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