United States Army Air Forces in World War II

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military aviation organization

The United States Army Air Forces in World War II was the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. military responsible for strategic bombing, air superiority, and support operations across multiple theaters of the conflict.

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Label	Occurrences
United States Army Air Forces in World War II canonical	2

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military aviation organization ⓘ
aircraftUsed	A-20 Havoc NERFINISHED ⓘ A-26 Invader NERFINISHED ⓘ B-17 Flying Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ B-24 Liberator NERFINISHED ⓘ B-25 Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ B-26 Marauder NERFINISHED ⓘ B-29 Superfortress NERFINISHED ⓘ C-46 Commando NERFINISHED ⓘ C-47 Skytrain NERFINISHED ⓘ P-38 Lightning NERFINISHED ⓘ P-39 Airacobra NERFINISHED ⓘ P-40 Warhawk NERFINISHED ⓘ P-47 Thunderbolt NERFINISHED ⓘ P-51 Mustang NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliedWith	Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Henry H. Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderTitle	Commanding General, Army Air Forces ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
enemy	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	United States Air Force in the Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
militaryBranchOf	United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	use of atomic bomb delivery aircraft ⓘ
notableOperation	Berlin air raids NERFINISHED ⓘ Combined Bomber Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ D-Day air operations ⓘ Hump airlift over the Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ploiești oil field raids NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo firebombing raids NERFINISHED ⓘ strategic bombing campaign against Germany ⓘ strategic bombing campaign against Japan ⓘ
notableUnit	Eighth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Fifteenth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Fifth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourteenth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Ninth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteenth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Twentieth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	United States Army Air Corps in World War II ⓘ
role	aerial reconnaissance ⓘ air superiority ⓘ air transport ⓘ airborne operations support ⓘ close air support ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ tactical air support ⓘ
startTime	1941 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Alaskan Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ China-Burma-India Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ

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97th Bombardment Group → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ

The Atomic Bomb Group → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ