Pub. L. 82-150, tit. III, sec. 308

Sec. 308. (a) There shall be within the Air Force— (1) the following major air commands: (i) an air defense command; (ii) a strategic air command; and (iii) a tactical air command; (2) such other commands and organizations as may from time to time be established by the Secretary of the Air Force in the interest of efficiency and economy of operation. (b) For the duration of any war or national emergency declared by the President or the Congress, the Secretary of the Air Force may establish new major commands in lieu of, or discontinue or consolidate the major commands enumerated in, subsection (a) (1) of this section.