Tactical Air Command
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![1946 USAAF Tactical Air Command shoulder patch](/Images/godic/202502/14/TAC-1946-shoulder-patch0551.png")
![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.](/Images/godic/202502/14/F-84g-dow-19480551.jpg")
![North American F-51D-30-NA Mustangs from the 82nd Fighter Group (CONAC), Grenier AFB, New Hampshire, 1949. Shown are](/Images/godic/202502/14/P-51-Grenier-19490551.jpg")
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).