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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.
“Office of Special Investigations”11 pages
1. To a chieve the dual objective ot cooperative consolidation 12 and central direction., the OSI stncture -was organised to prori.de a headquarters organisation known as the Directorate of Special Imrestiption• and twnty-five (25) district offi ces strategically located to cowr the entire area of the Unit ed States . 2. As prerloual;y stated herein, the Directorate of Special Investi gation• w,;i s organized as a start agency ot The Inspector Gtaeral USAF with both command and operational functions . This Directorate has consisted or the Office ot the Director., an adffl.iniatrative division designated as M"anageroent Division, and tour operational diYieione designated as the CO'UDter-Intelligen ce Dirlaion, Persmmel InTestigations Division, Procaremant Inveetigatione Di:ri.sion. and General lnyestiga.tions D.hiaion,. Personnel on duty th•rewitb. have been assigned to Hea.dquart.ere and Headquarters Squadl'on USAF . J . The Office ot the Director hae been staffed by' the Director. the Deputy Director, the ExeC\ltive Ottlcer, and a Plans and Inspection Group headed by a group chief'. The Plans and Inspection Group has been charged with the r•0 sponsibl.lities ot making technical insr-etiona, special studies, plans and surveys tor t.he Director, initiating general policy matters , and reviewing other specific policies pertaining to t.he orr1ce of Special Inwstigationa . 4. E.ach headquarters div.ls1on, headed by a di:vieion chief ha1 been broken do"'11. o rganizationa.117 into branches. These d1'1'is1cne haw been charged with the over-ell operational responsibil.it:iea f1 monitoring
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