The San Diego Fighter Wing is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. The wing provided air defense of southern California and trained fighter units and pilots. It was stationed at San Diego, California, where it was disbanded on 7 June 1944.
History Along the Pacific coast, Western Defense Command established a "vital air defense zone", extending from the coast approximately inland and to sea.Goss, p. 296, map, p. 297 To carry out this mission, Fourth Air Force organized regional air defense wings in August 1942.Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 426-430; Goss, p. 296White, p. 38 Only one squadron of Army Air Forces fighters were attached to the wing, with most tactical elements drawn from the Navy.Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 428-429
Lineage Constituted as the San Diego Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942 Activated on 11 August 1942 Redesignated San Diego Fighter Wing in July 1943 Disbanded on 7 June 1944
Assignments IV Fighter Command, 11 August 1942 Fourth Air Force, 31 March 1944 – 7 June 1944
Stations San Diego, California, 20 August 1942 – 7 June 1944
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