List of former unified combatant commands
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Since the first Unified Command Plan was approved on 14 December 1946, several unified and specified (see JP 1-02, p. 222) combatant commands have been established and disestablished.[1] Some of the commands existed before they were officially established as unified or specified commands, or continued to exist after they were disestablished as such.
| Emblem | Command | Acronym | Type | Established | Disestablished | Comments |
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Strategic Air Command | SAC | Specified | 1946-12-14 | 1992-05-31 | Replaced by United States Strategic Command, which also took over its command facilities at Offutt AFB, NB. |
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Alaskan Command | ALCOM | Unified | 1947-01-01 | 1975-06-30 | Became a subunified command under U.S. Pacific Command; subsequently a subunified command under U.S. Northern Command |
| Far East Command | FECOM | Unified | 1947-01-01 | 1957-07-01 | Duties assumed by United States Pacific Command | |
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Caribbean Command | CARIBCOM | Unified | 1947-11-01 | 1963-06-06 | Replaced by USSOUTHCOM |
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U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean | NELM | Specified | 1947-11-01 | 1963-12-01 | Became part of USEUCOM as its USN component and renamed United States Naval Forces Europe. |
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Atlantic Command | LANTCOM | Unified | 1947-12-01 | 1999-09-31 | Replaced by United States Joint Forces Command |
| Northeastern Command | USNEC | Unified | 1950-10-01 | 1956-09-01 | Most functions assumed by Northeast Air Command.[2] | |
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United States Air Forces in Europe | USAFE | Specified | 1951-01-22 | 1956-07-01 | Became part of USEUCOM as its USAF component command; still remains a USAF major command (MAJCOM) |
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Continental Air Defense Command | CONAD | Unified | 1954-09-01 | 1975-06-30 | Replaced by ADCOM |
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Strike Command | USSTRICCOM | Unified | 1962-01-01 | 1971-12-31 | Reorganized as United States Readiness Command |
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Aerospace Defense Command | ADCOM | Specified | 1975-07-01 | 1979-10-01 | Duties assumed by Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC); responsibilities now rest with First Air Force. |
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Readiness Command | USREDCOM | Unified | 1972-01-01 | 1987-04-15 | |
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Military Airlift Command | MAC | Specified | 1977-02-01 | 1987-07-01 | Duties as a specified command assumed by USTRANSCOM; later replaced as a USAF major command (MAJCOM) by Air Mobility Command in 1992 |
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U.S. Space Command | USSPACECOM | Unified | 1985-09-23 | 2002-10-01 | Merged with US Strategic Command to form a new US Strategic Command. A second Space Command, separate from the first incarnation, was established 29 August 2019. |
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U.S. Strategic Command | USSTRATCOM | Unified | 1992-06-01 | 2002-10-01 | Merged with US Space Command to form a new US Strategic Command. |
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Joint Forces Command | USJFCOM | Unified | 1999-10-01 | 2011-09-03 | Duties assumed by the Joint Staff and various other combatant commands |
References
[edit]- ^ JCS (1977), p. 38
- ^ "History of the Unified Command Plan, 1946–1977" (PDF). 20 December 1977. pp. 15, 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2020.