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The '''III Air Support Command''' was a [[United States Army Air Forces]] formation. Its last assignment was with [[Third Air Force]] stationed at [[Drew Field]], [[Florida]]. It was inactivated on 16 March 1942.

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===Lineage===

* Constituted as the '''III3rd Air Support Command''' on 21 August 1941<ref group=note>Maurer indicates unit was constituted as the "III" Air Support Command. However the use of [[roman numeral]]s to designate Army Air Forces combat commands did not begin until September 1942.</ref>

: Activated on 1 September 1941.

: Disbanded on 16 March 1942<ref name=MaurerIIIASC>Maurer, p. 439</ref>

===Assignments===

* [[Third Air Force]], 1 September 1941 – 16 March 1942<ref name=MaurerIIIASC/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433194/first-air-force-air-forces-northern-acc/ |last1=Haulman|first1=Daniel L.|title=Factsheet Third Air Force (USAFE)|date=April 4, 2019|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref>

* [[Third Air Force]], 1 September 1941 – 16 March 1942

===Components===

* Various observation and light bombardment organizations

* [[416th Air Expeditionary Group|416th Bombardment Group (Light)]]

===Stations===

* [[Hunter Army Airfield|Savannah AABArmy Air Base]], [[Georgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]], 1 September 1941

* [[Drew Field]], [[Florida]], 1–16 March 1942<ref name=MaurerIIIASC/>

==References==

===Notes===

; Explanatory notes

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; Citations

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===Bibliography===

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

{{Reflist}}

* {{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 |edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|___location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}

==External links==

{{USAAF 3d Air Force World War II}}