United States Army Air Forces | Military Wiki | Fandom The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the military aviation service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force
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Black Week: The Darkest Days for the US Army Air Forces The US Army Air Forces (USAAF) entered World War II with the newly framed doctrine of daylight precision bombing Developed at the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama, the doctrine recognized that modern warfare increasingly leveraged a nation’s industrial capacities and its associated workforce
Army Air Forces Aircraft: A Definitive Moment “This Week in History” is a weekly recounting of historical events which shaped today’s U S Air Force June 12, 1942 saw the first American mission against a European target Twelve U S Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers attacked the oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania
Records of the Army Air Forces [AAF] - National Archives In the Catalog, you can find descriptions of our holdings and access electronic records and digitized copies of our holdings, where available Researchers should use the National Archives Catalog to identify records of interest when conducting research and making reference requests OVERVIEW OF RECORDS LOCATIONS Top of Page
Army Air Corps: A History of The Military Service It became the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on June 20, 1941 to signify greater autonomy from the Army’s command structure It remained as a combat arm of the Army until 1947, when the Department of the Air Force was established
The USAF: United States Air Force World War II gave men of the USAAF the prime opportunity to prove their worth and along with skilled leadership finally got their wish, an independent branch of the US Military in 1947 Led by men like Hap Arnold, the US Air Force established their own independent identity
United States Army Air Forces - Wikiwand The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) [2] was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States [3] during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947)