombardment Group]], 1 September – 8 December 1941; 2 January – February 1942<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434142/3-operations-group-pacaf/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 3 Operations Group (PACAF)|date=26 June 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>

* [[27th Bombardment Group]], 1 September – c. 20 November 1941.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1913364/27-special-operations-group-afsoc/ |last1=Haulman|first1=Daniel L.|title=Factsheet 27 Special Operations Group (AFSOC)|date=23 July 2019|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

* [[67th Observation Group]], 1 September 1941 – [16] March 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url= httpshttp://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432383/67-cyberspace-operations-group-afspc/acc |last1=Ream|first1=Margaret|title=Factsheet 67 Cyberspace Operations Group (AFSPC)|date=21 March 2021|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

* [[68th Observation Group]], 1 September 1941 – [16] March 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433415/53-electronic-warfare-group-acc/ |last1=Stephens|first1=Maj Tonia|title=Factsheet 53 Electronic Warfare Group (ACC)|date=19 June 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

* [[85th Bombardment Group]], 10 February - 16 March 1942<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433508/85-group/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 85 Group|date=29 September 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

* [[312th Bombardment Group]], 15-16 March 1942<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434012/312-aeronautical-systems-group-afmc/ |last1=Bailey|first1=Carl E.|title=Factsheet 312 Aeronautical Systems Group (AFMC|date=27 December 2007|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

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===Bibliography===

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* {{cite book|last1=Cate|first1=James L. |last2=Williams|first2=E. Kathleen |editor=Craven, Wesley F |editor2=Cate, James L|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Nov/05/2001329898/-1/-1/0/AFD-101105-005.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170218064307/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Nov/05/2001329898/-1/-1/0/AFD-101105-005.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 February 2017 |access-date=17 December 2016| title=The Army Air Forces in World War II|volume=I, Plans and Early Operations|year=1948|publisher=University of Chicago Press|___location=Chicago, IL|oclc=704158|lccn=48003657|chapter=Prelude to War, Chapter 4, The Air Corps Prepares for War, 1939-41}}

* {{cite web |url= https://www.afhradafhistory.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/1-50/AFD-090602-049.pdf |last1=Futrell|first1=Robert F.|title=Command of Observation Aviation: A Study in Control of Tactical Airpower, USAF Historical Study No. 24|date=September 1956|publisher=Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University |access-date=23 January 2022}}

* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210115181723/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 January 2021 |edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|___location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}

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