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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…
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(19) District No. 19 - Headquarters at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, Fairfield, California.
Territorial area consisting of the following counties in central and northern California:
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, E lDorado,
F resno, Glenn, Rumbolt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa,
Mendocino, Merced, Modoc , Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, P lacer, P lumas, Sacra
mento, San Benito, San F rancisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa C lara, Santa C ruz,
Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, T rinity, Tulare,
Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba and the State of Nevada, with the exception of Clark County
which is assigned to the 1 8th district.
(20) District No. 20 - Headquarters at McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington (mail
i ng address : McChord Air Force Base, Washington} . Territorial area consisting of the
States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with the exception of the following counties i n
Idaho: Ada, Ada ms, Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blai ne, Boise, Bonneville, Butte,
Camas , Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, Custer, Elmore, F ranklin, Fremont, Gem,
Gooding , Jefferson, Jerome, Lemhi, Uncoln, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette,
Power, Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, and Washington.
(2 1 ) District No. 2 1 - Headquarters at Langley Ai r Force Base, Hampton, Virginia (maiUrg
address : Langley Air Force Base, Virginia). Territor�l area consisting of the State
of Virginia, less the counties of A rlington, Fairfax, and Prince William whi ch are as
signed to the 4th district, and the following c ounties in North Carolina: Alamance ,
Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, C howan,
Columbus , C raven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, F ranklin,
Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, H ertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnson, Jones, Lee,
Lenoi r , Martin, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northhampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico,
Pasquotank, Pender, P erquimans, Person, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Vance,
Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson.
(22) District No. 22 - Headquarters at Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York. Terri
torial area consisting of the State of New York, with the exception of the following coun
ties : Bronx, Dutchess, Kin.gs , Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond,
Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester which are assigned to the 2d district.
(23) District No. 2 3 - H eadquarters at Carswell Air Force Base, Ft, Worth, Texas. Terri
torial area consisting of the following counties in central Texas : Andrews, Archer,
Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Camp, C lay, Cochran, Collin, C ooke, Cottle, C rosby,
Dallas, Dawson, Della, Denton, Dickens, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Fisher, Floyd,
Foard, Franklin, Gaines, Garza, Grayson, Gregg, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley,
Hood, Hopkins, Howard, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kent, King, Knox, Lamar,
Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Montague, Morris, Motley, Nolan, Parker, Palo
Pinto, Rains, Red R!ver, Rockwall, Scurry, Shackelford, Smith, Somervell, Stephens ,
Stonewall, Tarrant, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wichita,
Wilbarger, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, and Young .
{24) District No, 2-1 - H�adquarters at 209 W. Jackson Blvd., Room 4 1_61 Chj.�2i_Illinois,
T erritorial area consisting of the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin and the following
counties in the State of Michigan: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic ,
Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw , Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and
Schoolcraft; the following counties i n the State of Illinois: Boone, C ook, Du Page,
Iroquois, Kankakee, Lake, McHenry, and Will and the following counties in the State
of Indiana : Benton, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, and Porter.
(25) District No. 25 - Headquarters at West Wa rren and Lonyo Avenues, Dearborn 32,
Michigan (mai ling address: Box �26, Roos!!�e.ll }.1llrk An!!�l.C..,.J.).!Jtroit.3�.1 Michigan).
T erritorial area consisting of the State of Michigan, with the exception of the following
counties : A!.Jer, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron,
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