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This is a history of the USAF Office of Special Investigations covering 19 July 1948 to 30 June 1950, prepared for the Inspector General on 22 November 1950 and released with redactions by AFOSI under FOIA in December 2010. It describes how OSI was set up under Brigadier General Joseph F. Carroll to bring the Air Force's criminal, counterintelligence and procurement fraud investigations under one command. It also covers the 25 district offices, the headquarters divisions and the investigative procedures. The text does not discuss UFOs.
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1. Tbe Office of 8'pedal Inveei.igations, The Inspector General, USAF, was rounded tor the purpoee of pro'rlding a com.�ent., eent.ral direeted aii;ency tr; conduc.t all inYestigations conaeming tJuJ integrity or aecur.l.t,:r of the United States Air Forco and t.he ca:duct or loyalt7 of its per&Ollnel. This organisation, through its et.Nctare and 'P ced'ar-e, combined three (,3) pl"e'ri.oue]Jt separate phases ot in...-est.i,: t.ive e.f'tort: crlll'inal.1 countet"-intelligence, and fraud �nd other crhdna1 irre�larit.ies in procurement. matters. 2. Prior to the inception ot the llrtfce of Special ln"f'8stiptions, the investigative activities of the Air Force we-re scattered among :1naral 'branches or the Air force. The purpose ot the Office at Special Inwatiga.i.ions wa& to consolidate all of theee scattered investigative activitieo :1.Dto one centr�-direeted unit which would tuoc:tio.n as the only inwstigative orgtmi7.e.tion within tbe Air Force. To this end., the Air Force Count.er Intelligence Corpr,, toe Air Force Cr.:lm1nal IllVEmt1gations Divi:tdon, and other .A:i.r 1orce in.Yeat.ig,ariTfJ e1-.en1;e were disbanded ud \heir actirlties mer&ad 'Within the Office ot Special I,n,estig-�tioms. 3. lJader tht! le"ld:eri,ld:p mnd guidance or Brigadier General Ca1TOll• the OOI eoneolid&t� the -n.rl� Air Force investigative elet!lellte on a na.t3.oo.wide basis. Three OSI P.egional ,ot'fiees locatl',d et. I.angle,. AFB, Virginia., f.elly AFR, 'l"exntJ:, r;1nd San Bemadino,. C.tlif�mia, were orga,-,jsed for t.he purpoee of assisting the Director OSI in wel.ding t.he orga.nisat..ional a
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