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USAF OSI History 1948-1950

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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.

framework or the OSI into a har,oganeO'lla st.ru cture . These regional
offices headed by OSI Ju.,gioneJ. Directors were statt components. of the
regional In.speetors General. ot't'iees .. The prL1e:ip&l tunct.1.on of these
CSI Regional Directors va.s to conduct periodic :1.nspectioos or the
:0:S.tJt.rict. Offices located within their respect1'9'9 regians. OST Regional.
bo1mdarles coincided. with t.he Ins:r;ector Genera.1 regional boundaries as
designated by The Inspeet.o:r Cel'le:.MU., USAF.
4-. The Director ot the O:ttice ot Specia.1 Imestigations, an o:tticer
of an approfl!"'iat.e- general grade sel"\l'in& on the i"leooqaart.era USD' sta:tf•
ha.a becin c.ha:rged nth t.he r�ispons! bU:ity of exereising � juris
diction owr t.he Ortic e o£ Sped.Bl. In'feat.1gat1ons within the eattinental
1.1.mits ot t.he United St.a.tee . 'fh:is Di�,ct01" has br-,en desipted as the
final authority irlt.hin the Otf'ice ot Special !nvestlgations ror the
tormuls.tion ot investigative polic;y, acting in �uch ca._pacit.y f'or Tbe
Inspe ctor General. USAF. ite ha s been authorized to report through t.he
Inspector Gelblnr.l. USAF• to the Chief of statr• USAF o:r t on ut.t.ers ot
special interest. directly to the S6Cretary of the Air Foree .
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