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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.

  • 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…
AFR 124-8
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a. Designation of Commanders. Each district is commanded by an officer at the district head
quarters designated the District Commander. Within the various districts, detachments e,r;ist under the
command of a military person designated the Detachment Commander.
b, District Headquarters. The 25 OSI district headquarters and the area jurisdiction of ea.ch
are as follows :
(1) District No. 1 - Head uarters at Westover Air Force Base Chic ee Falls M,assa
chusetts niaili address: Westover Air Force Base �sachuset!§). Territorial
area consisting of the States of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, ¥assachusetts, and
Rhode Is land, and the following counties in Connecticut: Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex,
New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham,
(2) District No. 2 - Headquarters at 67 Broad Street, New York, New York. Territorial
area consisting of the State of New Jersey, the county oJFAirfield in the State of Con
necticut and the following counties in New York State: Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau,
New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and
Westchester.
(3) District No. 3 - Headquarters at 1612 South Cameron Street. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
Territorial area consisting of the States of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia,
(4) District No. 4 - Headguarters at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington 25, D. C. Terri
torial area consisting of the State of Maryland, the District of Columbia and the counties
of Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William in the State of Virginia (including the city
of Alexandria, Virginia).
(5) District No. 5 - Headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.
Territorial area consisting of the S!:ates of Kentucky and Ohio.
(t>) District No. 6 - Headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Macon, Georgia (mailing
addres s : Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Territorial area consisting of the States
of South Carolina and Georgia and the following counties in North Carolina: Alleghany,
Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba,
Cherokee, C lay, Cleveland, Davie, Davidson, Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Guilford, Hay
wood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg,
Mitchell, Montgomery, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford,
Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin,
and Yancey.
(7) District No. 7 - Headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Tanwa, Florida (mailing
address: MacDill Air Force Base, Florida). Territorial area consists of the State of
Florida, with the exception of the following counties: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf,
Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington which are assigned to
the 8th district.
(8) District No. 8 - Headquarters at Maxwell Aii: lfO.!��- Bmery, Alabama (mail
if!K address: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama). Territorial area consisting of the
States of Alabama and Tennessee and the following counties in Florida: Bay, Calhoim,
Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton,and Washington.
(9) District No. 9 - Head uarters at Barksdale Air Force Base Shrev ort Louisiana
mailin address : Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana . Territorial area consisting
of the States of Mississippi and Louisiana and the following counties in the State of
Arkansas: Lafayette, Little River, and Miller and the following counties in the State
of Texas: Bowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Rusk, and Panola.
( 10) District No. 10 - Headquarters at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas (mailing
address: Kelly Air Force Base, Texas), Territorial area consisting of the following
counties in the State of Texas : Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera,
Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Brazoria, Brewster, Brooks,
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