American Army Air Forces

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military organization
gptkbp:activeDuring 1941
1947
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:P-38_Lightning
gptkb:B-25_Mitchell
A-26 Invader
B-17 Flying Fortress
F-4 Phantom II
B-24 Liberator
P-47 Thunderbolt
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Henry_H._Arnold
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:Army_Air_Forces_Command
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:National_Security_Act_of_1947
gptkbp:established gptkb:United_States_War_Department
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater
gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater
gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater
gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse approximately 80,000
gptkbp:hasPersonnel approximately 2.4 million
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:Langley_Field,_Virginia
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first independent air force of the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American Army Air Forces
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Army_Air_Forces_roundel
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:motto The_Army_Air_Forces_is_the_Army
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Strategic_bombing_campaign_against_Germany
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Doolittle Raid
Operation Pointblank
Pacific_Theater_operations
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:General_Carl_Spaatz
gptkb:General_Ira_C._Eaker
gptkb:General_Nathan_F._Twining
gptkb:General_Hoyt_S._Vandenberg
gptkb:General_Elwood_R._Quesada
gptkb:General_George_C._Marshall
gptkb:General_Frank_M._Andrews
gptkb:General_George_C._Kenney
gptkbp:operationalStatus disbanded
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:role air warfare
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:trainingPrograms gptkb:Army_Air_Forces_Training_Command
gptkbp:uniform gptkb:Army_Air_Forces_uniform