United States Army Air Corps

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former organization military aviation branch

The United States Army Air Corps was the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. Army that served as the direct predecessor to the United States Army Air Forces and, ultimately, the independent U.S. Air Force.

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Label Occurrences
United States Army Air Corps canonical 68
U.S. Army Air Corps 4
Army Air Corps 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former organization ⓘ
military aviation branch ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1941 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1926 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Air Corps

United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
surface form: USAAC
branchOf United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States armed forces
commandStructure General Headquarters Air Force (GHQ Air Force) ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
interwar period operations ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed 1926-07-02 ⓘ
dissolved 1941-06-20 ⓘ
doctrine development of U.S. strategic airpower concepts ⓘ
emblem Hap Arnold wings ⓘ
formedFrom United States Army Air Service ⓘ
garrison Washington, D.C. ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalSignificance direct predecessor of the United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
foundation for the independent United States Air Force ⓘ
legalBasis Air Corps Act of 1926 ⓘ
mottoType unofficial emphasis on airpower independence ⓘ
notableAircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ
Boeing P-26 Peashooter ⓘ
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ
Douglas B-18 Bolo ⓘ
Seversky P-35 ⓘ
notableCommander Benjamin D. Foulois ⓘ
Frank M. Andrews ⓘ
Hap Arnold ⓘ
surface form: Henry H. Arnold

Oscar Westover ⓘ
oversightBody United States Department of War ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Department of War ⓘ
surface form: War Department
partOf United States Army ⓘ
predecessorOf United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
primaryTheater continental United States ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air defense ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
tactical air support ⓘ
serviceBranchType air service ⓘ
successor United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
trainingResponsibility aircrew training ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ
usedAircraftType bomber aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Army Air Forces → formedFrom → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Flying Tigers → recruitedFrom → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Carl Spaatz → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
B-29 Superfortress → developedFor → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Claire Lee Chennault → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Claire Lee Chennault → memberOf → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Mitchel Field complex → usedBy → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Charles Cabell → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Pearre Cabell
Executive Order 8873 → appliesTo → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army air arm
United States Army Air Corps → alsoKnownAs → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAAC
United States Army Air Corps → alsoKnownAs → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri → associatedWith → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
George C. Kenney → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Eighth Air Force → formerBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Lewis H. Brereton → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 → appliedToBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Air Corps
William C. McChord → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
James H. Doolittle → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Wiley Post → collaboratedWith → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army Air Corps engineers
Lockheed Vega → operator → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Charlie Munger → militaryService → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Haywood S. Hansell → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
AVG → recruitedFrom → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
United States Army Air Service → predecessorOf → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Army Air Service → reorganizedAs → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
United States Army Air Service → successor → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
subject surface form: Frank Maxwell Andrews
Old Leatherface → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
95th Aero Squadron → serviceBranchPredecessorOf → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Mitchel Air Force Base → partOf → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Mitchel Air Force Base → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Air Corps Tactical School → operatedBy → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Air Corps Tactical School → branch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Corps
Ira C. Eaker → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Ira C. Eaker → memberOf → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Speedway Field → usedBy → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army Air Corps
Chief of the Air Corps → oversaw → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Chief of the Air Corps → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Randolph Field, Texas → previousBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Hap → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Boeing Model 299 → developedFor → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Tuskegee Airmen → partOf → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Tuskegee Airmen → operatedBy → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Tuskegee Airmen → branch → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Air Corps
Bell P-39 Airacobra → usedBy → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Martin B-26 Marauder → enteredServiceWith → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: US Army Air Corps
Air Corps Act of 1926 → created → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Air Corps Act of 1926 → predecessorOf → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
Air Corps Act of 1926 → relatedTo → United States Army Air Corps ⓘ