gptkbp:instanceOf
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military command
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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1942
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Operation_Frantic
gptkb:Operation_Steinbock
gptkb:Operation_Gomorrah
gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkb:Operation_Hurricane
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Crossbow
D-Day
Operation Bagration
Operation Chastise
Operation Neptune
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Plunder
Operation Shingle
Operation Tidal Wave
Operation Varsity
Operation Carpetbagger
Operation Argonaut
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gptkbp:baseLocation
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gptkb:England
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gptkbp:commandStructure
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gptkb:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command
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gptkbp:currentCommander
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gptkb:Major_General_Andrew_J._Gebara
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gptkbp:currentStatus
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active
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1945
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gptkbp:established
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:filmography
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gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
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gptkbp:hasPersonnel
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over 300,000
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Barksdale_Air_Force_Base
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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largest_air_force_in_history_during_WWII
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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8th Air Force Command
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gptkbp:motto
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The Mighty Eighth
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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air_superiority_over_Europe
destruction_of_German_industrial_capacity
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gptkbp:notableGames
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gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator
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gptkbp:notableOperations
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Operation Overlord
Operation Pointblank
Bombing of Germany
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:General_Jimmy_Doolittle
gptkb:General_Carl_Spaatz
gptkb:General_Henry_H._Arnold
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gptkbp:numberOfMembers
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over 1,000
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:primaryMission
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gptkb:strategic_bombing_of_Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:reform
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1946
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gptkbp:role
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strategic bombing
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