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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.

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  • p. 1 Description of document: US Air Force (USAF) Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) History, OSI…
  • p. 2 …We identified the History of the Office of Special Investigation Report as being responsive to your…
  • p. 14 …the Office at Special Inwatiga.i.ions wa& to consolidate all of theee scattered investigative activitieo…
  • p. 15 …These regional offices headed by OSI Ju.,gioneJ. Directors were statt components. of the regional In…
  • p. 21 …Th• twnt.y-five (25) district offices or t.he Of'tioe ot Speeial. Inwst.§.gatlons…
  • p. 22 …District and Detachment Commanders act as the local representatives at the Office ot Special In"Nlstigations…
  • p. 26 …investigation of the 1n&tt.er ie a delegated rosponsibility c;f the Office of Special…
  • p. 27 …All investigative work pertonaed withie a particular district office area, has tlowd through the district headquarters…
  • p. 29 …All reports of investigative findings have been o.f'fieiall,y classified a.t. least "confidentia…
  • p. 33 …ot the Directorate of Special InTestigationa and twenty-five distr:i ct offices . or the t…
  • p. 73 …The administrative and operational structure of the Office of Special Investigations within the Continental limits of…
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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