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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.
“Headquarters”12 pages
commanding officers Oftr OSI personnel performing dut.iea within their reapectin district areas. District Camnanders pertol'll local administrat.ion tor 051 personnel withiD their dietricta and control all OSI inveatigatiye act,ivit7 therein. The aTe:rage district headquarters has been statt'ed by key personnel who,, under the direct control or the Diatrict CGlllll.ander, have supenieed the operational acti '.d.tiee of im'estigatiTe pere�el within the district and performed auch &cinim.strat1on tor t.he district aa became necessary. These key personnel have been designated ae the administrative officer, supervisor ot general innstigatione , and auperrl.sor or personnel ( routine lo,alty) investigations . 7. DetaQhnents hne bean placed within each district. under the supem..sion and control ot the District Cooaander and 1D1der the command at military personnel designated aa Detachment; Commanders . These detachments have been located so as to pro"ri.de OSI service to all Air Force installat ions as well as OSI representation in the principal cit.ias . District and Detachment Commanders act as the local representatives at the Office ot Special In"Nlstigations to whom. Air Force caurnanders channel requests tor OSI service . 8. District a.nd detachment offices have been authorized to receive their logistic support trom the nearest .Air Force installation . These OSI offices have been tenant organization• ot the installations 14
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