Pacific Sweep The 5th and 13th Fighter Commands in World War II

New York: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends have some beginning edge wear and bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and rubbed spots. "The V Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Fifth Air Force, based at Fukuoka AB, Japan. It was inactivated on 31 May 1946. During World War II the unit initially controlled fighter units in the Northwestern United States. In 1942, V Fighter Command became the primary command and control organization for Fifth Air Force, fighter units operating primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater. Its assigned units participated in aerial combat in the Fifth Air Force Area of Responsibility (AOR) flying cover missions for convoys, patrols, escorted bombers, attacked enemy airfields, and supported ground forces. Afterward, served with the occupation force in Japan before being inactivated in 1946. " (from Wikipedia) .