Army Air Forces

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Army_Air_Forces

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:USAAF
gptkbp:activeYears	1941–1947
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	18 September 1947
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:established	20 June 1941
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:The_Pentagon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Army Air Forces
gptkbp:motto	“Keep 'Em Flying”
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Henry_H._Arnold gptkb:Carl_Spaatz
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Sixteenth_Air_Force gptkb:Fourth_Air_Force gptkb:Eleventh_Air_Force gptkb:Ninth_Air_Force gptkb:8th_Air_Force gptkb:Twelfth_Air_Force gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force gptkb:15th_Air_Force gptkb:Air_Weather_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Base_Services_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Bombardier_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Central_Technical_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Chaplain_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Communications_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Eastern_Technical_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Ferrying_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Flying_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Glider_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Gunnery_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Inspector_General's_Office gptkb:Air_Forces_Intelligence_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Judge_Advocate_General's_Department gptkb:Air_Forces_Medical_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Navigation_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_Special_Investigations gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Chief_Signal_Officer gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Chief_of_Chaplains gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Chief_of_Chemical_Warfare_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Chief_of_Engineers gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Chief_of_Finance gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Chief_of_Ordnance gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Chief_of_Transportation gptkb:Air_Forces_Office_of_the_Surgeon_General gptkb:Air_Forces_Personnel_Distribution_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Replacement_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_School_of_Applied_Tactics gptkb:Air_Forces_Security_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Service_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Tactical_Center gptkb:Air_Forces_Weather_Service gptkb:Air_Forces_Weather_Wing gptkb:Air_Forces_Western_Technical_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Transport_Command gptkb:First_Air_Force gptkb:Second_Air_Force gptkb:Third_Air_Force gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force gptkb:Air_Materiel_Command gptkb:Air_Proving_Ground_Command gptkb:Air_Technical_Service_Command gptkb:Fifth_Air_Force gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force gptkb:Seventh_Air_Force gptkb:Sixth_Air_Force gptkb:Tenth_Air_Force gptkb:Thirteenth_Air_Force gptkb:Troop_Carrier_Command
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	United States Army Air Corps
gptkbp:role	aerial warfare
gptkbp:size	over 2.4 million personnel (at peak) over 80,000 aircraft (at peak)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Warren_Burger gptkb:United_States_War_Department
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5