On April 20, 1944, the U.S. Army Air Force's (USAAF) IX Air Support Command was officially redesignated IX Tactical Air Command (TAC). The 32-page booklet "Achtung Jabos!" was produced by the USAAF in early 1945 to tell the history of the IX TAC through the end of 1944. [The word "Jabo" is derived from the German "Jäger-Bomber," or "fighter-bomber" (literally, "hunter-bomber"). Sixty years after the end of the war in Europe, German veterans still speak with awe when talking about the daily demonstrations of unchallenged Allied air power that they witnessed on the Western Front in 1944-45. Some say they still unconsciously glance up over their shoulders at the mere memory of having a Jabo descending on them, guns blazing. They still hear the warning shouts of their comrades. Achtung Jabos!]
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