Components of VI Fighter Command and XXXVI Fighter Command are unknown and not listed here
Constituted as Panama Canal AF on 19 Oct 1940. Activated in
the Canal Zone on 20 Nov 1940. Redesignated Caribbean AF in Aug 1941, and Sixth
AF in Feb 1942. Served primarily in defense of the Panama Canal; also engaged in
antisubmarine operations. Redesignated Caribbean Air Command on 31 Jul 1946.
Commands. VI Bomber: 1941-1946. VI Fighter: 1941-1942. XXVI Fighter: 1942-1946.
XXXVI Fighter: 1942.
Stations. Albrook Field, CZ, 20 Nov 1940-.
Commanders. Maj Gen Frank M Andrews, 6 Dec 1940; Maj Gen Davenport Johnson, 19
Sep 1941; Maj Gen Hubert R Harmon, 23 Nov 1942; Brig Gen Ralph H Wooten, 8 Nov
1943; Brig Gen Edgar P Sorensen, 16 May 1944; Maj Gen William O Butler, 21 Sep
1944; Brig Gen Earl H De Ford, 24 Jul 1945; Maj Gen Hubert R Harmon, 1 Feb 1946;
Brig Gen Glen C Jamison, 4 Oct 1947; Maj Gen Willis H Hale, 13 Nov 1947; Brig
Gen Rosenham Beam, 20 Oct 1949; Brig Gcn Emil C Kiel, 15 Nov 1950; Maj Gen
Reuben C Hood Jr, 11 Jun 1953-.
Campaigns. Antisubmarine, American Theater.
Decorations. None.
Insigne. On a blue hexagon, a white star charged with a red disc partially over
a pair of golden orange wings below a galleon in full sail, golden orange.
(Approved 16 Jul 1943.)