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Admiral Ernest King ordered the establishment of US Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC) on 29 July 1942. Pacific Fleet subsequently issued a directive in August which established the new command effective 1 September 1942 on which date the offices of Commander Carriers, Pacific Fleet and Commander Patrol Wings, Pacific Fleet were abolished. In May 1949, Vice Admiral Harold B. Sallada and his staff moved their headquarters from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to COMNAVAIRPAC's present location at Naval Air Station, North Island, near San Diego, California.
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| 1. | 1942 | RADM Aubrey W. Fitch | 15 September 1942 |
| 2. | 1942 | RADM Leigh Noyes | 15 September -14 October 1942 |
| 3. | 1942-1944 | VADM John H. Towers | 14 October 1942-28 February 1944 |
| 4. | 1944 | RADM Charles A. Pownall | 28 February-17 August 1944 |
| 5. | 1944-1945 | RADM George D. Murray | 17 August 1944-20 July 1945 |
| 6. | 1946-1946 | RADM Alfred E. Montgomery | 20 July 1945-31 August 1946 |
| 7. | 1946-1948 | VADM John D. Price | 31 August 1946-5 January 1949 |
| 8. | 1948-1949 | VADM Harold B. Sallada | January 1948 |
| 9. | 1949-1952 | VADM Thomas L. Sprague | October 1949 |
| 10. | 1952-1956 | VADM Harold M. Martin | April 1952 |
| 11. | 1956-1959 | VADM Alfred Pride | February 1956 |
| 12. | 1959-1962 | VADM Clarence E. Ekstrom | October 1959 |
| 13. | 1962-1965 | VADM Paul D. Stroop | November 1962 |
| 14. | 1965-1966 | VADM Thomas F. Connolly | October 1965 |
| 15. | 1966-1970 | VADM Allen M. Shinn | November 1966 |
| 16. | 1970-1971 | VADM William F. Bringle | March 1970 |
| 17. | 1971-1973 | VADM Thomas J. Walker | May 1971 |
| 18. | 1973-1976 | VADM Robert B. Baldwin | May 1973 |
| 19. | 1976-1980 | VADM Robert P. Coogan | July 1976 |
| 20. | 1980-1982 | VADM Robert F. Schoultz | February 1980 |
| 21. | 1982-1985 | VADM Crawford A. Easterling | August 1982 |
| 22. | 1985-1987 | VADM James E. Service | August 1985 |
| 23. | 1987-1990 | VADM John H. Fetterman, Jr. | August 1987 |
| 24. | 1990-1993 | VADM Edwin R. Kohn, Jr. | December 1990 |
| 25. | 1993-1996 | VADM Robert J. Spane | October 1993 |
| 26. | 1996-1998 | VADM Brent M. Bennitt | January 1996 |
| 27. | 1998-2000 | VADM Michael L. Bowman | January 1998 |
| 28. | 2000-2002 | VADM John B. Nathman | August 2000 |
| 29. | 2002-2004 | VADM Michael D. Malone | August 2002 |
| 30. | 2004- | VADM James M. Zortman | August 2004 |
Note: RADM = Rear Admiral, VADM = Vice Admiral.