Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992 and its personnel and equipment absorbed by Air Combat Command (ACC).
Republic F-84B-21-RE Thunderjets of the 14th Fighter Group, Dow AFB, Maine, 1948. Visible AF serial numbers are 46–0548, 46–0535 and 46-0581.
F-80s and F-47s of the 36th Fighter and 86th Composite Groups over Germany, 1948.
Lockheed RF-80A-15-LO Shooting Star, AF Ser. No. 44-85260, of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group.
Fairchild C-119B Flying Boxcar, AF Ser. No 48-352, of the 314th Troop Carrier Group.
Langley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Hampton, Virginia, adjacent to Newport News. It was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the entry of the United States into World War I in April 1917.
Langley Air Force Base as seen from over Chesapeake Bay
Langley Field in 1920
YB-17 Flying Fortress bomber crew receiving instructions at Langley, May 1942
94th Fighter Squadron F-22As approaching Langley Air Force Base
