AAF (SWPA)

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air force component command military formation

AAF (SWPA) was the air component command of the Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II, coordinating air operations under General Douglas MacArthur’s theater.

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Surface form	Occurrences
AAF SWPA	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force component command ⓘ military formation ⓘ
abbreviationOf	Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
areaOfOperations	New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomons and Bismarck Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	George C. Kenney NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Allied Land Forces, Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Allied Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Allied powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Allied Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Brisbane, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ later Hollandia and other forward bases ⓘ
includedForce	Netherlands East Indies air units NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force units ⓘ United States Army Air Forces units NERFINISHED ⓘ other Allied air units ⓘ
notableCommander	George C. Kenney NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOperation	air operations in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea ⓘ air support for the liberation of the Philippines ⓘ
operationalCommandOf	air operations in the Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
partOf	Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportedTo	Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	air component command of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicObjective	support Allied advance toward the Philippines and Japan via the Southwest Pacific ⓘ
subordinateTo	Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
task	air defense ⓘ air transport ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ tactical air support ⓘ
theater	Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1942–1945 ⓘ
usedAircraftType	bombers ⓘ fighters ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ

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Allied Air Forces (SWPA) → abbreviation → AAF (SWPA) ⓘ

this entity surface form: AAF SWPA