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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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“Office of Special Investigations”11 pages

  • 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…
operati ng 'Wlder three different ma,jor .U.r Force COfiilll8Dda.
Kelly Air Force Base has operated under the Air Hat,eriel
COf!ll'!land, whereas Lac' land Air Force Base which ia
imm.ediat.aly conUguous to Kelly Air Foree Ba•, bu been
an installation ot the Air Training ComtMnd.. Bmoks Air
t·orce 3ase, whi�b is only s short dist.an�• a.way-, baa come
under the jurisdiction or the Continental. Air Command,
vhereas Randolph Air Force Base, which is also located.
in the same .u,enera.1 vicinity bas operated under the Air
Training Command. Under the decentralized 3ys.tan ot
investigation it would ha•re been ne eeasar7 for all t.hree
of these ma,ior Air Force Colmnands to have t h.eir own investi
gative organisations eotablished in thia area. Under the
centralized s,ystew of ope ration, all Air Force inftstiga.t ive
a ct,ivity in this area has been p erformed by tbe GSI,
and GSl repnti:;-:enttltives stationed in thi, area have
been �vailRble to all of the Ji:r Force lnstallatione 1nvol.ved,.
ll. More prom- ,t and efficient service has been provi(ied to
Air Force Comrnanders than c01tl.d be aooom.pl:i shed m,der a decentralised
57stem . During tle tirat year or operation, the present organization
has been de.."'eonstrated to be , tor tt:ie l,ir For ce , more etficimt and
/ more eff\-� ctive than its px-edecea:sor,:1. The volume pa.rt ot OSl ' •
investigatiYe a ctivities has been in t he per&0nnel background. ri•ld,

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