Fifth Army Air Force

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1941
1946
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkb:P-38_Lightning
gptkb:B-25_Mitchell
B-17 Flying Fortress
over 1,000
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:alliance Allied Forces
gptkbp:atmosphere thousands
gptkbp:base gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkbp:celebrates Fifth_Air_Force_Association
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:established gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:hasPersonnel approximately 100,000
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Brisbane,_Australia
gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed_to_the_defeat_of_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fifth Army Air Force
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Fifth_Air_Force_emblem
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war air strategy
gptkbp:militaryRank Fifth_Air_Force_Veterans_Association
gptkbp:motto The Best
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:General_George_C._Kenney
gptkbp:notableGames gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:C-54_Skymaster
gptkb:F-51_Mustang
gptkb:P-61_Black_Widow
gptkb:B-26_Marauder
A-20 Havoc
B-24 Liberator
P-47 Thunderbolt
B-32 Dominator
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea
Operation Downfall
Operation Ichi-Go
Operation Cartwheel
gptkbp:operationalArea Southwest_Pacific
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:reform 1946
gptkbp:secondaryRole close air support
strategic bombing
gptkbp:significantEvent first to use long-range bombers in the Pacific
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Far_East_Air_Forces
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps