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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
this m.onitoring proceSB, constructive &sl'li11tance hae been rendered to 05l personnel in the .field . This renew ot iJ!mletiga.tive report.e on the he,;dquartera .leYBl hsa enabled the Direct.r to furnish throlilgb The Inspect.or General to t,he Chi•t ot St.af:f and to conr41nders, information concerning trenda and pat.t�ems ot irregulariti•• and eituatiooa actaal.J.y or potentially adverse t.o the Air Force . 7. Thia eentrallised qstem ot opentim baa pi,:rmit.td Hee.d quart,e:rs OSI to beco,:ie a central repositoJ',Y tor all imrestigatJ.ve information in the c:r.:lminal, procurement and counte:r-mtelU.geoce fields, thua providing tbe basis for a true coo�tion or such related activities . 8. In order to carry out thie conaolldated imresti&at.iYe mission as a centrally d,il"ftet.ed orga...-'dzation;,. it hi.le been required. that all personnel lo7alty background investigations oondueted by the twenty-five ( 25) diet.riot offices be procesae4 through other Federal agencies at a national ll:Vel tor name and record checke . 'I'b.e 4th District office located near the :se1at ot ganmment· baa performed this function for all OSI districts, registeriag the intoNation derived tt,erefrom. with the OSI central files. Through this procedure , a record of all OSI investigations of a non-subetantive nature have been also retained in a central tile . Each district oftice has retained copies of all report.s concerning imrestigatioD8 conducted within the district area. of resnvneibilit;r. These 19 .
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