United States Army Air Forces

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branch of the United States Army military air service

The United States Army Air Forces was the aerial warfare service component of the U.S. Army during World War II and the direct predecessor of the independent United States Air Force.

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Label Occurrences
United States Army Air Forces canonical 693
Army Air Forces 10
U.S. Army Air Forces 7

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the United States Army ⓘ
military air service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
surface form: Army Air Forces

United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Air Forces

United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
surface form: USAAF
branchColor gold ⓘ
ultramarine blue ⓘ
commander Hap Arnold ⓘ
surface form: Henry H. Arnold
commanderTitle Commanding General ⓘ
component Air Transport Command ⓘ
Air Force Materiel Command ⓘ
surface form: Army Air Forces Materiel Command

Army Air Forces Training Command ⓘ
Eighth Air Force ⓘ
Fifteenth Air Force ⓘ
Fifth Air Force ⓘ
Ninth Air Force ⓘ
Seventh Air Force ⓘ
Tenth Air Force ⓘ
Thirteenth Air Force ⓘ
Twelfth Air Force ⓘ
Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
conflict Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: China-Burma-India Theater

European theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations

Pacific theater commands ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations

World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1947-09-18 ⓘ
endDate 1947-09-18 ⓘ
formedFrom United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
garrison Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 8873 ⓘ
War Department Circular 59 (1941) ⓘ
mainBomberAircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ
B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ
mainFighterAircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
North American P-51 Mustang ⓘ
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ⓘ
motto None officially adopted ⓘ
notableEvent atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
notableOperation strategic bombing campaign against Germany ⓘ
strategic bombing campaign against Japan ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
peakAircraftStrength over 70,000 aircraft ⓘ
peakPersonnelStrength over 2,000,000 ⓘ
predecessorOf United States Air Force ⓘ
role aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
aerial warfare ⓘ
air defense ⓘ
air transport ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
tactical air support ⓘ
startDate 1941-06-20 ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Staff ⓘ
surface form: United States Army General Staff

United States Department of War ⓘ
surface form: War Department
successor United States Air Force ⓘ

Referenced by (737)

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

Robert McNamara → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor → militaryBranchAttacked → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 → separatedFrom → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Operation Gomorrah → conductedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein → belligerent → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Charles Lindbergh → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army Air Corps
Luftwaffe → opposedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire → usedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Air Force → precededBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
atomic bombing of Hiroshima → perpetrator → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
atomic bombing of Hiroshima → operator → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Battle of Iwo Jima → belligerent → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 26 → engagedAgainst → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) → involves → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
atomic bombing of Nagasaki → hasOperator → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Operation Torch → airComponent → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twelfth Air Force
Elliott Roosevelt → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Merlin → usedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Allied bombing of Germany → mainParticipants → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Allied bombing of Germany → carriedOutBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eighth Air Force
Norman Lear → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces → alsoKnownAs → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: USAAF
United States Army Air Forces → alsoKnownAs → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces → alsoKnownAs → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Air Forces
Henderson Field → usedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Department of War → oversaw → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Defense of the Reich → opponent → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Moffett Field, California → operator → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army Air Forces (historical)
Chuck Yeager → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Operation Tidal Wave → belligerent → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Operation Tidal Wave → plannedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Johnny Most → militaryService → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
George Wallace → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Doolittle Raid → plannedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Allied strategic bombing of Japan → mainForce → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Fat Man → deliveredBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Air Force Test Pilot School → foundedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Clark Gable → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Enola Gay → operator → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
JG 26 → opponent → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Allied air forces → coordinatedWith → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
China Theater → involvedForce → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Royal Hungarian Air Force → engagedAgainst → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Operation Ichi-Go → opposedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Operation Meetinghouse → conductedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Operation Meetinghouse → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → participant → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Royal Romanian Air Force → opposed → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Chindits → supportedBy → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → militaryBranch → United States Army Air Forces ⓘ