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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…
full authority t.o CQll'.lp,l.ete all -procurement fraud t.ype invest.ipt.ione
involnng A.ir FOl"ce p«-eonnel subject to co-urt.s-ms.rtr.1al jur.lsdiction.
All p:rocursent investigatciTe reports ha:n been scnened as receiTed
to determine: if there weN any indications that .Air Foree syst.U1.S,
personnel or directives were at fault. h'be:re euch indicaU.one
have b.•en present, OSI inYllletigntive effort has been directed
toward d.etenaining the ta.et.a and cil"cmnstanee.s in.-ol"'llld .
5. It being rMdily apparent that such or.erational a..cti'ri:t.y
as this could not be effectively conducted at a field level of
op,ration , all OSI inyestigations of this natu.re have been auth.or.1.sed,
supenised, and controlled by Hea.dqua:rtera OSI through the Procure
Invest.igations Divistcn. Procurement invest.iga.tions have been_.
in most instances, conducted b.T investigators who ·,:ere especially
qualified tor such work. These invest..igations ba'V'e been normal.l,y
assigned to district procure.ment. divisions superimpoeed upc:n the
organizational. structure or several ot the OSI district offices.
Each district procUl'Ell1ent di'rl.Bion ha• been authoriud dil"'Nt
coamnieat.ion laterally' wit.ta all ot.ber di strict procu:nmient divisions
and wit.h t.he Pro�ent. lnYeat.igat1ona DiYiB:ion at OSI Head�rs .
1.bay ha:r:e been strategical.17 pl.aced t0 at.ford .IWi.Ximw:a operational
cove�age wit.hui thoa• areas lffl.&Nl ma jor Air Fore6 proeu.rement actiYities
were conducted. District Commande:rl!I, even though not. charged directl,J
with the direction and cont:. rol or eueb investigations, ha.ve been
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